Latest items for Russia
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Belarus, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kuwait, Libya, Montenegro, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Syria, Turkmenistan
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
10
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
10
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: WAM-LAW-1
"It has been more than six months since the Russian playwright Svetlana Petriychuk and the theater director Zhenya Berkovich were arrested and jailed for their work on 'Finist, the Bright Falcon,' an acclaimed play sympathetic to women recruited by ISIS. The charge? 'Justifying terrorism.' The plaintiffs have appealed being held in pretrial detention three times; each time, the court has denied it. The prosecution, on the other hand, has asked the court three times to postpone the trial 'to interview important witnesses'; each time, the court has granted the request. Being a feminist is not against the law in Russia. But if Ms. Berkovich and Ms. Petriychuk are found guilty,...more
Variables: WAM-LAW-1
"It has been more than six months since the Russian playwright Svetlana Petriychuk and the theater director Zhenya Berkovich were arrested and jailed for their work on 'Finist, the Bright Falcon,' an acclaimed play sympathetic to women recruited by ISIS. The charge? 'Justifying terrorism.' The plaintiffs have appealed being held in pretrial detention three times; each time, the court has denied it. The prosecution, on the other hand, has asked the court three times to postpone the trial 'to interview important witnesses'; each time, the court has granted the request. Being a feminist is not against the law in Russia. But if Ms. Berkovich and Ms. Petriychuk are found guilty,...more
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"The next year, authorities designated the prominent Russian nonprofit Nasiliu.net, which supports domestic violence victims, as a foreign agent, a label regularly applied to critics of Mr. Putin’s politics. (Nasiliu.net’s founder, Anna Rivina, was personally deemed a foreign agent.) In 2021, they shut down a major national feminist festival, Moscow FemFest. 'They didn’t refer to any laws but simply said, ‘We need to clear the space,' the festival’s founder, Lola Tagaeva, told me. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Feminist Antiwar Resistance quickly formed and became one of the loudest protest movements in the country. More than 100 of its activists have faced various forms of persecution, the organization...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"The next year, authorities designated the prominent Russian nonprofit Nasiliu.net, which supports domestic violence victims, as a foreign agent, a label regularly applied to critics of Mr. Putin’s politics. (Nasiliu.net’s founder, Anna Rivina, was personally deemed a foreign agent.) In 2021, they shut down a major national feminist festival, Moscow FemFest. 'They didn’t refer to any laws but simply said, ‘We need to clear the space,' the festival’s founder, Lola Tagaeva, told me. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Feminist Antiwar Resistance quickly formed and became one of the loudest protest movements in the country. More than 100 of its activists have faced various forms of persecution, the organization...more
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"[A]uthorities designated the prominent Russian nonprofit Nasiliu.net, which supports domestic violence victims, as a foreign agent, a label regularly applied to critics of Mr. Putin’s politics. (Nasiliu.net’s founder, Anna Rivina, was personally deemed a foreign agent)" (para 10). "Ms. Rivina, the Nasiliu.net founder, countered receiving foreign agent status by starting a new national help line for domestic violence victims" (para 16).
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"[A]uthorities designated the prominent Russian nonprofit Nasiliu.net, which supports domestic violence victims, as a foreign agent, a label regularly applied to critics of Mr. Putin’s politics. (Nasiliu.net’s founder, Anna Rivina, was personally deemed a foreign agent)" (para 10). "Ms. Rivina, the Nasiliu.net founder, countered receiving foreign agent status by starting a new national help line for domestic violence victims" (para 16).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Feminist Antiwar Resistance quickly formed and became one of the loudest protest movements in the country" (para 11).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Feminist Antiwar Resistance quickly formed and became one of the loudest protest movements in the country" (para 11).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"A domestic abuse law introduced in the legislature, the State Duma, in 2019 went nowhere" (para 10).
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"A domestic abuse law introduced in the legislature, the State Duma, in 2019 went nowhere" (para 10).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2, AFE-PRACTICE-2
"This summer, Russia’s health minister, Mikhail Murashko, criticized women putting their education and careers ahead of having children as 'improper'" (para 12).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2, AFE-PRACTICE-2
"This summer, Russia’s health minister, Mikhail Murashko, criticized women putting their education and careers ahead of having children as 'improper'" (para 12).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"This summer, Russia’s health minister, Mikhail Murashko, criticized women putting their education and careers ahead of having children as 'improper' and announced a national initiative to control the circulation of abortion-inducing drugs in pharmacies. At least two Russian regions have already outlawed 'coercing' women into abortion, and in two other places, annexed Crimea and Kursk, private clinics have nearly stopped providing abortions altogether. Women nationwide have been panic-buying emergency contraception pills amid fears of a national ban" (para 12).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"This summer, Russia’s health minister, Mikhail Murashko, criticized women putting their education and careers ahead of having children as 'improper' and announced a national initiative to control the circulation of abortion-inducing drugs in pharmacies. At least two Russian regions have already outlawed 'coercing' women into abortion, and in two other places, annexed Crimea and Kursk, private clinics have nearly stopped providing abortions altogether. Women nationwide have been panic-buying emergency contraception pills amid fears of a national ban" (para 12).
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"Last year, the Kremlin reintroduced the Soviet-era Mother Heroine award for women who have 10 or more children, offering a lump sum cash prize of $16,500" (para 30).
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"Last year, the Kremlin reintroduced the Soviet-era Mother Heroine award for women who have 10 or more children, offering a lump sum cash prize of $16,500" (para 30).
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"A lack of contraceptives during the Soviet era meant that abortion, whether performed more safely while legal or dangerously while illegal, was the country’s primary form of birth control, said Michele Rivkin-Fish, an associate professor at the University of Carolina’s Department of Anthropology. 'The Soviet government was not opposed to contraceptives, but they never did much to ensure they’d be available. In the 1990s, there was much more openness to family planning, but it took about a decade for people to understand the safety and usefulness of contraception,' she said. Some of that resistance to contraceptives was linked to the same demographic fears that still haunt Russia today, according to...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"A lack of contraceptives during the Soviet era meant that abortion, whether performed more safely while legal or dangerously while illegal, was the country’s primary form of birth control, said Michele Rivkin-Fish, an associate professor at the University of Carolina’s Department of Anthropology. 'The Soviet government was not opposed to contraceptives, but they never did much to ensure they’d be available. In the 1990s, there was much more openness to family planning, but it took about a decade for people to understand the safety and usefulness of contraception,' she said. Some of that resistance to contraceptives was linked to the same demographic fears that still haunt Russia today, according to...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"Russia continues to record about 1.5 births per woman, which is below the rate of 2.1 needed to maintain the population" (para 17).
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"Russia continues to record about 1.5 births per woman, which is below the rate of 2.1 needed to maintain the population" (para 17).
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"The Russian Orthodox church is also pushing for new proposals to cut the timeframe for legal abortion to eight weeks or 12 weeks in cases of rape" (para 34).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"The Russian Orthodox church is also pushing for new proposals to cut the timeframe for legal abortion to eight weeks or 12 weeks in cases of rape" (para 34).
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Terminating a pregnancy is a legal and widely available procedure in Russia, but in recent weeks and months, a flurry of new laws appear to limit abortion access amid fears of further population declines and a push towards conservatism. In August and November, two Russian regions – Mordovia and Tver – passed laws punishing anyone found to 'coerce' women into abortions. In October, lawmakers approved legislation restricting access to abortion drugs, measures that could also affect the sale of some contraceptives" (para 4-6). "Other private clinics in Russia have limited the provision of abortions too. Women are pushed instead to go to government clinics, where wait times are long. At...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Terminating a pregnancy is a legal and widely available procedure in Russia, but in recent weeks and months, a flurry of new laws appear to limit abortion access amid fears of further population declines and a push towards conservatism. In August and November, two Russian regions – Mordovia and Tver – passed laws punishing anyone found to 'coerce' women into abortions. In October, lawmakers approved legislation restricting access to abortion drugs, measures that could also affect the sale of some contraceptives" (para 4-6). "Other private clinics in Russia have limited the provision of abortions too. Women are pushed instead to go to government clinics, where wait times are long. At...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Today, Russian abortion rates have fallen drastically from their Soviet highs but remain slightly above average. According to the US think tank Rand, the incidence of abortion in Russia is the world’s highest. In 2020, Russia had 314 abortions to 1,000 live births, compared with 188 in the European Union, according to the World Health Organization" (para 27-29).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Today, Russian abortion rates have fallen drastically from their Soviet highs but remain slightly above average. According to the US think tank Rand, the incidence of abortion in Russia is the world’s highest. In 2020, Russia had 314 abortions to 1,000 live births, compared with 188 in the European Union, according to the World Health Organization" (para 27-29).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Technically illegal, but tolerated in Muslim regions (for example: Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan)" (para 18).
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Technically illegal, but tolerated in Muslim regions (for example: Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan)" (para 18).
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