Part 1 ended with:

Question: Did my 3.5 year old daughter really try to get me arrested?

Answer: Yes

Natasha had been home (adopted from Ukraine) for 2 months when this happened. I took Natasha to a store to buy a bed and pillow. She had attachment issues. We were still learning about each other.

I didn't know at the time and still don't know what triggered the meltdown. But it could have been anything. She was... more

I ran into a couple of nice adoption news stories recently. I found the first one thanks to a poster on FRUA chat board.

It is about a domestic Ukrainian adoption that should happen in August. And it fits with what the SDA has been saying about timeline.

1996 Olympic all-around champion Lilia Podkopayeva of Ukraine says her upcoming agenda includes adopting a child in August

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Podkopayeva said she and her husband, Timofey Nagorny, are looking forward to adopting a 7-month-old... more

Question: Can you adopt an infant from Ukraine?

Answer: Healthy infant under 14 months? No.

If you are open to adopting a child with serious health issues, then it is possible.

And by serious health issues I mean cancer, missing limbs (hand, fingers, arms, legs) or arthrogryposis.

Question: How does a child become available for international adoption?

Answer: To be adoptable in Ukraine, a child must be registered... more

Part 1 was the back story on why and how a 128 page assessment on Ukrainian adoption was produced. This assessment document can be found here.

Part 2 was an introduction... more

(Before I get started... ... I think the writing style of the Ukrainian adoption assessment report sucks. The sentences run on and on. I had to re-read the larger 70 and 80 words sentences several times to understand their meaning.)

Part 1 was the back story on why and how a 128 page assessment on Ukrainian adoption was produced. This assessment document can be found ... more

The SDA during the July 3 press conference mentioned the following nationalities have registered dossiers.

390 America 350 Spain 119 Italy 108 France 1 Belgium 1 Mexico 1 Portugal 1 Slovenia 1 Croatia

This is 972 out of 1,200 registered dossiers. The remaining dossiers probably belong to Israeli, Irish, German, Swedish, Swiss, Canadian or Dutch... more

What does it mean that Ukraine is focused on promoting domestic adoption?

the Minister for Family, Youth and Sports, Yuriy Pavlenko, held a press conference [on July 3] to announce the official opening of the new [Ukrainian] adoption authority, to be known as the State Department for Adoption and Protection of Rights of the Child (SDAPRC),

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he made clear that promoting domestic adoptions will be the first priority and the main focus of the new adoption authority.

From: US... more

All behavior has meaning. Everyone on this blue planet is seeking to have their needs met and avoid pain. And when a child or teenager or adult is frustrated... has poor impulse control they may become aggressive.

But not all frustration leds to aggression.

And not all aggression leds to violence.

In other words aggression isn't something to be feared. It can be a rich opportunity to help your child or teenager.

ag·gres·sion (-grshn) noun.

..........Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.

From: The... more

Citizens from many different countries adopt from Ukraine. All potential adoptive parents have been waiting for news for months and months.

The news from the US Embassy in Ukraine feels good. Families with registered dossiers will start getting appointments on September 1, 2006.

If I had a registered dossier, I would wait and adopt from Ukraine. The big question is should non-registered families wait to see what happens on January 1 2007? The SDA said... more

The Korespondent Journal created this richest Ukrainian list. I cannot find an on-line link to this story. I got this information via The Action Ukraine Report.

Continuing the list... Here are the 9th and 10th richest Ukrainians.

9. Oleksii Martynov

Korespondent estimates his assets at USD 1.4 billion.

I cannot find a single thing about him via google. The man keeps a low profile. Or the information is only available via Russian language web sites.

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