breanne moreno- Novaya Gazeta's petition against adoption bill goes missing at Duma

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Novaya Gazeta made a petition which had over 100,000 signatures against a new legislation that would ban U.S. adoptions of Russian children, but it went missing before it got into the hands of lawmakers. The petition was shown to the Duma's republic affairs and media relations office on Mokhovaya Ulitsa, but it never made it to the state Duma on Okhotny ryad, RBC reported. President Vladimir Putin was imformed a day earlier of the collection of signatures. At the time, he said that Duma deputies should take the petition into consideration but that the public's initiative would not necessarily affect the legislation. The state Duma is set to consider the Dima Yakovlev bill for the third time friday. If the legislation is approved, it will then be sent to Putin to be signed into law. The bill would ban adoptions of Russian children by american citizens and place financial and visa sanctions on any Americans who violate the rights of Russians. If the bill is approved in its final reading, it could come into force as early as january.