Russian MPs back adoption ban on countries allowing gender reassignment
Russia's parliament Wednesday voted to back a bill banning the adoption of Russian children in countries that allow gender reassignment, the latest in a series of ultra-conservative social measures.These latest proposals are a new version of a bill put forward in 2022 that aimed to ban the adoption of Russian children by parents from "unfriendly countries" -- a term Moscow uses to refer to countries that have sanctioned Russia for its Ukraine offensive.