Chechnya
Kadyrov speaks against civil registration of marriages; for polygamy
On 19 April, Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov told Russian state news channel Russia Today that civil registration of marriages ‘destroyed families’ and was evidence of mistrust between spouses. At the same time, Kadyrov denied that polygamy is legal and widespread in Chechnya, as is widely speculated in Russia. According to him, polygamists don’t violate Russian law, because they don’t register multiple marriages, and no-one’s passport says that they have two or three wives. He expressed s
