Briefing on Russia’s federal ‘anti-propaganda’ law 2014

On 29 June 2013 amendments to the federal law ‘On the Protection of Children From Information Liable to be Injurious to their Health and Development’ were signed into force by Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation (Anti-Propaganda Law). Russian federal law now prohibits any form of expression of homosexuality (referred to as ‘non-traditional sexual values’ and ‘information promoting non-traditional sexual relations’) to minors.