Putin approves legal change that decriminalises some domestic violence

Vladimir Putin has signed into law a controversial amendment that decriminalises some forms of domestic violence. The amendment, which sailed through both houses of Russian parliament before Tuesday’s presidential signing, has elicited anger from critics who say that it sends the wrong message in a country where, according to some estimates, one woman dies every 40 minutes from domestic abuse. It makes “moderate” violence within families an administrative, rather than criminal, offence.
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