2023
Russia banned medical interventions aimed at changing sex, with an exception for inborn sex-development conditions (DSD).
What the law allows
Medical care for minorsBanned
Officially banned: Federal Law 386-FZ (2023) prohibits medical interventions aimed at changing sex, with a congenital/DSD exception.
Kremlin — 386-FZ (24 July 2023)
Schools — curriculumSchools ban
Ban under Federal Law 478-FZ (2022) on propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations and gender reassignment among children.
Kremlin — 135-FZ (29 June 2013)
Key dates2023
2023: Officially banned: Federal Law 386-FZ (2023) prohibits medical interventions aimed at changing sex, with a congenital/DSD exception.
Kremlin — 386-FZ (24 July 2023)
Official sources
Federal statute. Applies to adults and children. Congenital / DSD exception.
Full official record
Federal Law No. 386-FZ of 24 July 2023 prohibits medical interventions — including medicines — aimed at changing a person’s sex, including forming opposite-sex characteristics. The official presidential notice records an exception for treatment of congenital physiological abnormalities and specified genetic or endocrine conditions, by medical-commission decision. The prohibition applies to adults and children.
The Kremlin medical notice is the official source used for the medical tag. The law applies to adults and children and states a congenital / DSD exception. The 2022 information-law amendments are school and youth-content rules.
Schools detail
Separate from the 2023 medical-reassignment statute, Federal Law No. 478-FZ of 5 December 2022 — published on pravo.gov.ru — added “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations and (or) preferences, paedophilia, change of sex” to prohibited information, including information that may encourage minors to change sex. The official presidential notice records administrative liability for that propaganda, including dissemination among minors. This is an information and youth-content rule. It is not the same instrument as the 2023 medical ban.