January 01, 2020 Domestic Violence Debate Turns Ugly Discussion in Russia about domestic violence has gotten more serious over the past few years, and a showdown seems to be on the horizon. Family Law Social Issues
October 24, 2019 A State of Repression "Russia's strict state, with a harsh, or, more exactly, cruel law enforcement system... has raised a generation of citizens to match." Government Law Politics
January 01, 2019 Rewriting the Code How salt riots and a young tsar led to a Zemsky Sobor and a new body of laws, The Council Code. Economy History Law
November 01, 2018 People's Court In which the Rural Council takes up the case of “The Conduct of Nikolayev, N. N.” Law Rural Life
July 01, 2018 Steppes Ahead The idea of separate and competing government powers may have found its first expression in a constitution composed in 1710, in Ukraine. History Law
September 01, 2017 Defenders of the Pen Not many organizations defend the press in modern Russia. In fact, just one seems to be doing it vigorously. This one. Law Social Issues
March 01, 2012 A Woman's Honor (or, When Pigs Fly) One summer night in 1764, in a provincial Russian village, a dispute broke out between two cousins. Words were exchanged, a pig was thrown, and a 30-year legal battle was born. Law
Held Hostage by the Tigers In a strange turn of events, Russians living near the Amur Tiger are being prosecuted for killing the animals that nearly killed them. Animals Culture Environment Government Law Regions Rural Life
