Dima Yakovlev Law
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Federal Law of 28 December 2012 No. 272-FZ "On Sanctions for Individuals Violating Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms of the Citizens of the Russian Federation", popularly known as the Dima Yakovle
March against Dima Yakovlev Law
Berel Lazar
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Shlomo Dov Pinchas Lazar, better known as Berel Lazar, is an Orthodox, Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi. He began his service in Russia in 1990. Known for his friendship with Vladimir Putin, since 2000,
Dima Yakovlev Law
…orphans) of the loving families they desperately need". On 14 January 2013, about 20,000 people marched against the law in Moscow. Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar says "Russian orphans should not become hostages of politics." From 1991 to 2010, over 50,000 Russian orphans were adopted in the United States; however…
Lazar in November 2025
President Putin with Lazar during the Hanukkah holiday at the Jewish Community Center in Moscow
Putin and Lazar visiting the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem with Israeli president Moshe Katsav, April 2005
Lazar among other Russian religious leaders including Patriarch Kirill and Talgat Tadzhuddin, November 2012