Traditional Values

The Russian Orthodox Church has consistently supported the war and opposed abortion. Nikolai Platonov, an anti-war priest, takes a different view and opposes the Patriarchate’s rhetoric. We asked him to share his thoughts on the statements being made by representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church today and their attacks on women’s autonomy. Friends, you’ve asked … “First put an end to all wars, so that women won’t be afraid to give birth!”: anti-war priest Nikolai Platonov on the right to abortion

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

Over the past two decades, Russia has seen an uptick in policies limiting access to abortion. Several new measures were introduced in 2023, including stricter regulation of medical abortion drugs, laws imposing liability for ‘inducement to abort’ in the Republic of Mordovia and Tver Oblast, and some private clinics’ refusal to offer abortions in certain … Protecting life from conception: The Russian Orthodox Church’s anti-abortion rhetoric as part of a global traditionalist agenda