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Russia to bar foreigners from using its surrogate mothers - lawmaker

Paid surrogacy is legal in Russia, but the practice has been criticised by religious groups as commercializing the birth of children. "Everything must be done to protect children by prohibiting foreigners from using the surrogacy service," Volodin said on the Telegram messaging app. He said some 45,000 babies born by surrogate mothers have been taken abroad in the past few years.