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The lower house of parliament has approved a bill to make some types of wife-beating an "administrative offence," punishable only with a fine. Women's groups have denounced the measure. Yulia Gorbunova is with Human Rights Watch (Photo: File image of domestic abuse victim. Credit: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½)