Is surrogacy legal in Russia?
Commercial legal
Commercial gestational surrogacy is legal and available to adults with medical indications.
Russia is one of 8 countries classified “Commercial legal” for surrogacy — 18% of the 45 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Surrogacy laws by country
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Finland
- Banned All surrogacy arrangements are prohibited in Finland.
- Kyrgyzstan
- Commercial legal Surrogacy is officially regulated and accessible to all individuals regardless of marital status or medical indications.
- Sweden
- Unregulated Surrogacy is unregulated in Sweden, with no specific laws addressing it.
- China
- Banned Surrogacy is forbidden by regulation in China, prohibiting medical professionals from performing procedures.
- Ukraine
- Commercial legal Surrogacy is absolutely legal, including commercial arrangements for foreigners.
- Georgia
- Commercial legal Both altruistic and commercial surrogacy are fully legal for domestic and international intended parents.
Other laws in Russia
- Abortion
- Legal on request
- Euthanasia
- Illegal
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- No specific ban
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.