Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has blasted...
The boy, Artyom Savelyev, adopted in September and renamed Justin, flew in to Moscow on April 8 alone after being accompanied to the plane in the United States by his adoptive grandmother. He brought a note in which his adoptive mother said she will not take care of him any longer because he is "mentally unstable."
"It is a monstrous deed on the part of his adoptive parents, to take the kid and virtually throw him out with the airplane in the opposite direction... [It] is not only immoral but also against the law," Medvedev told ABC News.
The story has been widely covered by news media and caused fury in many people who pitied the boy. The activities of the U.S. adoption agency World Association for Children and Parents (WACAP) that assisted in the U.S. couple"s adoption of Savelyev have been suspended in Russia.
"This child is mentally unstable. He is violent and has severe psychopathic issues," 33-year-old adoptive mother, Torry Hansen of Shelbyville, Tennessee,
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