MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a new law easing some penalties for domestic violence, a move which has alarmed women's rights campaigners who fear it will encourage abuse.
The law reduces battery of a relative to a civil offence instead of a criminal one in first instances, when the victim suffered no serious harm.
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