Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ratified new legislation banning access to surrogacy in the country for foreign citizens.
His signature comes shortly after the Parliament gave the go-ahead to the bill that puts an end, according to deputies and senators, to «crimes against minors» who, having foreign parents, are not eligible for Russian citizenship despite having been born in the national territory.
In this regard, the legislation establishes that only Russian citizens can act as surrogate mothers in the territory. The prohibition does not apply in cases where the foreigner in question is married to a Russian citizen.
The law indicates that from now on minors must necessarily obtain Russian citizenship if they were born in Russia, even if they were born through surrogacy, since the new regulation implies that the biological mother must be Russian and that one of the parents must also be Russian.
Moreover, it does not prevent the parents from moving with the child to another country of residence and seeks, according to the text, «to protect Russian minors». This measure will allow the competent Russian authorities to exercise the necessary control over the departure of these minors from the country.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
