Russian Lawmaker Disputes Report He Adopted Child Taken from Ukraine

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Sergey Mironov, the leader of political party A Just Russia in Moscow, on Feb. 14, 2023. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

A Russian lawmaker and staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin has denied media allegations that he adopted a missing 2-year-old girl who was removed from a Ukrainian children’s home and changed her name in Russia.