I can't speak to the truth of this. But we do have friends trying to adopt from Russia. Two American families were FALSELY accused of child abuse before they even left for home with their kids. There seem to be some folks in Russia that don't want Americans adopting their orphans. That's all I know.
It's not so easy to parent these kids. We adopted one in 95, one in 96, and a third in 97 and spent the next 4 years in family counseling. They don't come home trusting you and they have a special way of making you want to hit them at times.
It's a very difficult life before they turn around. And thank God, our two oldest have so far turned around wonderfully. The youngest is still in the midst of making that choice.
But I do understand why some adoptive parents go over the edge with these kids. At least while hitting them. It's much harder to understand starvation.