Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych has waded into the heated debate on international adoption that followed the US Magnitsky Act and Russia's response, stressing that the issue of adoption must not be politicized.
“My main principle is that the interests of the child should be paramount in all issues that concern them. I think it is wrong for the issue of adoption to be focused on to political ends,” Yanukovych said in an interview with a Ukrainian newspaper on Friday.
The debate over the issue continues, following the US introduction of the Magnitsky Act and Russia’s response – which includes a ban on the adoption of Russian children by US citizens.
