I have been considering adopting from Russia, I spoke to Alliance for Children in MA and I was told that Russia has closed down temporarily and will be re-accrediting agencies. Sometimes this takes weeks or months, but all expecting parents that have handed in their dossier to Russia effective the close down a few days ago, will be "honored" and the process will continue to go forward for them. Those that have not gotten that far will have to wait it out. It seems like this happens every so often, so I am hopeful that it will go back to normal sooner rather then later.