Russia Adoption

Of families who completed in 2009:

Average wait for boys under 36 months was 12 months to referral / 17 months to completion (range of 5 to 39 months)

Average wait for boys over 36 months was 12 months to referral / 19 months to completion (range of 5 to 29 months)

Average wait time for girls under 36 months was 15 months to referral / 19 months to completion (range of 10 to 34 months)

Average wait time for girls over 36 months was 15 months to referral / 19 months to completion (range of 12 to 27 months)

Average wait for families requesting either a boy or a girl under 36 months was 10 months to referral / 14 months to completion (range of 5 to 25 months)

84% of these families received boys; 16%, receive girls

Average wait for siblings was 14 months to referral / 19 months to completion (range of 10 to 37 months)

11 families brought back 22 children