April 2021

A Russian court will deliver its verdict tomorrow in the case against activist Andrei Borovikov, who faces three years in prison if convicted of "spreading pornography" for sharing a video by German rock band Rammstein. Andrei Borovikov…

“My body is not pornography! reads the protester's sign. "Is this an article 242?" Asks the policeman. Article 242 of the Russian Criminal Code criminalizes the creation and exchange of pornographic material. Image (c): Yulia…

Feminist artist and LGBTQ + activist Yulia Tsvetkova is on trial in Russia, charged with distributing pornography based on her work of a naked female body. The 27-year-old, who was arrested in November 2019 and remained under…

Yulia Tsvetkova ran a children's theater and was a strong advocate for feminism and LGBT rights.…

AVRIL FOOL'S: This article was published as part of The News-LetterThe annual April Fool's Day, an attempt to add some humor to a newspaper that is normally very serious in its reporting. Due to restrictions for…