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Maybe some of you have already seen this...I am copying/pasting from my yahoo group, so it is second hand. It is a letter someone received from their agency.

Dear Families,
The Ministry of Education met today to discuss their response to the
death of Nina Hilt, the adopted child from Russia who died in Virginia last week.
The Ministry has issued a statement calling for several changes to the regulations for foreign adoption. The recommended changes are:
1) revision of requirements for foreign prospective adoptive
candidates,
including training and preparation for bringing an adopted child into
the
family;
2) introduction of psychological testing of prospective adoptive
candidates
to verify their emotional stability before they travel to Russia to nitiate the process to adopt a child;
3) revisions of Russian adoption legislation, which could result in restricting "independent" adoption.

Our agency believes that these are reasonable and valid
recommendations. We
join other accredited agencies, NCFA and JCICS in supporting these
revisions. There is no indication at this time that any suspension of
adoptions through accredited agencies will be implemented.

I will notify you as we learn additional information about these
recommended
nd.