When we all become “foreign agents”
Ivan Davydov explains the Kremlin’s addiction to targeting “foreign agents”
Human rights
“Fem-fanatics” and “Gender-Neutral Devils”: Russia’s Public Sphere Responds to Woke Culture
Ella Rossman reflects on the “new ethics” firing up the Russian public sphere
Is Manizha “Russian” Enough?
Jacqueline Dufalla & Lilia Sablina on how a Eurovision entry highlighted existing problems within Russia’s ethnic hierarchies
Punishment without crime: political prisoners in Russia
Ellen Leafstedt notes how Alexei Navalny’s recent imprisonment adds to a growing list of political prisoners in Russia
Lessons of the Recent Past: From Tuberculosis to COVID-19 in Russia’s Prisons
Judith Pallot on the history of epidemics in Russia’s prison system and the secretive nature of the Federal Penitentiary System during the pandemic
COVID-19 has been devastating for Russia’s prisoners
Olga Zeveleva on the practices used in the Russian prison system during the COVID-19 pandemic and their consequences
Punitive psychiatry in Russia: back to the USSR?
Bulat Mukhamedzhanov on the risks of political abuse of psychiatry
The ongoing fight for protection from domestic violence in Russia
Bulat Mukhamedzhanov on the continuous schism between supporters and opponents of the domestic violence law in Russia
Who pays for torture in Russia’s prisons?
Bulat Mukhamedzhanov considers why the Russian authorities have resorted to aggressively prosecuting former law enforcement officers
The thaw that never came
Damir Gainutdinov on the new repressive technologies shackling the Russian internet
After a crackdown on protesters, Moscow’s rulers reach for the lawbooks
The Russian authorities are resorting to creative new legal measures to repress protesters and independent candidates who were barred from running in Moscow’s elections, writes Sergey Davidis
Russia’s number one extremist
The Kremlin is cracking down hard on protests in Moscow. Ivan Davydov reflects on what this says about relations between Russia’s rulers and those they rule