Olya RomashovaAll authors

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  “The police is off the leash.” Transgender sex workers are being expelled from Russia for “LGBT propaganda”

  Article 28 February 2023, 13:52
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  LGBTQ+ refugee at risk of execution after returning to Russia to attend father’s funeral. He was detained at Moscow airport and handed over to Chechen authorities

  Article 16 February 2023, 19:24
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  Record number of legal gender transitions in Russia in 2022. Mediazona analyzes state data on new passports issued due to “sex change”

  Article 13 February 2023, 19:43
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  The man with the bag. How a lone handyman was accused of terrorism and then tortured for setting an FSB rug on fire

  Article 31 January 2023, 16:10
• Draft office arson, six months in jail and escape from Russia. How a shop assistant from the Urals tried to save conscripts from dying in Ukraine

  Article 16 January 2023, 22:03
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  “The whole floor’s in my blood.” TikToker Nekoglai speaks about police torture and being expelled from Russia for parodying the military

  Article 15 December 2022, 10:50
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  How to help LGBT‑rights activists in Russia. After the ‘gay‑propaganda’ law was signed, the queer community needs support more than ever

  Article 13 December 2022, 18:31
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  “I am an occupier here, nobody has invited me.” Diary of a Russian engineer who spent a month in Mariupol

  Article 5 December 2022, 13:38
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  Queer resistance. What Russian activists, lawyers, event organisers and fanfic writers say about the new “LGBT‑propaganda” ban

  Article 3 November 2022, 19:51
• The anti‑war holdout. A story of one Russian IT professional who lives in the woods hiding from Putin’s mobilisation

  Article 22 October 2022, 21:02
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  “Continuous, deliberate destructive activity.” Moscow court kicks Memorial out of their office on the day they received Nobel Peace Prize

  Article 10 October 2022, 8:56