Russia Resource page

UNITED STATES EMBASSY MOSCOW, RUSSIA CONSULAR SECTION

When a member of the general public comes to the U.S. Embassy or Consulates in Russia, the likelihood is that it is to visit the Consular Section. The Consular Section provides U.S. government services for American citizens abroad (ACS), and issues immigrant (IV) and nonimmigrant (NIV) visas to citizens of other countries.

http://www.usembassy.ru/consular/wwwhci5.html

Click here to go to our website in Russia: Lots of pictures and good information:

www.ChildrensHope.ru

Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption (FRUA)
This is the definitive resource for adoptive families have adopted (or would like to adopt) from Russia and the Ukraine. This is an enormous site with everything you would want to know about adoption in general and adoption from Russia specifically. Here you will find a registry of parents who have adopted from Russian (or are in the process) who are willing to share their experiences with various agencies, as well as travel information, Russian adoption laws and requirements and info on the A.PARENT.RUSS mailing list mentioned above. A definite must see site compiled and maintained by Cynthia Teeters.

US adoption agencies with official accreditation from the Ministry of Education of Russia. Please go to the Embassy of the Russian Federation to view these agencies. Click on the emblem at the left to go directly to the page.

Other Russia related websites:

A visit to Russia today is an encounter with an undiscovered land. This link will take you there. http://www.interknowledge.com/russia/index.html

Check out Friends and Partners, a joint development by friends in the US and Russia to promote better understanding between the people of our countries. Please visit and we hope your time there will be productive and enjoyable.

Russian List Serv
The A.PARENT.RUSS mailing list is for parents who are either interested in adopting or have adopted children from Russia or from one of the republics that used to be part of the former Soviet Union. Others who are sympathetic to the problems and issues that these parents are facing are also welcome. They currently have over 1,500 members.

To Subscribe: Send an email message to: ReqAPR@eeadopt.ORG. In the message body put the following line: SUBSCRIBE A.PARENT.RUSS [FirstName LastName].

More interesting International and/or Russia websites:

Review financial/tax information on non profit adoption agencies this is very interesting. http://www.guidestar.org

Mary Mooney's Adoption guide http://www.theadoptionguide.com/

International Concern for Children - mail for a booklet: http://www.iccadopt.org/

Joint Council on International Children's Services: http://www.jcics.org/

Forums where you can ask questions about agencies: http://www.russianadoption.org/discus/

Yahoo groups that you can join:

chirussiakids-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EthicsInAdoption/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InterAdoptAlliance/

About.com site: http://adoption.about.com/cs/fraudreport/index.htm

List of Russia accredited agencies: http://www.ed.gov.ru/sch-edu/chil-s/accred.html