For years, Mary Davtyan, a Russian lawyer who specialises in domestic violence, felt helpless when survivors approached her for support.
Al Jazeera: Russia has no domestic violence law, but that could soon change
Alexandra, 26, a victim of domestic violence, poses for pictures in a kitchen at a flat in Moscow on February 3, 2017. - Alexandra Glebova knows only too well the trauma of domestic violence in Russia after suffering years of physical and psychological abuse at the hands of her father. Now a law set to be signed by President Vladimir Putin will soften the punishment for such domestic violence from a jail term to a fine.
