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There are a lot of pros to adopting both domestic and international.

It really depends on what you are looking for. A few questions you want to ask yourself:

How young of a child are you willing to accept? You should assume a child from Russia would not be younger than a year old.

How much health information are you willing to accept/have knowledge of? Most of us have very little information on our Russian children's early months/years - little to no health info, no birth family info, and no understanding as to how those formative months/years are going to affect our children long term.

From what I have seen you should expect to spend about $45K today to adopt from Russia. So you should compare costs if that is going to be a problem.

You will need to plan on traveling at least twice to Russia - maybe 3 times depending on region. Is this feasible for you?

People adopt from Russia for many reasons. We felt called to Russia after reading about the need there, the number of children in orphanages and their slim prospects for the future.

Good luck!