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Child Marriage, Polygamy and ‘Astakhov Age’ in Russia

June 3rd, 2015|Comments Off on Child Marriage, Polygamy and ‘Astakhov Age’ in Russia

The Chechen Wedding A recent scandal surrounding the arranged marriage of a 57-year-old Chechen police chief and a 17-year-old school girl prompted heated media discussion on the [...]

ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL RUSSIAN ADOPTION GONE WRONG

April 28th, 2015|Comments Off on ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL RUSSIAN ADOPTION GONE WRONG

Russian Adoption Problems Another heartbreaking case of a Russian adoption that has gone terribly wrong is currently being judicially reviewed in the United States. Nassau County Surrogate [...]

WHAT YOU THINK OF AN IDEA GIVING BABY NAME IKEA? Interesting Russian Laws

February 19th, 2015|Comments Off on WHAT YOU THINK OF AN IDEA GIVING BABY NAME IKEA? Interesting Russian Laws

Russian Family Law Developments   Russian law makers commenced working on a bill banning too exotic and insulting baby names, as well prohibiting parents from using figures, [...]

INTERNATIONAL FAMILY LAW: SAUDI ARABIA BILL TO STOP CHILD MARRIAGE

February 5th, 2015|Comments Off on INTERNATIONAL FAMILY LAW: SAUDI ARABIA BILL TO STOP CHILD MARRIAGE

Changes to Saudi Arabia Family Law The Shura Council of Saudi Arabia might approve a new draft family law that would raise the age of marriage effectively prohibiting child [...]

The First Russian Same-Sex Marriage Has Been Registered in St. Petersburg

November 17th, 2014|Comments Off on The First Russian Same-Sex Marriage Has Been Registered in St. Petersburg

Russian Family Law on Same-Sex Marriages Despite the prohibition by the Russian law, the first same-sex marriage has been recently registered in Russia. 7 November 2014 Irina [...]

NUMBER OF RUSSIAN ORPHANS DECLINES BUT SO DOES NUMBER OF RUSSIAN CHILDREN

October 23rd, 2014|Comments Off on NUMBER OF RUSSIAN ORPHANS DECLINES BUT SO DOES NUMBER OF RUSSIAN CHILDREN

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 [...]

CIVIL PARTNERSHIP: ESTONIAN AND RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE

October 16th, 2014|Comments Off on CIVIL PARTNERSHIP: ESTONIAN AND RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE

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 [...]

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