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 legal marriage age and polygamy in Russia. The girl became the officer’s second wife, as permitted under the Muslim faith predominant in Chechnya. Despite the bride going on [...]
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, punctuation and other symbols in children’s names. The bill proposes a list of names for civil registry offices. If parents wish to choose a name outside the [...]
The Hague Convention on parental responsibility and protection of children 1996 came into force for Russia on 1 June 2013 and as at 30 September 2014 is operative between the Russian Federation and the following countries[i]: Albania Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Ireland [...]
