Rumors Abound

Rumors abound and really are a dime a dozen in the world of international adoption. Having said that, every fact, change, decision or announcement has always had it's origins in a rumor.

Today's rumor is that Russia has approved or more properly put, accredited several agencies to do international adoptions. The rumors are that all but one of these few agencies are from the United States.

You won't find this information posted on the "official" web sites such as the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, the Russian Embassy , the U.S. Embassy or on the Russian Federation's website. None of this would be posted until weeks and sometimes even months after the fact.

Right now the rumors abound but appear to have some merit. They are generating a lot of conversation and speculation at some of our favorite web sites such as http://www.frua.org/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgiand Adoption.com. This is probably where we'll first find out what's happening, sometimes days, weeks and even months before the "official" web sites post the information and certainly well before the general media has a clue.

We're excited, yet we remain cautiously optimistic.