Representatives of the United Russia Party (Единая Россия) and a senator submitted a draft to the State Duma, proposingProhibition of surrogacy for foreign citizens in Russia.

Requirements and changes of Russia's new Surrogacy Supervision Act (Draft)

The draft document prohibiting foreigners’ surrogacy in Russia was published on the State Duma database of the Russian Federation on June 2021, 6. It provides information on the Family Law and Health Protection Law of the Russian Federation, as well as children born through surrogacy mothers and surrogacy. Some amendments have been made to the "Citizenship Law" related to Russian citizenship.The bill requiresAt least one of the intended parents or single persons seeking surrogacy services in Russia should have Russian citizenship.However, according to the proposal of the draft, any child born through surrogacy will obtain Russian citizenship based on the principle of birthplace.
The bill also stipulates,Only after obtaining the consent of the surrogate mother who gave birth to the child can the intended parent be registered as the child’s official legal parent.

Russian nationality of surrogate babies in Russia-explanatory notes for the new Surrogacy Regulation Act

Today the Russian government cannot track the future living conditions of children born in Russia through surrogacy, because their foreign parents receive birth certificates at their country’s consulate.The explanatory notes listed some high-profile criminal cases involving human trafficking and manslaughter related to foreigners who were surrogate in Russia.Children born in Russia through surrogacy must obtain Russian citizenshipIt is expected that this will enable the Russian government to further track the living conditions of these children.
The complete prohibition of foreign citizens and non-Russian Federation citizens from using surrogacy services in Russia is by no means restricting their right to obtain medical services, and it does not conflict with Russia’s international legal commitments.

The proponents of the bill are Peter Tolstoy, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma, Vasily Piskalev, Chairman of the National Security and Corruption Control Committee, and Nikolai Zem, a member of the Development Committee of Civil Society and Public and Religious Organizations. Zov, they are all members of the "United Russia Party"; and Senator Margaret Pavlova of Chelyabinsk Oblast.