Forced Adoption

Putin-Funded Websites List Stolen Ukrainian Children for Adoption

Stolen Ukrainian children are being offered for adoption on Russian websites directly funded by Vladimir Putin’s administration, a chilling revelation detailed in a comprehensive report from Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab. This meticulously researched study, conducted over twenty months, unveils a systematic seven-point program orchestrated by the Russian government to forcibly transfer, re-educate, and adopt Ukrainian children.

The report highlights the direct involvement of Putin’s office in facilitating this program. Financial support from the President’s office has directly underwritten crucial logistical elements, namely the child placement databases and the transportation of the children themselves. These databases, including the Russian department of education’s “State data bank of orphans and children left without parental care” and the “Change One Life” database, are not merely passive repositories of information; they actively display profiles of Ukrainian children, complete with details like eye and hair color, temperament, and fabricated reasons for parental absence, making them readily available for adoption.… Continue reading