White House considers punishing Russians backing US adoption ban

The White House has been flooded with tens of thousands of requests to blacklist Russian officials supporting a ban on US adoptions of Russian children amid an escalating diplomatic feud, RIA-Novosti reports.
A petition asking the White House to slap sanctions on Russian legislators who vote for the adoption ban - which was approved by Russia’s lower house of parliament last week - had collected more than 52,000 signatures as of Monday morning according to RIA-Novosti/
“We …are outraged with the actions of Russian lawmakers, who breached all imaginable boundaries of humanity, responsibility, or common sense and chose to jeopardize lives and well-being of thousands of Russian orphans," the petition, which was launched last Friday reads.
The adoption ban is part of a broader bill that targets US officials accused of violating Russian citizens’ right.