I repost this article from the Moscow times, an expat newspaper, to show what the government is trying to do to shape public opinion on this subject. While I was on my back for a week for the third time in three years recently, I had a massage therapist come and work on me daily. She once started spouting this kind of stuff to me, so I can attest that the propaganda is working.

10 Russian Myths About U.S. Adoptions | Opinion | The Moscow Times