Latest items for Russia
Nov. 22, 2024, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"The media is full of pro-natal advertising. One ad features a young couple who receive a knock on the door at night from a cute little toddler, who tells them, 'I am your happiness.' The woman lets her in despite her boyfriend objecting that 'we are not planning.' She replies, 'You can’t plan happiness, can you?' The Russian TV channel Yu features a number of pro-child shows, like Supermom, Maternity Ward Days, Call Me Mom, and Mom at 45. One of them used to be called Pregnant at 16; recently it was rebranded Mom at 16. The opening line of each episode changed from 'I’m pregnant' to 'I’m expecting a...more
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"The media is full of pro-natal advertising. One ad features a young couple who receive a knock on the door at night from a cute little toddler, who tells them, 'I am your happiness.' The woman lets her in despite her boyfriend objecting that 'we are not planning.' She replies, 'You can’t plan happiness, can you?' The Russian TV channel Yu features a number of pro-child shows, like Supermom, Maternity Ward Days, Call Me Mom, and Mom at 45. One of them used to be called Pregnant at 16; recently it was rebranded Mom at 16. The opening line of each episode changed from 'I’m pregnant' to 'I’m expecting a...more
Nov. 22, 2024, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: WAM-LAW-1
"If it passes, the legislation will ban 'childfree propaganda' on the internet and in the media, films and advertisements. There will be steep fines –about $4000 for individuals and $51,000 for organisations" (10).
Variables: WAM-LAW-1
"If it passes, the legislation will ban 'childfree propaganda' on the internet and in the media, films and advertisements. There will be steep fines –about $4000 for individuals and $51,000 for organisations" (10).
Nov. 22, 2024, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
" 'Childfree propaganda is a socially dangerous phenomenon. The Americans are promoting this. Our country is vast and their ideology is dangerous. Under no circumstances should it be allowed to spread,' Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house, said in October. The Russian Orthodox Church is on board. 'Child-free is an ideology…that claims children are not obligatory in life and, more generally, even fosters hatred toward children,' said Father Fyodor Lukyanov, the head of the patriarch’s Commission on the Family and the Defense of Motherhood and Childhood earlier this year. 'Such child-hating, people-hating ideologies – particularly child-free – must be banned and equated with extremism since they are destroying...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
" 'Childfree propaganda is a socially dangerous phenomenon. The Americans are promoting this. Our country is vast and their ideology is dangerous. Under no circumstances should it be allowed to spread,' Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house, said in October. The Russian Orthodox Church is on board. 'Child-free is an ideology…that claims children are not obligatory in life and, more generally, even fosters hatred toward children,' said Father Fyodor Lukyanov, the head of the patriarch’s Commission on the Family and the Defense of Motherhood and Childhood earlier this year. 'Such child-hating, people-hating ideologies – particularly child-free – must be banned and equated with extremism since they are destroying...more
Nov. 22, 2024, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"A new law criminalising 'child-free propaganda' passed the lower house of parliament earlier this month. It still have to be passed by the upper house and signed by President Putin. 'Childfree propaganda is a socially dangerous phenomenon. The Americans are promoting this. Our country is vast and their ideology is dangerous. Under no circumstances should it be allowed to spread,' Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house, said in October. The Russian Orthodox Church is on board. 'Child-free is an ideology…that claims children are not obligatory in life and, more generally, even fosters hatred toward children,' said Father Fyodor Lukyanov, the head of the patriarch’s Commission on the Family...more
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"A new law criminalising 'child-free propaganda' passed the lower house of parliament earlier this month. It still have to be passed by the upper house and signed by President Putin. 'Childfree propaganda is a socially dangerous phenomenon. The Americans are promoting this. Our country is vast and their ideology is dangerous. Under no circumstances should it be allowed to spread,' Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house, said in October. The Russian Orthodox Church is on board. 'Child-free is an ideology…that claims children are not obligatory in life and, more generally, even fosters hatred toward children,' said Father Fyodor Lukyanov, the head of the patriarch’s Commission on the Family...more
Nov. 22, 2024, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"Russia has one of the world’s highest abortion rates – a legacy of the Soviet era, when it was the principal means of birth control" (13).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"Russia has one of the world’s highest abortion rates – a legacy of the Soviet era, when it was the principal means of birth control" (13).
Nov. 22, 2024, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: CBMC-PRACTICE-1, CBMC-PRACTICE-2
"If a pregnant woman is single, doctors are meant to tell her that ‘having a child is no obstacle to finding a life partner’ "(15).
Variables: CBMC-PRACTICE-1, CBMC-PRACTICE-2
"If a pregnant woman is single, doctors are meant to tell her that ‘having a child is no obstacle to finding a life partner’ "(15).
Nov. 22, 2024, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"In short, it appears that neither the carrot nor the stick will increase the birth rate in Russia. The problem, as in other countries, must be that young women no longer see motherhood and family life as fulfilling life goals" (22).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"In short, it appears that neither the carrot nor the stick will increase the birth rate in Russia. The problem, as in other countries, must be that young women no longer see motherhood and family life as fulfilling life goals" (22).
Nov. 22, 2024, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1
"President Putin has lots of things on his mind, including that special military operation in Ukraine, but increasing the birth rate is a very high priority for him. In May he issued a decree calling for measures to raise the birth rate and to increase the number of families with three or more children. In 2022 the government revived the Soviet-era Mother Heroine awardfor women who have 10 or more children -- a lump sum cash prize of US$16,500" (9).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1
"President Putin has lots of things on his mind, including that special military operation in Ukraine, but increasing the birth rate is a very high priority for him. In May he issued a decree calling for measures to raise the birth rate and to increase the number of families with three or more children. In 2022 the government revived the Soviet-era Mother Heroine awardfor women who have 10 or more children -- a lump sum cash prize of US$16,500" (9).
Nov. 22, 2024, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"If it passes, the legislation will ban 'childfree propaganda' on the internet and in the media, films and advertisements. There will be steep fines –about $4000 for individuals and $51,000 for organisations. The law is loosely worded and human rights advocates fear that even positive comments about a childfree lifestyle or public discussions on birth control or abortion could be considered a violation...Cutting back on abortion seems like an obvious strategy. Russia has one of the world’s highest abortion rates – a legacy of the Soviet era, when it was the principal means of birth control. Now the government is beginning to actively discourage abortion. A fifth of abortions are...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"If it passes, the legislation will ban 'childfree propaganda' on the internet and in the media, films and advertisements. There will be steep fines –about $4000 for individuals and $51,000 for organisations. The law is loosely worded and human rights advocates fear that even positive comments about a childfree lifestyle or public discussions on birth control or abortion could be considered a violation...Cutting back on abortion seems like an obvious strategy. Russia has one of the world’s highest abortion rates – a legacy of the Soviet era, when it was the principal means of birth control. Now the government is beginning to actively discourage abortion. A fifth of abortions are...more
Nov. 22, 2024, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Cutting back on abortion seems like an obvious strategy. Russia has one of the world’s highest abortion rates – a legacy of the Soviet era, when it was the principal means of birth control. Now the government is beginning to actively discourage abortion...But the Russians are unlikely to ban abortion entirely" (13, 16).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Cutting back on abortion seems like an obvious strategy. Russia has one of the world’s highest abortion rates – a legacy of the Soviet era, when it was the principal means of birth control. Now the government is beginning to actively discourage abortion...But the Russians are unlikely to ban abortion entirely" (13, 16).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Colombia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Japan, Mauritius, Paraguay, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Trinidad/Tobago, Uruguay
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
5.0
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
5.0
May 10, 2024, 10:59 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1
“In the absence of a marital agreement (in England, these are called a pre- or postnuptial agreement), courts in Russia will apply the default spousal property regime, which states that each spouse is deemed to have equal entitlement to joint property, which will include salary, dividends, pensions and property acquired with income received by one or both parties during their marriage irrespective of whether the asset is held in the parties' joint or individual names. It will not, however, include property that was, for example, acquired by one of the parties before marriage or a property received as a gift or inheritance. It is worth noting that assets in the...more
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1
“In the absence of a marital agreement (in England, these are called a pre- or postnuptial agreement), courts in Russia will apply the default spousal property regime, which states that each spouse is deemed to have equal entitlement to joint property, which will include salary, dividends, pensions and property acquired with income received by one or both parties during their marriage irrespective of whether the asset is held in the parties' joint or individual names. It will not, however, include property that was, for example, acquired by one of the parties before marriage or a property received as a gift or inheritance. It is worth noting that assets in the...more
April 2, 2024, 5:44 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"Article 1141. General Provisions 1. Legal heirs shall be called upon to inherit in compliance with the priority ranking set out in Articles 1142 - 1145 and 1148 of the present Code. The heirs of each next category shall inherit if there are no heirs of the preceding categories, i.e. if there are no heirs of the preceding categories or if neither of them are entitled to inherit or if all of them have been barred from inheritance (Article 1117), or deprived of inheritance (Item 1 Article 1119), if neither of them have accepted inheritance or if all of them have disclaimed inheritance. 2. Heirs of one category shall inherit...more
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"Article 1141. General Provisions 1. Legal heirs shall be called upon to inherit in compliance with the priority ranking set out in Articles 1142 - 1145 and 1148 of the present Code. The heirs of each next category shall inherit if there are no heirs of the preceding categories, i.e. if there are no heirs of the preceding categories or if neither of them are entitled to inherit or if all of them have been barred from inheritance (Article 1117), or deprived of inheritance (Item 1 Article 1119), if neither of them have accepted inheritance or if all of them have disclaimed inheritance. 2. Heirs of one category shall inherit...more
April 2, 2024, 5:32 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"[Article 1] 3. Family relations shall be regulated in conformity with the principles of a voluntary conjugal union between a man and a woman, of the equality of spouses' rights in the family, of resolving internal family problems by mutual consent, of the priority of bringing children up in a family, of taking care of their well-being and development, and of ensuring priority protection of the rights and interests of underaged and disabled family members...Article 33. The Concept of the Legal Regime of the Spouses' Property 1. The legal regime of the spouses' property shall be the regime of their joint property. The legal regime of the spouses' property shall...more
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"[Article 1] 3. Family relations shall be regulated in conformity with the principles of a voluntary conjugal union between a man and a woman, of the equality of spouses' rights in the family, of resolving internal family problems by mutual consent, of the priority of bringing children up in a family, of taking care of their well-being and development, and of ensuring priority protection of the rights and interests of underaged and disabled family members...Article 33. The Concept of the Legal Regime of the Spouses' Property 1. The legal regime of the spouses' property shall be the regime of their joint property. The legal regime of the spouses' property shall...more
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Chad, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Libya, Nicaragua, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Yemen
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
4.0
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
4.0
March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Russia ranks as a Tier 3 country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Russia ranks as a Tier 3 country (85).
March 9, 2024, 5:19 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2023 data from the OECD, the percentage of women in Russia who have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life is 19.6% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2023 data from the OECD, the percentage of women in Russia who have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life is 19.6% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
March 5, 2024, 9:47 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: IRP-LAW-6
"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? Not in law but reports that police and health workers work together to conduct forced testing at times" (para 4).
Variables: IRP-LAW-6
"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? Not in law but reports that police and health workers work together to conduct forced testing at times" (para 4).
March 5, 2024, 9:47 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: IRP-LAW-4
"Is there mandatory registration? No" (para 5). "Is sex work recognised as work? No" (para 6).
Variables: IRP-LAW-4
"Is there mandatory registration? No" (para 5). "Is sex work recognised as work? No" (para 6).
March 5, 2024, 9:47 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? It is illegal to sell sex in any context under the code of administrative offences" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? It is illegal to organise/manage in any context. Living on the earnings, brothel-keeping and organising 'prostitution' are criminalised under Criminal Code" (para 3).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? It is illegal to sell sex in any context under the code of administrative offences" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? It is illegal to organise/manage in any context. Living on the earnings, brothel-keeping and organising 'prostitution' are criminalised under Criminal Code" (para 3).
March 5, 2024, 9:46 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"As the war with Ukraine rages on, this is the reality for Russian sex workers: Their lives include increasingly aggressive clients, and police taking advantage of them" (para 2). "A few days later, when she went to open the door for a client, she was instead met with several police officers. They burst into the apartment, threw her, half-naked, onto the floor, tied her hands with duct tape, and rummaged through her apartment. They took all of her savings, her passport, the backup keys to her apartment, fifty condoms, and a liter of coconut milk, which she used for personal hygiene. She did not receive any search report or receipt....more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"As the war with Ukraine rages on, this is the reality for Russian sex workers: Their lives include increasingly aggressive clients, and police taking advantage of them" (para 2). "A few days later, when she went to open the door for a client, she was instead met with several police officers. They burst into the apartment, threw her, half-naked, onto the floor, tied her hands with duct tape, and rummaged through her apartment. They took all of her savings, her passport, the backup keys to her apartment, fifty condoms, and a liter of coconut milk, which she used for personal hygiene. She did not receive any search report or receipt....more
March 5, 2024, 9:46 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3
"'Problematic clients' include those who were conscripted to fight in the war. 'Those called up to fight (and) come ‘one last time’ are incredibly aggressive, and subject women to brutality,' said Jewgienija from Perm. Ljubow, another sex worker from the same city, says these clients often say 'They’re taking me away in two days, so I’d like a taste of life now'" (para 18). In the context of a large-scale war, and under established deregulation, violence against prostitutes likely increases and the government's motivation to address it decreases (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "'One of the girls I work with was told ‘I fought in the war, so you owe this...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3
"'Problematic clients' include those who were conscripted to fight in the war. 'Those called up to fight (and) come ‘one last time’ are incredibly aggressive, and subject women to brutality,' said Jewgienija from Perm. Ljubow, another sex worker from the same city, says these clients often say 'They’re taking me away in two days, so I’d like a taste of life now'" (para 18). In the context of a large-scale war, and under established deregulation, violence against prostitutes likely increases and the government's motivation to address it decreases (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "'One of the girls I work with was told ‘I fought in the war, so you owe this...more
March 5, 2024, 9:46 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: IRP-DATA-2
"Since the outbreak of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the number of sex industry clients has also declined, which many drafted to fight, while others have fled Russia" (para 3). "Ukrainian women who fled to Russia before the war have also joined the fight for the few remaining customers. "The influx of female immigrants has changed the market situation in the border region of Rostov," says psychologist Ijia Lemman, who specializes in helping sex workers. 'Many girls from Rostov have gone to other regions, because it has become crowded'" (para 12).
Variables: IRP-DATA-2
"Since the outbreak of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the number of sex industry clients has also declined, which many drafted to fight, while others have fled Russia" (para 3). "Ukrainian women who fled to Russia before the war have also joined the fight for the few remaining customers. "The influx of female immigrants has changed the market situation in the border region of Rostov," says psychologist Ijia Lemman, who specializes in helping sex workers. 'Many girls from Rostov have gone to other regions, because it has become crowded'" (para 12).
March 5, 2024, 9:45 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: IRP-LAW-6
"The activist, Regina Akhmetzyanova, spends her evening going to such clandestine brothels to give out condoms and to offer sex workers an HIV test. This is particularly important for prostitutes since infection rates in Russia are currently growing, with more than 1,03,000 new cases identified in 2016, up 5% on the previous year, while the real total is likely to be significantly higher" (para 3,4). A high infection rate and the fact that NGOs have to fill in testing gaps means there is no government intervention when it comes to the health of Russian prostitutes (MCP - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IRP-LAW-6
"The activist, Regina Akhmetzyanova, spends her evening going to such clandestine brothels to give out condoms and to offer sex workers an HIV test. This is particularly important for prostitutes since infection rates in Russia are currently growing, with more than 1,03,000 new cases identified in 2016, up 5% on the previous year, while the real total is likely to be significantly higher" (para 3,4). A high infection rate and the fact that NGOs have to fill in testing gaps means there is no government intervention when it comes to the health of Russian prostitutes (MCP - CODER COMMENT).
March 5, 2024, 9:45 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: IRP-DATA-2
"In Saint Petersburg, activists estimate there could be between 4,000 and 6,000 women who earn their living from prostitution. Only some 10% work on the streets, while most work in brothels in city apartments, shared by a group of prostitutes with a security guard and receptionist, who takes calls from clients" (para 8).
Variables: IRP-DATA-2
"In Saint Petersburg, activists estimate there could be between 4,000 and 6,000 women who earn their living from prostitution. Only some 10% work on the streets, while most work in brothels in city apartments, shared by a group of prostitutes with a security guard and receptionist, who takes calls from clients" (para 8).
March 5, 2024, 9:45 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"While prostitution is illegal in Russia, it is punishable by a fine of just 1,500 rubles ($26). Activists say this legal ban is often used by police as an excuse not to investigate crimes against sex workers" (para 6).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"While prostitution is illegal in Russia, it is punishable by a fine of just 1,500 rubles ($26). Activists say this legal ban is often used by police as an excuse not to investigate crimes against sex workers" (para 6).
March 5, 2024, 9:45 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3
"But the reality is that Russian sex workers operate in a hidden world outside the law and out of sight — making them doubly vulnerable to infection and abuse, as AFP journalists found after being granted rare access to an illegal brothel" (para 2). The illegality of prostitution leaves room for an unregulated industry whose workers are unprotected and have virtually no rights vis a vis their clients or pimps (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "The activist, Regina Akhmetzyanova, spends her evening going to such clandestine brothels to give out condoms and to offer sex workers an HIV test. This is particularly important for prostitutes since infection rates in Russia are...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3
"But the reality is that Russian sex workers operate in a hidden world outside the law and out of sight — making them doubly vulnerable to infection and abuse, as AFP journalists found after being granted rare access to an illegal brothel" (para 2). The illegality of prostitution leaves room for an unregulated industry whose workers are unprotected and have virtually no rights vis a vis their clients or pimps (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "The activist, Regina Akhmetzyanova, spends her evening going to such clandestine brothels to give out condoms and to offer sex workers an HIV test. This is particularly important for prostitutes since infection rates in Russia are...more
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
1
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
1
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Russia, Taiwan
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
14
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
14
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
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Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
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