[MercyFlush]

Here’s an obvious question: why are there so many abandoned and orphaned children in Russia that foreign adoptions are needed?

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Alcoholism

[Hypo2]

Less access to abortion on demand?

[A strike]

Don’t be a jerk.
There are the same number as anywhere else.

[circlecity]

Ukraine has also had a severe problem with an outsized population of orphans. Here’s an article on it that predates the war with Russia

https://hopenowusa.org/blogs/news/ukraine-orphans-a-disturbing-situation

[Varda]

Maybe there's something else at play. People pay big bucks for babies from eastern Europe.

Ukraine baby theft claims probed
"Underlining real concern over baby-trafficking from Eastern Europe, they pointed to newspaper adverts in Moldova encouraging single mothers there to sell a child for 3,000 euros."