Russia’s ‘weird’ campaign to boost its birth rate

The country’s fertility rate was 1.4 births per woman in 2023, according to the most recent UN statistics. That’s well below ...
The Nation on MSN

Does Russian feminism have a future?

Activism / A Russian feminist reflects on Julia Ioffe’s history of modern Russia. Nadezhda Azhgikhina MOSCOW—Julia Ioffe’s ...
Washington Monthly

Russia Through a Feminist Lens

Julia Ioffe's Russia. The emigre and author's debut book, Motherland, has been greatly anticipated. Here, she's seen in the PBS "Frontline" documentary "Putin and the Presidents" (2023). In less ...
The New Yorker

The Real Housewives of Moscow

I met Alina Rotenberg in the summer of 2012. At thirty-six, she was no longer married, but her last name spoke volumes in Moscow: her ex-husband, Igor, was the son of Arkady Rotenberg, one of Vladimir ...