Dejain:  The Obama Presidency sanctions did NOT impact adoption of russian children.  That stoppage was the Putin reaction to the sanctions which were imposed by the Obama administration. "Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law on Friday a measure that bans the adoption the Russian children by U.S. families effective January 1. The action could affect hundreds of U.S. families seeking to adopt. Americans adopted close to 1,000 Russian children last year, according to U.S. State Department figures"  The Russian efforts are not to "resume adoptions", but to end the sanctions which were imposed against Russian officials.  The Russian government can resume the adoptions any time it pleases.  The adoption block is just a "bargaining chip" Putin is using.  Gary Crum