Russian Politics

Olga Bukhanovskaya, chief medical officer at the “Phoenix” Medical and Rehabilitation Research Centre, spoke of a ‘transgender epidemic’ at the 18th Congress of Russian Psychiatrists. Bukhanovskaya claims that in Russia there is a ‘fifth column within the medical profession’ engaged in “propagating transgenderism”, comprising “trans-LGBT-friendly doctors”. A psychiatrist proposes distinguishing between ‘transsexualism’ 
from “transgender spectrum … “Transgender spectrum disorders” and a step towards the legalisation of “conversion therapy”

We are publishing a comic about the experience of living through wars, submitted to us by an anonymous artist as part of our Anti-War Inktober 2022. The author says: “Even if all our lives we’ve been surrounded by war, militarism, and the normalization of violence, we still need to try to imagine the possibility of … “For all these 30 years, my country has either been shooting or preparing to shoot”

Every year on May 9th, commemorative events are held in big cities across Europe, such as Vienna, Berlin, Frankfurt, and Madrid, among others to mark the “Victory day” – a celebration of the Soviet victory in World War II. The most visible is the Immortal Regiment (“Бессмертный полк”), a procession framed as a peaceful, grassroots … Hijacked Memory: Russia’s Pro-War Narrative in Victory Day Celebrations in Europe

The Feminist Anti-War Resistance, with the support of the “Future Russia” (Switzerland), has sent an official letter of protest to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). In July 2025, the Russian delegation (Valentina Matviyenko, Leonid Slutsky, and others) spoke in Geneva at the invitation of the IPU, and Matviyenko also addressed the Summit of Women Speakers of … Protest Against the Invitation of the Russian Delegation to the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament and The Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament

In August 2023, the Russian region of Mordovia passed a law banning “inducement to abort,” and Tambov Region intends to make a similar bill law. Meanwhile, other regions are looking to stop private clinics from offering abortions. These anti-abortion initiatives are all the doings of a foundation called Women for Life, which receives ongoing support … “The Best Part about Manipulating People”: The Russian Foundation Pushing Abortion Bans