A “Turgenev Girl” and Her Cats: The Case of Siberian War Resister Arina Ivanova (opens in new tab)

We wouldn't know about the plight of Siberian antiwar protester and political prisoner Arina Ivanova were it not for the invaluable Russian human rights defenders OVD Info. And we wouldn't know Arina's story were it not for Marina-Maia Govzman's fascinating article about Arina and her life, which reaffirms the intimate connections between Russia's domestic violence epidemic and Russia's war in Ukraine.