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Moscow Metro Hires First Women Train Drivers

The trains were historically operated by men because the work was listed on the government's register of jobs deemed harmful to women's health.

expanding registry

Russia Adds Women's Rights NGO to 'Foreign Agents' List

Nasiliyu.net, which assists domestic violence victims, linked the move to its support for re-criminalizing domestic violence.

POLITICAL PROFILE

A Feminist Pro-Kremlin Lawmaker Who Supports LGBT Rights

Oksana Pushkina tells The Moscow Times her views aren’t oppositional — they’re just common sense.

traditional mindset

Russians’ Gender Attitudes Among World’s Most Conservative: Poll

Russians were more likely to agree that the existence of transgender people is offensive, women shouldn’t work and other conservative beliefs.

Pay Russian Housewives For Domestic Work, United Russia Deputy Says

Men who take care of the home while their wives go to work should also be paid, Oksana Pushkina said.

Russian Lawmaker, LGBT Activist Named Among World’s Most Influential Women

The BBC's 100 Women 2020 list aims to highlight women who act as leaders of change.

Demographic policy

Putin Orders Government to Improve Abortion Prevention Efforts

Putin’s order was made public days after a court ruling in Poland resulted in a near-total ban on the procedure there.

tenuous consent

Years of ‘Stone Age’ Forced Sterilizations Claimed at Russian Institution

One former resident at the boarding house died after undergoing the surgical procedure.

'high-risk' group

Moscow Recommends Coronavirus Self-Isolation for Pregnant Women

The latest recommendations come as Moscow confirmed 1,560 new Covid-19 cases for the first time in three months.

Moscow Police Disrupt Vulva Documentary Screening in Support of LGBT Activist

Around 20 officers reportedly arrived at the screening on an anonymous tip-off of “homosexual propaganda.”

A Wave of Sexual Harassment Claims Is Rocking Russia’s Independent Media

Novaya Gazeta has blazed a trail by instituting a sexual harassment policy after taking internal accusations of misconduct seriously.

Russian Priest Compares IVF to Nazi Experiments

Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov, once named "Sexist of the Year" by feminists, called IVF a “dangerous and sinful game.”

'Female Solidarity'

In Belarus, 3 Women Unite to Fight Strongman Lukashenko

Belarus' president, who is running for re-election Aug. 9, has insisted the country is not ready for a woman president.

Russia Violates Women’s Rights During Childbirth Amid Coronavirus – Report

Experts criticized the “alarming pattern of women's health and rights being deprioritized during the crisis.”

Russian Opposition Media Editor Quits Amid Wave of Harassment Claims

The claims are the latest in a string of harassment scandals at some of Russia's main liberal media outlets.

backtracked position

Russian Prosecutors Uphold Khachaturyan Sisters’ Murder Charges

Prosecutors previously ordered to drop the murder charges against the sisters, who killed their abusive father.

VAGINA MONOLOGUES

Russian Women Rally Behind Feminist ‘Political Prisoner’

Yulia Tsvetkova’s pornography case for body-positive drawings is sparking resistance across the country and beyond.

'prisoner of conscience'

LGBT Activist Charged With Pornography for Body-Positive Vagina Drawings

Yulia Tsvetkova faces up to six years in jail for the images on her social media page dedicated to body positivity.

Kadyrov Donates Millions to Help Chechen Grooms ‘Buy’ 200 Brides

Each groom would each receive $635 to get married according to traditional Islamic practices.

calling for action

Russian Activists Urge Probe Over Young Girl's Genital Cutting

Activists say that the practice is rife in the conservative majority-Muslim Northern Caucasus.

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