Thursday, January 25, the world got amazing news — for the first time in history recognized same-sex marriage. About this new wife, a medical student Eugene Wojciechowski and producer Paul Stocco personally told local television Dozhd and RBC, and then posted a photo of their documents in open access.
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January 4 men signed in Copenhagen, Denmark, and then appeared in Moscow MFTS (multi-function center providing state and municipal services) where they put the stamps on marital status in the Russian passports.
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Needless to say, what noise has risen after this news among Russian officials? After all, such an event is contrary to the extremely negative position of Russia towards the LGBT community.
Stocco reported that the next morning after the appearance of information on the recognition of marriage in the media his parents paid a surprise visit by the police to find out his actual address. He suspects that the police wanted to confiscate the passports power.
Then the officials tried to convince the public that described gay situation could not be a priori. The first official statement was made by the MFC, where, in fact, put stamps.
«In connection with a news release, «Russia’s first recognized same-sex marriage between men» on the website of the TV channel «Rain» GBU MFC of the city of Moscow officially supports a denial: the government service centres of Moscow does not provide services for marriage registration. The document to be submitted for plan check, transferred the employees of igsc in the registry office for appropriate action. No stamp by employees of igsc in the passport not be stamped. In this regard, the information given in the news is false,» said the Agency.
But how can that be evidence in the form of passports? Because same-sex spouses have them on hand, gave the media and laid out in open access.
Realizing this, the authorities were forced to admit that the fact of the affixing of the stamps still had a place, but it was made because of a mistake, since the Russian legislation does not provide for the recognition of such marriages.
In an interview with RBC lawyer family law Victoria Dergunova explained that the newlyweds fell into the hands gap in the law.
St. 158 of the family code allows the recognition of marriage concluded outside the territory of Russia, except for restrictions provided for by article 14 of the family code. The text contains no prohibition on same-sex marriage. It is specified in article 12, which States that marriage must consent menfolk and women. However, references to that section in article 158 no.
State Duma Deputy Pavel Krasheninnikov considers that any loopholes in the law not just its norms need to be considered together — the official is convinced that the marriage was recognized because of the incompetence of the employee of MFC.
His view is shared by the interior Ministry, where he said that will lead investigation in connection with the incident. The representative of the Ministry Irina Volk told RBC that blundered the employee and her immediate supervisor will be dismissed from the internal Affairs bodies.
The couple found out that the interior Ministry revoked their passports, but this is not notified.
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Paul Stocco made a statement about this on his page on Facebook, noting that he intends to go to court.
«We do not accept this «cancellation» of our, the citizens of the Russian Federation of passports.
The interior Ministry has no right to cancel the passports of Russian citizens, duly registered, in accordance with the laws of Russia!
No official documents that our passports expire and most importantly — on what basis they cancelled, we did not.
But yesterday morning the police came by with a tour to the house of my parents and found out where I was and why I wasn’t living at home. I suspect that operatives were trying to find and withdraw passports the power. After my family explained that at registration, I do not live for a long time, the police left.
As a passport to withdraw failed, in the evening they said that our passports revoked.
We also consider unacceptable the statement of the interior Ministry that an employee, acting within the framework of Russian law and properly performed its obligations to make marks state sample in our passports, will be dismissed. This statement contradicts the labour code of the Russian Federation and is an act of intimidation for all employees of the interior Ministry, who does not want to violate the laws of Russia, on orders from above.
We will challenge these actions of the Ministry of interior in court.»
