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Exclusive: Medvedev Says Returning Adoptive Boy 'Monstrous Deed'

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev bristled at the "monstrous deed" of sending a 7-year-old adopted boy back to Russia on a plane by himself, and said he is "alarmed" by the treatment of adopted Russian children by their American parents. In an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, Medvedev said Artyem Saviliev, who was renamed Justin by his adoptive family, "fell into a very bad family." "It is a monstrous deed on the part of his adoptive parents, to take the kid and...Full Story
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