Found this old article

and really wish I could find out what the outcome was. It is not quite the same as our case, but to me it has the same feel. Reading about this case makes me feel better and much worse......better because I do feel like our agency in proceeding correctly and taking all the right steps to make sure her citizenship is obtained correctly and once we get that certificate we will be golden......and of course worse because I'm realising just how serious this problem is and the delays we could experience could be even longer. I haven't found anyone who has had these same Russian citizenship issues so I have nothing to compare our delays to and no way to know what to expect. The passport office did say they "by law" had 2-6 months to process the citizenship so I might have to prepare myself for the a worst-case-scenario of May before its complete (well no, I guess worst-case would be that her citizenship would be denied and left in limbo!!). Anyway, I'd be interested to hear others take on this case:

http://rt.com/prime-time/2008-11-28/Unlucky_orphan_trapped_in_red_tape_.html

Other than worrying about this and researching for answers, we ditched all the Super Bowl fun and headed to Knott's Berry Farm yesterday. What a great day there! It was practically empty. I also picked up a few souvenir travel mugs for gifts for when we actually make it back to Russia.