Russia

Health

Sergey Gortov · 11 August 2026

“Paying for permissiveness”: Russian propaganda used the ECDC report on the rise of STIs in Europe to fight against gays

Publications in Russian media about the rise of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Europe have long since become a genre…

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Persons

Sergey Gortov · 10 August 2026

Femboy-candidate against the system: Chronicle of the arrest and political downfall of Daniil Neonov in Shchukino

Summer 2026 in Moscow’s Shchukino district will be remembered not only for utility excavations, but also for a bright, though…

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Off-topic

Sergey Gortov · 16 July 2026

The great digital exodus: Google Play and the App Store have finally cleaned up the VK ecosystem. The main thing about how the Russian Internet is turning into an isolated island

American tech giants have completed what European officials have started. On July 16, 2026, Google Play removed...

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Russia

Siaržuk SDWSK · 15 July 2026

Are the main homophobes gay? Why Lindsey Graham's death and rumors of his "double life" are primarily a story about the Russian political elite

The death of Senator Lindsey Graham at the age of 71 caused not only a flood of official condolences in the United States,...

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Russia

Sergey Gortov · 7 July 2026

"I decided to return to Russia after all." Scandalous gay blogger and makeup artist who left for the United States announced his return to Moscow

Celebrity stylist and blogger Robert Minasyan, who lives in the United States, announced plans to return to Russia in...

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Russia

Sergey Gortov · 3 July 2026

"For the state, we are natural enemies." Elena Kostyuchenko and Yana Kuchina on love in the shadow of repression, "Days of Kisses" and finding a home with a cat in her arms

Journalist Elena Kostyuchenko and her wife, rehabilitation specialist and editor Yana Kuchina, became guests of the YouTube channel...

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Analytics

Siaržuk SDWSK · 1 May 2026

How Internet bans, the hunt for LGBT people and the fall in Putin's ratings add up to one historical plot

Panic has a special property: it disguises itself as order. When the authorities begin to ban everything —...

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Russia

Sergey Gortov · 21 April 2026

"Being queer in Russia": Ilya Azar and Olesya Gerasimenko on The Insider spoke about repression and the survival of the LGBTQ+ community

On the YouTube channel The Insider Live, a new episode of the program by Ilya Azar and Olesya Gerasimenko was released, dedicated to the life of ...

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Culture

Sergey Gortov · 11 April 2026

The film "Mr. Nobody vs. Putin", which won an Oscar, was posted in the public domain

Pavel Talankin, a teacher-organizer from a small town in the Urals, documented what was happening at school after the start of a full-scale war...

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Test

Sergey Gortov · 5 April 2026

Quiz: Guess the country by the level of Internet freedom. Russia is 4 points out of 100, but this is not the worst result

Russia received 4 out of 100 in the Internet freedom rating from Cloudwards. Take the quiz and try to guess the country...

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Russia

Sergey Gortov · 4 April 2026

The first fine for BDSM: how Russia decided that the church knows better what sex is

In the summer of 2025, a party "From sunset to...

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Russia

Sergey Gortov · 21 March 2026

Where to Go from Russia? A Guide to Choosing a Place to Move for Russians in 2026

A complete guide is available at this link How to leave Russia and where in 2026 From legal restrictions to...

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