Russian adoptions to France to stop?

In a move that's perhaps taken some by surprise, an official in Russia has called for adoptions of Russian kids to French parents to stop. None other than Russia’s ombudsman for children’s rights would you believe, Pavel Astakhov

Astakhov said the Russian-French agreement on adoptions should be reconsidered because France’s endorsement of gay marriage directly contradicts Russian legislation. 

“It is evident that a moratorium should be imposed until [both countries’] legislation is brought into accord. This is logical,” Astakhov told journalists. 

His sentiment echoed that of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said late last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with countries that allow gay marriage, which goes against “traditional Russian values.” more

Seems overkill to me, even if you did think that gays shouldn't adopt. Why wouldn't they simply put that into the adoption process instead of banning a whole country from adopting? Is it a  bit of a stunt? Do they want to make an example out of France? By banning all French it'd give the issue much more media coverage. It would also inflame tensions within France over gays, as people who want to adopt from Russia will blame the gays now for fucking it all up.

Other than that, how fuckin ridiculous. I would expect that sort of thing from Russia though after the bullshit display of it's priests attacking gay marchers. It just makes the country look stupid. Paranoid and fearful of us. A bunch of ignorant fools stuck in the dark ages. 

In a way it's sort of funny you know. Here's this mighty power shit scared of a few poofs. What do they think we're going to do? Love them to death?