- Homosexuality
- ⚢Varies by Region
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✖ Fine as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Views on same-sex marriage or other legal recognition
Views on same-sex couples' right to adopt
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors ?
Justifiability of homosexuality ?
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents ?
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2019) ?
Support for same-sex marriage in Central and Eastern Europe ?
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2016, Eastern/Central Europe) ?
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2013) ?
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People ?
By The Numbers
History
Homosexual activity in Russia is varies by region.
Since 1993
Though its illegal in Chechnya (punishable by caning on the first two offence and execution on the third offence).
On June 29, 2013, Russia was criticized internationally after a law passed that banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations."
Until 1993
Same-sex marriage in Russia is not legal.
Since Dec 29, 1995
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Russia is fine as punishment.
Since Nov 24, 2022
“Under the new law, which still needs the approval of the upper house of parliament and President Vladimir Putin, any action or information that is considered an attempt to promote homosexuality - whether in public, online, or in films, books or advertising - could incur a heavy fine.”
Right to change legal gender in Russia is legal, surgery not required.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Russia is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Russia is no protections.
Since Jul 29, 2013
LGBT employment discrimination in Russia is no protections.
orientation or gender identity. Several prominent people including a TV news anchor have been fired for coming out, although some people have successfully challenged discriminatory dismissal.
LGBT housing discrimination in Russia is no protections.
Since Jul 29, 2013
Same-sex adoption in Russia is single only.
Since Dec 29, 1995
Until Jul 2, 2013
Serving openly in military in Russia is don't ask, don't tell.
Since Jul 1, 2003
Blood donations by MSMs in Russia is legal.
Since Apr 16, 2008
Conversion therapy in Russia is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Russia is equal.
Since Jan 1, 1997
LGBT Rights by administrative region
View the LGBT laws in each individual administrative region of Russia.
- Amurskaya oblast'
- Arkhangel'skaya oblast'
- Astrakhanskaya oblast'
- Belgorodskaya oblast'
- Bryanskaya oblast'
- Chelyabinskaya oblast'
- Irkutskaya oblast'
- Ivanovskaya oblast'
- Kaliningradskaya oblast'
- Kaluzhskaya oblast'
- Kemerovskaya oblast'
- Kirovskaya oblast'
- Kostromskaya oblast'
- Kurganskaya oblast'
- Kurskaya oblast'
- Leningradskaya oblast'
- Lipetskaya oblast'
- Magadanskaya oblast'
- Moskovskaya oblast'
- Murmanskaya oblast'
- Nizhegorodskaya oblast'
- Novgorodskaya oblast'
- Novosibirskaya oblast'
- Omskaya oblast'
- Orenburgskaya oblast'
- Orlovskaya oblast'
- Penzenskaya oblast'
- Pskovskaya oblast'
- Rostovskaya oblast'
- Ryazanskaya oblast'
- Sakhalinskaya oblast'
- Samarskaya oblast'
- Saratovskaya oblast'
- Smolenskaya oblast'
- Sverdlovskaya oblast'
- Tambovskaya oblast'
- Tomskaya oblast'
- Tul'skaya oblast'
- Tverskaya oblast'
- Tyumenskaya oblast'
- Ul'yanovskaya oblast'
- Vladimirskaya oblast'
- Volgogradskaya oblast'
- Vologodskaya oblast'
- Voronezhskaya oblast'
- Yaroslavskaya oblast'
- Adygeya, Respublika (republic)
- Altay, Respublika (republic)
- Bashkortostan, Respublika (republic)
- Buryatiya, Respublika (republic)
- Chechenskaya Respublika (republic)
- Chuvashskaya Respublika (republic)
- Dagestan, Respublika (republic)
- Ingushskaya Respublika (republic)
- Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika (republic)
- Kalmykiya, Respublika (republic)
- Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika (republic)
- Kareliya, Respublika (republic)
- Khakasiya, Respublika (republic)
- Komi, Respublika (republic)
- Mariy El, Respublika (republic)
- Mordoviya, Respublika (republic)
- Sakha, Respublika (republic)
- Severnaya Osetiya, Respublika (republic)
- Tatarstan, Respublika (republic)
- Tyva, Respublika (republic)
- Udmurtskaya Respublika (republic)
- Altayskiy kray (administrative territory)
- Kamchatskaya oblast' (administrative territory)
- Khabarovskiy kray (administrative territory)
- Krasnodarskiy kray (administrative territory)
- Krasnoyarskiy kray (administrative territory)
- Perm (administrative territory)
- Primorskiy kray (administrative territory)
- Stavropol'skiy kray (administrative territory)
- Zabajkal'skij kraj (administrative territory)
- Moskva (autonomous city)
- Sankt-Peterburg (autonomous city)
- Komi-Permyak ()
- Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast' (autonomous region)