The upper house of the Russian parliament...

Therapeutic cloning, which involves the production of stem cells from embryos, was permitted in the U.S. a few days after Barack Obama"s inauguration as president. The law on this type of cloning requires embryos to be destroyed within 14 days. Obama, however, ruled out reproductive cloning, which he called "dangerous" and "profoundly wrong." It "has no place in our society or any society", he said.

Russia"s moratorium on human cloning expired on June 23, 2007.

MOSCOW, March 17 (RIA Novosti)