[thriftwy]

I'm pretty sure most of children who was in orphanage in Russia are adopted already and there's a line for potential foster parents.

(On the other hand, people are reluctant to adopt teenagers who are otherwise entitled to free apartment as they come of age)

Expect Belarus to be the same but not sure about Ukraine.

[acorkery]

In the case of Russia, I was mostly thinking of it's treatment of disabled kids by the state. Up to 30% of russian disabled children are institutionalized - maybe orphanage is not the right word.

https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/09/15/abandoned-state/violen...

[thriftwy]

Yes I can see how it is a problem. Not many people want to adopt a disabled child, and people will often reject heavily disabled babies after birth. It's not an easy problem to tackle.

Iceland shows promise in this respect, where they now have essentially zero Down syndrome babies thanks to screening.

> Russia should stop abuse of children with disabilities in state care

they write, but it seems impossible to me. How would you make overworked and irritated workers of institutions truly care about emotional well-being of their subjects?