Russian Activist Vitaly Borodin Proposes State Registry of Sex Shop Visitors
Vitaly Borodin, head of the civic organisation Federal Project for Security and the Fight Against Corruption, proposed on Telegram on 9 November 2026 that Russia create a single state registry of sex shop visitors. His proposal would cover both people entering physical stores and customers buying through online marketplaces.
Borodin called for mandatory facial recognition at sex shop entrances. He urged online marketplaces to require a passport for purchases of any product in the 18+ category and automatically send buyers’ data to the registry.
Borodin linked the proposal to the demographic crisis and claimed that trade in adult products undermines marriage as an institution. He called for publicly shaming visitors and buyers and named a complete ban on sex shops as another goal.
Uránia previously reported on a court ruling in St Petersburg banning the distribution in Russia of material from a Telegram channel about sex dolls and sex robots.
