Is surrogacy legal in Russia?
Commercial legal
Commercial surrogacy is legal in Russia for couples with medical indications, though the practice is controversial.
Russia is one of 5 countries classified “Commercial legal” for surrogacy — 11% of the 44 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Surrogacy laws by country
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Finland
- Banned Finland has prohibited all surrogacy arrangements since 2007.
- Kyrgyzstan
- Altruistic only Kyrgyzstan legally regulates altruistic surrogacy with no strict restrictions for prospective parents.
- Sweden
- Unregulated Sweden has no legal regulations for surrogacy, though it is illegal in Swedish healthcare.
- China
- Banned China forbids surrogacy with penalties for medical professionals, though underground commercial surrogacy exists.
- Ukraine
- Altruistic only Altruistic surrogacy is legal in Ukraine, with no parental rights for surrogate mothers, and surrogacy fully regulated since 2002.
- Georgia
- Commercial legal Commercial surrogacy is legal in Georgia, with no recent changes to the law.
Other laws in Russia
- Abortion
- Legal on request
- Euthanasia
- Illegal
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- Specifically banned
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.