Russia adopts law banning 'childfree propaganda'.

In the State Duma of the Russian Federation on Tuesday, November 12, in the second and third readings, a law was adopted banning 'childfree propaganda', i.e. 'refusal to have children'. This was reported by 'Current Time'.

This law amends six laws that provide for the prohibition of 'propaganda' of pedophilia, LGBT, and gender changes. It was separately stipulated that the dissemination of information about nuns and their adherence to celibacy is not considered a violation - this point was requested by the ROC.

Amendments are also made to the Code of Administrative Offenses. After the law is signed and comes into force, a fine of up to 400,000 rubles for individuals, up to 800,000 rubles for officials, and up to five million rubles for legal entities will be imposed for 'childfree propaganda'.

The bill has been introduced to the State Duma by a group of deputies and senators, including the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and the chairwoman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko. According to Volodin, lawmakers are thus creating 'a single legal field for the protection of children, family, traditional values'.

Full ban on 'LGBT propaganda'

Fines for 'childfree propaganda' are similar to fines for 'LGBT propaganda'. In November 2023, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation banned the organization 'International LGBT Public Movement' and recognized it as an 'extremist organization'. After that, law enforcement agencies began to raid gay clubs, and people started to be persecuted even for rainbow earrings.

Earlier it was reported that the Supreme Court of Russia recognized the organization 'International LGBT Public Movement' as extremist and banned it. Although human rights activists claim that such an organization does not exist. Judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Oleg Nefyodov satisfied the Ministry of Justice's lawsuit for the ban and recognition of the organization 'International LGBT Public Movement' as extremist. At the same time, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation did not explain in the lawsuit what the 'LGBT movement' is, who manages it, and what its structure is.

In the Russian city of Krasnodar, a court fined two women 50,000 rubles each for kissing in a cafe.