Author

Rustam Alexander

exclusively for Novaya Gazeta Europe

6 articles
CommentPolitics

The tributes of half-men Why is Joseph Stalin’s blood-soaked reputation being so thoroughly restored in today’s Russia?

AnalysisSociety

Sex education And why Russia’s version of Big Brother might not have been so bad after all

CommentSociety

The Kremlin’s court queers Why the true target of Russia’s state-backed homophobia is subversion rather than sexuality

StoriesSociety

Doctor, heal thyself Denying women anaesthesia during abortions is a legacy of the Soviet Union's obsessive pronatalism

CommentSociety

Pinkwatching A Russian Interior Ministry proposal to compile a database of LGBT people has been lifted straight from the KGB playbook

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