Russias

Holes in the socks of our enemies

In the midst of Russia’s war on Ukraine, a reporter follows Ukrainian volunteers on a dangerous mission to retrieve the bodies of fallen soldiers – and their enemies

What’s behind Putin’s new law on “sovereign genetics”?

A Russian-language outlet investigates the sinister motivations behind – and consequences of – the Kremlin’s new law on genetic material

Sidetracked: Exile in Hollywood

Isabel Jacobs reviews Boris Dralyuks’s translation of Alexander Voloshin’s mock epic poem

Don’t call me dad

Despite Russia’s homophobic laws, queer people in Russia are still choosing to become parents

Kadyrov’s battle for Russia’s 500-Ruble note

As Russia redesigns its currency, Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov wages a symbolic war for visibility

Elite youth sports have become “synonymous with violence”

Accusations of child abuse committed by a top figure skating coach in Russia are sparking a conversation worldwide

Seeing red

How the crimson blazer became a status symbol in 1990s Russia What do roosters have to do with fashion? And how did Tolstoy’s perfume smell? Fashion historian Marina Skulskaya traces

From Bentleys to bombs

A Russian writer traces the country’s political culture back to the films and books of the 2000s Are the cultural artefacts of a particular place at a particular time –

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