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Hello Rob -
Welcome to the wild ride! International adoption from any county is an ever changing entity. There are so many changes happening even now - I think it is impossible to put a time frame on the whole process. There are people here (me being one) who have completed the process in the last year in under 9 months (our process was 7). But, there are a million factors that can change that. Age of child, gender, paperwork issues...etc!
I think I would see what the 9-12 months is for - time to get a referal? Time until first trip? Or total completion time? I would ask for the agency to give you names of families that have completed adoptions with them in the past year - call those people, get a better idea of the real life time frame. Agencies now should probably be saying "timeframe is unknown" - but that isn't very good advertising. I'm sure they got the figures somewhere - a average, but from when?
There are currently some "easier" regions in Russia than others. Some of those being in Siberia, BUT with the changes that are recent or still coming...well, I personally think that will all even out.
Good luck with your decisions!!!
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