Oscar-nominee Daria Kashcheeva is still at film school but has her sights set on winning an Academy Award for a short animated film, which she says is all about family values and forgiveness
Temperatures of minus 40 degrees Celsius mean only the horse farmers and their families stay to endure the winter in the village of Tumul in the Far Eastern Russian region of Yakutia. But ancient traditions and crafts still survive there, despite a dwindling local population
Serbian activists held a “protest performance” in Belgrade, demanding better institutional protection for women from violence….Hundreds of supporters of Russian activist blogger Yegor Zhukov greeted him on the steps of a Moscow courthouse after he received a three-year suspended sentence for inciting extremism
Russia’s orphan population grows annually by some 6,000, according to a 2014 article in the Russian daily Kommersant. Many kids with mental or physical disabilities end up in such institutions, abandoned by their parents, sometimes at the subtle suggestion of doctors….
There’s also a lack of awareness about the resources available to victims of rape or assault, who often choose not to turn to police or press charges
A community of Russian Baptists have been forced to hold their meetings outside after local authorities sealed off their prayer room — saying it did not meet anti-terrorism regulations. The case follows a U.S. government report highlighting “repressive behavior” by Russia towards religious minorities
A memorial to the victims of the Soviet secret police in Yekaterinburg, Russia, would be a place of quiet reflection if it weren’t for the sound of gunshots from a nearby shooting range. Activists say the planned expansion of the sporting facility will encroach on an unknown number of mass graves