The State Duma’s assembly hall. State Duma deputy from United Russia parliamentary caucus claims that the recently introduced ban on promotion of non-traditional sex relations to minors should be extended to families. Therefore, homosexual parents have no right to raise their children. MP Aleksey Zhuravlev submitted the suggested amendments to the Family Code to the State Duma on Thursday. The... 

The legalization of gay marriage in the UK and France reduces the possibility for British and French families to adopt children from Russia, Konstantin Dolgov, the commissioner for human rights, democracy and the rule of law of the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The diplomat wrote on his Twitter: “British and French parliaments have legalized gay marriage. This reduces the possibility...