{"id":26509,"date":"2019-07-21T13:02:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T17:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=26509"},"modified":"2019-07-21T13:02:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T17:02:28","slug":"russia-launches-criminal-case-over-gay-couples-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/07\/russia-launches-criminal-case-over-gay-couples-adoption\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia launches criminal case over gay couple&#8217;s adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Russia72119.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Russia72119.jpg 760w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Russia72119-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia announced it opened an unprecedented criminal case accusing officials of negligence for allowing a gay couple to adopt two children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Investigative Committee, which probes serious cases, said that Moscow social workers were suspected of criminal negligence for allowing the two boys to live in the family since 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first such case ever launched, reported Interfax news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Nothing like this has happened before,&#8221; said lawyer Maksim Olenichev of Coming Out support group based in Saint Petersburg. 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