MOSCOW, April 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

Yury Chaika said Russia"s adoption system was not properly coordinated and that there had been many problems in cases of adoption by people outside the country.

"The media has recently given a lot of coverage to proposals to stop adoption of Russian children by foreign citizens," Yury Chaika said. "It seems that the most important issue here is a proper mechanism of control over the adopting family."

He said measures could include clamping down on the activities of private firms that help foreign families to adopt, and stricter licensing procedures.

Education ministry figures say 12 Russian children adopted by non-Russian families have died from abuse since 1991. Eleven of the cases were registered in the United States.

On May 4, 2005, U.S. citizen Irma Pavlis was found guilty of manslaughter of a child adopted in Russia, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. In March of this year, Peggy Sue Hilt pleaded guilty of murdering her 2.5-year-old adopted Russian

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