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Originally Posted by Castlerock
Well, it's a lot more than a kid traveling alone on an airplane. His parents abandoned him. You cannot do that to your child. They put him an an airplane and paid some guy $200 to pick him up at the airport and deliver him to the Russian ministry
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I agree that it was bad behavior by our American sensibilities. I just don't buy that's it's that bad from the Russian perspective. At least, not bad enough to end the adoption program.
It just seems silly to me for Russia to get all worked up over this, considering the conditions many of it's orphan children live in.
As far as criminal prosecution, I know I've seen misdemeanor injury to child charges for stuff less than this. I don't think there's any crime here beyond that.