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Slideshow Gift cards for guns Police traded gift cards for guns during a Los Angeles buyback program. Slideshow Sponsored Links Putin signs ban on U.S. adoptions of Russian children Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Russia's ex-defense minister stonewalls fraud case questions 5:06am EST Analysis & Opinion Does Head Start work? Political risk must-reads Related Topics World » Russia » 1 of 3. Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) and speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko attend a session of the State Council at the Kremlin in Moscow December 27, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Natalia Kolesnikova/Pool By Alissa de Carbonnel MOSCOW | Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:14am EST MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Friday that bans Americans from adopting Russian children and imposes other sanctions in retaliation for a new U.S. human rights law that he says is poisoning relations. The law, which has ignited outrage among Russian liberals and child rights' advocates, takes effect on January 1. Washington has called the law misguided and said it ties the fate of children to "unrelated political considerations." It is likely to deepen a chill in U.S.-Russian relations and deal a blow to Putin's image abroad. Fifty-two children whose adoptions by American parents were underway will remain in Russia, Interfax news agency cited Russia's child rights commissioner, Pavel Astakhov, as saying. The law, whose text was issued by the Kremlin, will also outlaw some non-governmental organizations that receive U.S. funding and impose a visa ban and asset freeze on Americans accused of violating the rights of Russians abroad. Pro-Kremlin lawmakers initially drafted the bill to mirror the U.S. Magnitsky Act, which bars entry to Russians accused of involvement in the death in custody of anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and other alleged rights abuses. The restrictions on adoptions and non-profit groups were added to the legislation later, going beyond a tit-for-tat move and escalating a dispute with Washington at a time when ties are also strained by issues such as the Syrian crisis. Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the Magnitsky Act had "seriously undermined" the "reset" -- the moniker for the effort U.S. President Barack Obama launched early in his first term to improve relations between the former Cold War foes. Putin has backed the hawkish response with a mix of public appeals to patriotism, saying Russia should care for its own children, and belligerent denunciations of what he says is the U.S. desire to impose its will on the world. Seeking to dampen criticism of the move, Putin also signed a decree ordering an improvement in care for orphans. Critics of the Russian legislation say Putin has held the welfare of children trapped in an crowded and troubled orphanage system hostage to political maneuvering. "He signed it after all! He signed one of the most shameful laws in Russia history," a blogger named Yuri Pronko wrote on the popular Russian site LiveJournal. BLOW TO RUSSIA'S IMAGE The acquittal on Friday of the only person being tried over Magnitsky's death will fuel accusations by Kremlin critics that the Russian authorities have no intention of seeking justice in a case that has blackened Russia's image. A Russian court on acquitted Dmitry Kratov, a former deputy head a jail where Magnitsky was held before his death in 2009 after nearly a year in pre-trial detention, after prosecutors themselves dropped charges against him. Lawyers for Magnitsky's family said they will appeal and called for further investigation. Magnitsky's colleagues say he is the victim of retribution from the same police investigators he had accused of stealing $230 million from the state through fraudulent tax refunds -- the very same crimes with which he was charged. The case against Magnitsky was closed after his death but then was reopened again in August 2011. In an unprecedented move, Russia is trying Magnitsky posthumously for fraud, despite protests from his family and the lawyers that it is unconstitutional to try a dead man. A preliminary hearing is scheduled next month. Magnitsky's death triggered an international outcry and Kremlin critics said it underscored the dangers faced by Russians who challenge the authorities. The Kremlin's own human rights council said Magnitsky was probably beaten to death. The adoption ban may further tarnish Putin's international standing at a time when the former KGB officer is under scrutiny over what critics say is a crackdown on dissent since he returned to the Kremlin for a six-year third term in May. "The law will lead to a sharp drop in the reputation of the Kremlin and of Putin personally abroad, and signal a new phase in relations between the United States and Russia," said Lilia Shevtsova, an expert on Putin with the Carnegie Moscow Centre. "It is only the first harbinger of a chill." (Additional reporting by Alexei Anishchuk and Maria Tsvetkova; Editing By Steve Gutterman, Andrew Osborn and Roger Atwood) World Russia Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (14) matthewslyman wrote: “Pro-Kremlin lawmakers initially drafted the bill to mirror the U.S. Magnitsky Act” — NONSENSE. This later Reuters article is a better reflection of the FACTS: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/27/us-russia-usa-adoptions-putin-idUSBRE8BQ06K20121227 > “Russian authorities point to the deaths of 19 Russian-born children adopted by American parents in the past decade, and lawmakers named the bill after a boy who died of heat stroke in Virginia after his adoptive father left him locked in a car for hours.” — With adoptive parents like this, who needs American compassion? If this is the American alternative on offer, then whatsoever pitiful economic circumstances the Russians might be in (or, whatsoever circumstances we might THINK they are in, after reading our own “news” propaganda); they would still be better off being adopted by Russian parents. If this has been tacked onto the end of a bill of diplomatic law, then it’s purely for administrative convenience, and for obvious diplomatic reasons. But when most Americans don’t know the difference between a friend and an XBox360, and most Americans can’t tell a Big Mac from a square meal; the Russians have reason enough for enacting this law. 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