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The State Duma voted to pass the law on the 11th of June 2013, and President Vladimir Putin signed it into effect on the 30th of June 2013. Yelena Mizulina served as the primary author of the legislation while Ilya Ponomarev was the only member to abstain from the vote.
A Russian citizen found guilty could be fined up to 5,000 rubles while public officials faced penalties of up to 50,000 rubles. Organizations or businesses convicted under the statute risked fines reaching 1 million rubles and orders to cease operations for periods lasting up to 90 days.
Research projects tracked 1056 hate crimes committed between 2010 and 2020 against 853 individuals resulting in 365 fatalities over the decade. Violence against LGBTQ individuals tripled in frequency following the implementation of the law with sixty-seven percent of documented incidents showing signs of extreme violence.
The State Duma passed a bill expanding the original law to cover all age groups on the 27th of October 2022. President Vladimir Putin signed the expanded version into effect on the 5th of December 2022 after the Federation Council approved the amendment unanimously on the 2nd of December 2022.
The total sum of fines imposed reached approximately 26 million rubles that year which far exceeded the roughly 7 million rubles collected during the entire previous nine years. Prosecutions under the law increased steadily from just two cases in 2013 to over 180 annually by 2023.