Russia bans American citizens from non-business travel inside Russia despite tourism: Russia continues to move deeper into Soviet-style dictatorship

Russia’s adoption ban exposes political rift (+video)

The Christian Science Monitor

Russia’s upper house of parliament today unanimously approved a ban on US citizens adopting Russian children, a highly charged move that appears to have prompted an unusual public split among government officials.  The Dima Yakovlev bill, named after one of 19 Russian children to die due to abuse.