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Putin signed a bill on Friday that bans the adoption of Russian children by American citizens, dealing a serious blow to an already strained diplomatic relationship.

But for hundreds of Americans enmeshed in the costly, complicated adoption process, the impact was deeply personal. Both she and her husband have flown twice to visit him, and they speak to him weekly on the telephone. But the couple fear that Alyosha may never get to New York.

The ban is part of a bill retaliating against a new American law aimed at punishing human rights abuses in Russia. The law calls for the ban to be put in force on Tuesday, and it stands to upend the plans of many American families in the final stages of adopting in Russia.

The ban will apparently also nullify an agreement on adoptions between Russia and the United States that was ratified this year and went into effect on Nov. The bill was approved unanimously by the Federation Council, the upper chamber of Parliament, on Wednesday, and on Thursday, Mr. Putin also brushed aside criticism that the law would deny some Russian orphans the chance for a much better life in the United States. In , about 1, Russian children were adopted by Americans, more than any other foreign country, but still a tiny number given that nearly , children in Russia are eligible for adoption.

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Shall we send all children there, or move there ourselves? United States officials have strongly criticized the measure and have urged the Russian government not to entangle orphaned children in politics. The former cold war rivals also have sharp disagreements, notably over the civil war in Syria.

The bill that includes the adoption ban was drafted in response to the Magnitsky Act, a law signed by President Obama this month that will bar Russian citizens accused of violating human rights from traveling to the United States and from owning real estate or other assets there.

The Obama administration had opposed the Magnitsky legislation, fearing diplomatic retaliation, but members of Congress were eager to press Russia over human rights abuses and tied the bill to another measure granting Russia new status as a full trading partner. But he held his cards even as the lower house of Parliament, the State Duma, approved the adoption bill by a large margin, followed by unanimous approval by the Federation Council.

Although his decision has been eagerly awaited, Mr. What is the fate of the law? Obama, he can now say he is signing a bill with overwhelming support from the legislative branch — though Mr. Putin holds far more sway over Russian lawmakers than Mr.

Obama does over Congress. The adoption ban set off impassioned ideological debate here in Russia, and it opened a rare split at the highest levels of government with some senior officials speaking out strongly against it.

View all New York Times newsletters. The response has been equally emotional in the United States, where three Russian adoptees, including Tatyana McFadden, 23, a medal-winning Paralympics athlete who uses a wheelchair, waited in the snow and rain on Wednesday to deliver a petition against the ban to the Russian Embassy in Washington. Meanwhile, supporters of the ban in the United States said there were more than enough American children in need of adoption, and critics of international adoption generally reiterated complaints that the process is overly profit-driven and sometimes corrupt.

But for parents with their hearts set on adopting Russian children, the political discourse has been little more than background noise to their own personal agony. Senior officials in Moscow have said they expect the ban to have the immediate effect of blocking the departure of 46 children whose adoptions by American parents were nearly completed.

Adoption agency officials in the United States who work regularly with Russian orphanages said there were about to sets of parents who had already identified children they planned to adopt and would be affected. The State Department has urged American families in the process of adopting from Russia to register for updates and potential assistance.

Robert and Kim Summers of Freehold, N. They are scheduled to pick up a month-old boy whom they consider their son in the city of Kaluga on Jan. They plan to call the boy Preston, and their house is already filled with toys and clothes and pictures of him, said Ms. Summers said of news that the ban would become law. This mother, who requested anonymity out of fear that her that were family would be blocked from leaving Russia, described how the relationship between parents and children begins long before the children leave the orphanage.

She and her husband adopted a boy in Russia in and returned with him last week to pick up his new brother. This mother said her older son, now almost 5, learned about his own adoption by watching his parents adopt again.

In Sea Cliff, Ms. Drewinsky, 44, and her husband, Yvan, 56, an aviation consultant, grew up in Russian families, speak Russian and belong to the Orthodox Church. They speak to Alyosha, 5, every week on the phone in Russian. A judge approved the adoption and they planned to go to Russia in late January or early February to bring him home.

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Herszenhorn reported from Moscow, and Erik Eckholm from New York.

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