(CNN) -- The Russian law that bans adoptions by U.S.
families will take effect in one year instead of this month, Russia's semiofficial news agency RIA Novosti reported Thursday.
In late December, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a ban on the adoption of Russian children by U.S. families. It was supposed to take effect January 1.
According to RIA Novosti, Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Thursday the adoption agreement between the two countries had not expired.