Everything you want to Know about Surrogacy in Russia


Russia is often been considered as a preferred surrogacy destination for most International couples that are looking to realize their parenthood dreams via surrogacy. While the Russian surrogacy law only permits straight couples and single women to pursue surrogacy within the country,  they also have to prove their incapability to conceive via various medical certificates.


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Surrogacy laws in Russia

Surrogacy stands legal in Russia as per the provisions given in the ‘Federal law On Basics of Health Protection of Citizens of the Russian Federation, published in the year 2012.

According to the law, every couple (local or International) is permitted to take part in gestational surrogacy in Russia, provided that they fulfill the following requirements:

 Only heterosexual couples and single females are permitted to participate in a gestational surrogacy arrangement.

  Only gestational surrogacy Russia is permitted in the country and the surrogate mother Russia has to use the eggs from the intended mother or the egg donor to conceive.

  The couples or the intended mother has to present a medical cause along with all the required reports and proofs to back their decision to pursue surrogacy in Russia.



  What are the requirements to be a surrogate mother in Russia?

According to section 10 of Article 55 of Russian federation law regarding health protection normative, a surrogate mother needs to:

   Aged between 20 –35 years with sound mental and physical health
   Having at least one child of her own
   Take permission from her husband to participate in the surrogacy program
    Must be following a healthy lifestyle and routine without any addiction to alcohol or smoking.




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What about the egg donation process in Russia?

In all those cases where the intended mother cannot use her own eggs(due to certain infertility issues), bringing an egg donor  or an egg donor agency Russia onboard is permissible. The same alternative, however, is not available in the case where a single woman is seeking a child via surrogacy.

As per the Russian surrogacy law, only two egg donor profiles are deemed legal in the country:

-  Anonymous donor: The identity of the egg donor is not revealed to the intended parents, except for a few physical features and pictures of the egg donor in a few cases.

-  Known donors: Both parties hereby are already familiar to each other and it mostly applies to gestational surrogacy Russia arrangement between close friends and family members mostly
It must be noted that most of the surrogacy agencies in Russia offer anonymous egg donation programs.

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What is the cost of surrogacy in Russia?

Considering all the above mentioned aspects, the surrogacy cost in Russia would range between $35,000 and $55,000.The same cost may vary in case of pregnancy is not achieved in the first IVF attempt, multiple pregnancies, pre-term birth, C-section, and so on.

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