Why Has Moscow Passed a Bill to Ban U.S. Adoption of Russian Orphans? | TIME.comVladimir Konstantinov / ReutersOrphan children attend a class at an orphanage in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Dec. 19, 2012 Passing a new bill in Russia has never presented much of a problem for President Vladimir Putin. With perpetual control of both houses of parliament and a couple of loyalist “opposition” parties to boot, legislation backed by Putin generally amounts to a Krem
