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LGBTQ rights in Russia

  • Recognition of same-sex unions in RussiaArticle 1(3) of the Family Code of Russia states that regulation of family relations must adhere to the principle of a voluntary union between a man and a…
  • LGBTQ rights in RussiaIn December 1917, the Russian Soviet Republic decriminalized homosexuality following the October Revolution. The Bolshevik government rewrote the…
  • Russian anti-LGBTQ lawOn the 11th of June 2013, the State Duma voted unanimously to pass a law commonly known as the Russian anti-LGBTQ law. Only one member abstained from the…