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Russian women are habitually beaten with legal impunity—in a country with no support system for victims of domestic violence. So it was horrible but hardly surprising when my friend’s husband got drunk and killed her.
“The number of Russian women killed will keep increasing, as there is no law that would punish domestic crime. Both the state and society treat this issue as something everybody is used to,” Pisklakova-Parker says. “It is commonplace that men beat women in Russia. And it is commonplace in Russia, too, that women forgive their men for the beatings, and that the police always say, if a beaten woman calls them: ‘Call us only when he threatens your life.’” Melnikova adds: “We have proposed different law against domestic violence, but every time our ideas are rejected either by law-enforcement organs or by the presidential administration.”
Domestic violence is one of Russia's darkest secrets. The government estimates that 14,000 women die each year at the hands of their husbands or male partners. But Russian police don't even classify domestic abuse as a crime. It's a social problem few Russians ever mention.
“The number of Russian women killed will keep increasing, as there is no law that would punish domestic crime. Both the state and society treat this issue as something everybody is used to,” Pisklakova-Parker says. “It is commonplace that men beat women in Russia. And it is commonplace in Russia, too, that women forgive their men for the beatings, and that the police always say, if a beaten woman calls them: ‘Call us only when he threatens your life.’” Melnikova adds: “We have proposed different law
Domestic violence is one of Russia's darkest secrets. The government estimates that 14,000 women die each year at the hands of their husbands or male partners. But Russian police don't even classify domestic abuse as a crime. It's a social problem few Russians ever mention.