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91% of Russian married women have experienced domestic violence, which often includes sexual violence, poll data shows (www.themoscowtimes.com)
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In Russia, rape is a crime that carries a penalty of three to six years in most cases, but it is difficult to pursue and get a conviction. According to statistics from the Crisis Center for Women in St. Petersburg, up to 70% of women who have been raped go to the police, but only 10% of the accusations result in charges. As a result, it is estimated that only 1% of men who commit these acts receive criminal punishment.

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[โ€“] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.de 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I read through the mentioned study that is quoted in the article as the source for that number with a translator, but I cannot find anything relating to the number. On the contrary, the mentioned rates of abuse seem to be way lower.

In general, 24% of respondents are aware of the use of physical force (beatings, blows) in families among their environment, including their own. Every fourteenth resident of Russia (7%) witnessed domestic assault in the parental family, and every twentieth (5%) practices or is the object of violence in their own. Given the sensitivity of the topic of violence for the interview format, we can assume that this share in both cases may be higher.

(Translated)

https://www-levada-ru.translate.goog/2019/09/13/domashnee-nasilie/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp

At the end it talks about which acts are generally considered domestic violence by married people, but it does not even talk about the rate of abused married woman in particular.

Maybe someone who can read russian can find something here that I cannot? But as of now I see no source for the claim.

Edit: Just to be clear: I am not supporting Russia's War. I am merely pointing out that the source for the claim does not actually support the claim.

[โ€“] gelberhut@lemdro.id 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I read the study in Russian (but I did not read the article referenced in the post).

The only number I found there is that to the question "sometimes conflicts in a family cause physical violence" 4% of women answered that this happened in their family and 21% of women said that this happened in their environment.

The study also analyses what people consider as a domestic violence as such, for example many consider "requirement to show SMS/social chat" as a violence - so this term could be wider than one thinks.