Criminal liability for non-traditional sexual relations in Norway and the Russian Federation

The article examines issues related to the perception of non-traditional sexual relations by society, the state and legislation in Norway and the Russian Federation. Attention is drawn to the trends in the historical development of the legislative regulation of responsibility for acts related to non-traditional sexual relations in the context of ideas about morality at a particular stage of socio-economic development of the state. A comparison of approaches to the conclusion of same-sex marriages in different countries is carried out. Moral and aesthetic views on the problem of the content of the principle of respect for the rights and freedoms of persons with non-traditional sexual relations in Norway and Russia are analyzed. The inexpediency of explicit demonstration of nonviolent non-traditional sexual relations in society is substantiated. The article analyzes the legal regulation of Norwegian legislation in comparison with other countries regarding the recognition of same-sex marriages with the right to adopt children. The authors emphasize that there is no need to legalize such marriages in Russia, including those concluded abroad. According to the authors, in the criminal legislation of Russia, it is pointless to establish a special motive of hatred for persons with non-traditional orientation. At the same time, attention is drawn to the approach to persons with this orientation in the Russian Federation as ordinary citizens of the state.