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We would also stress the choice of agency is more important than region. A good agency will walk you through what to expect in your region, and their worker in the region will do the same.

That being said we had a very good experience in the region we adopted from. Our son came from Taganrog, which is in the Rostov on Don Region. All the people we were exposed to were super. The agency and all its employees did a super job preparing us for court and the Culture of the region. The court appearance was more stressful from our nervousness than the actually hearing. We even had an elderly female approach us at the airport, and through our interpreter tell us how wonderful she thought it was that we were giving a child such a great opportunity and more importnat a loving home.