TODAY: Russian adoptee dies in U.S.; new bill redefines conditions for seizing children; suspects arrested in Pakhomov death; Chelyabinsk residents cash in on meteorites; Yashin money to be investigated; Magnitsky trial postponed again; Russian still sending weapons to Syria; investment image problem.

The Investigative Committee is demanding answers from Texas officials over the death of a 3-year-old Russian boy adopted into an American family.  The children’s rights ombudsman, Pavel Astakhov, took to Twitter to make accusations about the child’s death, despite no conclusive investigation having yet been made.  Meanwhile, a new bill that redefines the conditions under which Russian children can be seized from their ‘socially vulnerable’ families has sparked fear among critics.  Eight suspects have been arrested in connection with the deal of Mikhail Pakhomov, who was found in a barrel of cement in Lipetsk this week.  In the aftermath of this week’s meteor explosion, some Chelyabinsk residents are cashing in on their meteorite finds, leading to police investigations to verify the authenticity of sellers’ wares.  Masha Gessen explains why so many meteor conspiracy theories have arisen.  Dmitry Rogozin says that Russia ‘must create a system to detect objects that threaten Earth and neutralize them’.