Who Is Vladimir Putin's Adoption?

Vladimir Putin is known as a widely controversial man. Although powerful, his ideas are far from helpful to mankind. Some of his ideas, such as the ban of citizens of the United States from adopting Russian babies, have sparked anger and controversy between Russia and other countries. Putin has a record of angering people through his decisions as Russia’s president, but nothing angered people more than his ban on adoption for the United States. He was born October 7, 1952 in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1975, he earned a law degree and became a KGB intelligence officer until 1990. Then, in August 1999 Putin became Russia’s Prime Minister. In December of that same year, Yeltsin, the current president of Russia, resigned as president and Putin became the next president of Russia. He was elected with 53 percent of the …show more content…
According to the Newsela article, World Leaders: Vladimir Putin, “In December 2012, Putin signed into a law a ban on the U.S. adoption of Russian children, saying this would make it easier for Russians to adopt the orphans.” Putin believed that this “helpful plan” would make it easier for Russians to adopt orphans. While, yes, it did make it easier, it also spread worldwide controversy. People, especially Americans, were infuriated that they were not able to adopt children. Some, such as Maria Drewinsky, a woman who was in the last stages of adopting a five year old boy, were bewildered that after all their hard work, they may not be able to adopt a child in need from Russia(Herszenhorn). Putin, in theory, was holding back families from willingly adopting and helping a child with open arms. Putin was stopping loads of children from finding families that could more or less save their lives. Now Americans could not adopt, meaning much less children were finding homes, and the orphanages were