Russian prosecutors struggle to protect bruised religious feelings Standup comedians, musicians and gamers have fallen foul of a vague law whose enforcement has become unpredictable and dependent on the whims of private citizens making legal complaints to the authorities feature Felix Light
German far-right group uses YouTube, podcasts and rap to convert Gen Z Ein Prozent is funding nationalist influencers to sway a new generation of ‘patriots’ feature Filip Brokeš
Under lockdown, LGBTQ Russians were more isolated than ever. Then, the Zoom parties started Online queer gatherings offer a virtual escape from Putin’s suffocating traditional values feature Isobel Cockerell
On the run in LA from Russia’s anti-LGBTQ campaign A YouTube producer facing charges under the country’s controversial anti-gay law has fled to the US feature Katia Patin
While Europe is in lockdown, Belarus remains open for business Belarus is the only country in Europe holding off on coronavirus quarantine measures dispatch Katia Patin
Communion in the time of coronavirus Controversy over church rites pits medical science against faith across much of the Eastern Orthodox world dispatch Giorgi Lomsadze
Meet the doctors fighting anti-vax attackers online Anti-vaccine online abuse is scaring doctors into silence. But now hundreds are fighting back dispatch Isobel Cockerell
LGBTQ Georgians debate rights strategy as violence threatens Pride Week In an era of information manipulation, it’s much harder for activists to identify hostile forces and forge a shared resistance dispatch Lucy Papachristou
How the last Chechen rights activist was silenced Chechen leader Kadyrov used the Russian playbook of disinformation and questionable court hearings to imprison Oyub Titiev, a veteran human rights worker dispatch Maria Georgieva
Russia’s disability ‘denialism’ A controversial new film about a boy born paralyzed has conjured nostalgia for Soviet times, when the disabled were kept out of sight review Daria Litvinova
Putin the pro-choice champion The Russian leader’s fans among the U.S. Christian Right prefer to ignore his liberal views on abortion feature Amie Ferris-Rotman
For Christian conservatives, ‘sinners’ are essential allies From Putin to Trump, “family values” advocates say they will work with anyone to advance their agenda dispatch Agata Popeda
Small gay rights rally held in Tbilisi amid fears of violence Activists ceded the streets to homophobic priests and neo-Nazis dispatch Giorgi Lomsadze
