Julia Ioffe left the Soviet Union in 1990 at age seven, when her family immigrated to the United States. In her newly ...

“In the name of boosting birth rates, authorities have spent the last year seeking to discourage women from having abortions, ...

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 ...

When diving into the history of the Soviet Union and modern Russia, one expects to encounter the towering figures of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Vladimir Putin. But in “Motherland,” ...

In “Motherland,” the journalist Julia Ioffe charts the Russian campaign to emancipate women — and the country’s failure to live up to that promise. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an ...

Russia’s demographic decline, turbocharged by the war in Ukraine, has given birth to “one of the world’s most extreme natalism campaigns – and one of the weirdest”, said The Atlantic. The country’s ...

Chechnya has banned women's clothing with "masculine elements," citing tradition, but critics argue it is about control. The ban follows hot on the heels of another recent restriction banning women ...