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- ↑ "Family Code of the Russian Federation, Articles 12 & 14" (in Russian). Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Family Code of the Russian Federation, Article 158" (in Russian). Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ Neither bigamy, nor polygamy, nor cohabitation is listed as a crime or offence in the Criminal Code of Russia or the Offences Code of Russia.
- ↑ Mira Katbamna (26 October 2009). "Half a good man is better than none at all". The Guardian . Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov Has a Second Wife — And Her Properties Are Worth Millions". Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. April 7, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- ↑ "Russia says no to polygamy". BBC. 21 July 1999. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ Многоженство в Ингушетии: президент разрешил, Минюст России против [Polygamy in Ingushetia: permitted by the president, opposed by the Ministry of Justice of Russia] (in Russian). gazeta.ru. 22 July 1999. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ В Ингушетии отменили многоженство [Polygamy cancelled in Ingushetia] (in Russian). Lenta.Ru. 14 July 2000. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
