Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting at the Novatek-Murmansk's Offshore Superfacility Construction Center in the village of Belokamenka, Murmansk region, Russia, on July 20, 2023. Sputnik/Ramil Sitdikov/Kremlin via Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill that, with a few rare exceptions, bans sex change surgeries and gender reassignment-related hormone therapies.
Mr. Putin signed the measure on July 24, with the law officially published in Russia’s federal law register later in the day.
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
