Can you answer smile ! you love me.’s question about Adoption?:

I have a friend who was adopted from Russia this year. She is fourteen. She had a friend back in the orphanage whom has not been adopted yet, and one of my coworkers is looking to adopt another child. She said that she definitely would adopt this girl except in order to adopt a child from Russia she must live in Russia for a month. She has four kids at home and obviously isn’t able to do this. I know that there must be a way to get around this rule. Maybe petitioning someone or something? What could she do?

Families Adoption Agency