January 21, 2020 A Spiritual Trip, or... By Margaret Godwin-Jones What would you rather visit: a cathedral or a distillery? Law Travel Russia File
January 01, 2020 Domestic Violence Debate Turns Ugly By The Editors 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 By Svetlana Prokopyeva "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 By Tamara Eidelman 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 By Darya Grebenshchikova In which the Rural Council takes up the case of “The Conduct of Nikolayev, N. N.” Law Rural Life
July 01, 2018 Steppes Ahead By David Edwards 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 By Anastasia Byrka 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) By Olga Glagoleva 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
