A demonstrator holds a poster reading "We are for Dima Yakovlev Bill" outside the Federation Council on Dec. 26, 2012. Several protesters were detained that morning outside the upper chamber of Russia's parliament as it prepared to vote on a controversial measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children. (Associated Press)

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A demonstrator holds a poster reading "We are for Dima Yakovlev Bill" outside the Federation Council on Dec. 26, 2012. Several protesters were detained that morning outside the upper chamber of Russia's parliament as it prepared to vote on a controversial measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children. (Associated Press)