Anti-rights activists in Russia gathered more than 900,000 signatures to petition President Vladimir Putin to pass a law criminalising all abortions, supported by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. In Moscow, for the 7th year they hosted an international festival for social techniques to protect family values [sic], which included anti-abortion groups from Spain, Serbia, Italy and Russia.
SOURCE: Tass News Agency, 9 August ; Astra Bulletin, 18 September 2017 ; PHOTO
