maksim. he s 3 years old and he stands a better chance than almost any other child at this orphanage of getting adopted. the simple reason being he s one of the youngest kids here. the oldest go up to the age of 18. oops. and the administrators here say that one of the problems is that russian families are not really interested in adopting children that aren t infants. you know, russians are usually looking for babies, russian-looking, blond with blue eyes and healthy. for some reason international a dopgdz agencies don t come to children s home number 59 and due to the bad publicity from the latest u.s.-russian adoption scandal, psychologist darya fears foreign adoptions across the country may slow to a halt. you think international