Putin’s crackdown casts a wide net, ensnaring LGBTQ people, lawyers and many others

Russia's lower Parliamentary chamber, the State Duma, voted 397-1 on Wednesday to ban foreign nationals of countries that allow medical gender transitions, as well as gender changes on official government identification documents, to adopt Russian children.

Reuters

South China Morning Post

The law, which has already been approved by the Kremlin but still needs to be passed by the upper chamber and signed by Pres. Vladimir Putin, will ban countries that allow "change of sex by medical intervention, including with the use of medicine."

TASS

State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin was reported last week as saying the ban would include Australia, Austria, Argentina, Belgium, the UK, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, and Estonia.

Russian Parliament Passes Adoption Ban on Countries That Allow Sex Changes

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