30 July 2012 The US and the Russian Federation sign and ratify a new bilateral agreement on adoptions. http://www.reuters.com/
1 November 2012 The new Russian-American bilateral agreement on adoptions enters into force.
14 December 2012 President Obama signs the Magnitsky Act.
18 December 2012 A bill is introduced in the Duma to ban the adoption of Russian children by American citizens. http://rt.com/news/
28 December 2012 President Putin signs the ban into law effective 1 January 2013. http://en.ria.ru/russia/
1 January 2013 It is unclear whether adoptions already in progress with be grandfathered through because the new bilateral agreement states that either party is to give one year notice before cancelling the agreement.http://en.ria.ru/russia/
17 January 2013 The Russian Federation announces that only those adoptions where a court decision was issued prior to January 1, 2013 will proceed. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/
15 May 2013 American parents who have already met the children they hope to adopt submit a proposal in which they offer increased post-adoption monitoring and education and regular consular access to the adopted children in exchange for allowing the completion of these adoptions. The proposal is not accepted and the Russian delegation tells the US Department of State that they “no longer have the authority” to discuss the issue of adoption. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/
29 November 2013 A bill is introduced in the Duma which would ban adoptions to all countries where same-sex marriage is recognized until new bilateral agreements are negotiated and adoptions to Canada and all European countries except for Italy are suspended. http://rt.com/politics/
November 2013 – February 2014 New bilateral agreements between Spain, France, Ireland and Israel begin to be negotiated and adoptions to Spain and France resume. http://voiceofrussia.com/news/
July-August 2014 All 13 stalled adoptions to Sweden are completed and one of the three stalled Canadian adoptions is permitted by a regional judge (The second Canadian family's adoption was denied by a regional judge and denied again by the Russian supreme court. The third Canadian family withdrew after the second family was denied.) http://www.thelocal.se/
September 2014 Human Rights Watch publishes a report strongly critical of the treatment of disabled children in Russia’s orphanage system.http://www.hrw.org/node/128935
14 October 2014 The bill banning adoptions to countries where same-sex marriage is recognized is turned down. http://en.itar-tass.com/
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