The Number of Orphan Russian Children Falls, Changes to Russian Adoption Practices The number of orphan Russian children went down to 93,000 in 2014 from 119,000 orphans two years ago, after the government introduced changes to Russian adoption practices. The government stressed the following factors played the key role in this: the introduction of grants and [...]
WHAT IS A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP A civil partnership, also referred to as a civil union, is a legally recognized form of partnership similar to marriage. Civil partnerships are commonly criticised as being “separate but equal.” Marriage equality advocates say civil unions segregate same-sex couples by forcing them to use a separate institution. ESTONIAN LAW ON CIVIL PARTNERSHIP On 9 October 2014 [...]
Russian Divorce Rate Today Russia was rated the top divorcing nation by the UN closely followed by Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova. In modern Russia more than every second marriage fails. Comparative table of the crude Russian divorce rate [the number of divorces per 1,000 population] & the Divorce to Marriage Ratio country marriage divorce ratio year Russia 9.2 4.8 51 [...]
