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Russian President Vladimir Putin The adoption of Russian children was prohibited by law. citizens of countries where gender change allowed.

Under the law signed by Putin on Saturday, citizens of countries that allow gender reassignment through medical treatment will be prohibited from adopting children. regardless of whether it involves surgery, or changing gender on identity documents.

“We need to protect kids who can’t protect themselves.”This was stated by the Chairman of the Russian Duma, or Chamber of Deputies, Vyacheslav Volodin, when parliamentarians approved a law that “aims (…) to exclude any possibility of adoption of Russian children by representatives of LGBT communities.”

Volodin named twelve countries, including Italy and Spain, which once led in the number of adoptions of Russian children, and Germany, Belgium and Switzerland for allowing gender reassignment among minors, a policy he called “catastrophic.”

“A foreigner who has adopted a Russian child can change his gender after returning to the territory of his country, but The worst thing is that it can be exchanged for an adopted child,” he claimed.

Last September, State Duma Deputy Speaker Anna Kuznetsova said that adoptions by foreigners stopped completely after the adoption of more than 100,000 Russian minors. over the previous 30 years.

Russian authorities began tighten adoption requirements in 2011 for countries that have legalized gay marriage and forced them to sign bilateral agreements.

In addition, Putin signed a law on Saturday that prohibits the dissemination of ideas promoting “life without children” through the Internet, media, cinema or advertising.

According to this law, any person or body found guilty of this crime faces an administrative penalty in the amount of 200 thousand to one million rubles. (38,300 and 195,960 Mexican pesos).

The Chairman of the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Vyacheslav Volodin, wanted to clarify immediately after signing that the new law “is in no way directed against a woman’s decision not to give birth.”“, but is intended to “protect the new generation from destructive tendencies.”

According to Volodin, everything must be done so that new generations of citizens “grow up focusing on traditional family values”, according to his statements compiled by the Russian news agency TASS.

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According to the DPA agency, Russia’s birth rate has fallen to a 25-year low in the first half of 2024. The demographic crisis has recently been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, which has apparently caused many Russians to postpone their plans to start a family.

In recent years, Russia’s population has been steadily declining. If in 1990 almost 149 million people lived in Russia, the figure is now just under 144 million. Statisticians estimate that this figure could drop to 133–136 million in 2050.

(according to information from EFE And Europe Press)