91 Percent of Victims of Family Violence in Russia are Women, and Men who Inflict It Get Off Unpunished or with Only Small Fines or a Few Days in Jail, ‘Scythe’ Portal Says

Paul Goble
    Staunton, Dec. 15 – Although most Russian women would like to see a law against family violence adopted, their country does not have one, a reflection of the patriarchal values of the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox church. Because there is no law, there are no official statistics; but activists have collected dismaying figures.
    The Scythe portal, which reports on women’s issues in Russia, reports that 91 percent of those Russians who suffer from violence in families are women, that those who engage in such violence typically get off, are fined 50 US dollars for their offenses, or sentenced to 15 days or less behind bars (kosa.media/2024/12/gendernoe-nasilie/).
    In its latest article on the subject of family violence, Scythe presents both a directory of articles about that subject in Russia and a guide to those numerous organizations which seek to protect women against such violence at a time when the authorities seem quite content to ignore its spread.