Outrage as adopted Russian boy returned on plane

A woman in the US has stirred international outrage by sending a Russian boy she adopted back to Moscow on a flight by himself, but local authorities said it’s not clear if she broke any laws.

Outrage as adopted Russian boy returned on plane

A woman in the US has stirred international outrage by sending a Russian boy she adopted back to Moscow on a flight by himself, but local authorities said it’s not clear if she broke any laws.

The seven-year-old boy, Artyom Savelyev, was put on a plane with a note saying his adoptive mother no longer wanted to parent him because he was violent and had severe psychological problems.

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