Russian Women

A Russian serial killer known as the "Volga Maniac" was jailed for life on Thursday for murdering 31 elderly women, the TASS state news agency reported.

A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced a Saint Petersburg woman to eight days in jail for writing "no to war" on a ballot paper during the country's presidential election in protest at President Vladimir Putin's Ukraine campaign.

A Russian man has claimed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) helped him find his wife on Tinder.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday urged traditionally male professions to employ more women, to reduce major labour shortages exacerbated by thousands of soldiers being called up to fight in Ukraine.

Russia's radical conservative turn since it invaded Ukraine is changing life inside the country, with even the long-held right for women to have abortions being questioned.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday argued against total abortion bans in Russia but called on women to safeguard their pregnancy, citing longstanding demographic concerns.

Vladimir Putin's remarks are being linked to the Ukraine War in which Russia has suffered a high number of casualties. However, in his speech, he did not directly refer to Russian soldiers' deaths in the conflict.

Hamas said Wednesday it had released two women hostages with Russian citizenship in the Gaza Strip, as a truce held between Israel and the Islamist movement in the Palestinian territory.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian dissident Alexei Navalny are among favourites for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but experts say campaigners for women, Indigenous peoples or the environment could well steal the stage.

Women's world number one Iga Swiatek says tennis authorities missed an opportunity to ban Russian and Belarusian players outright after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, but the moment has passed to do so now.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had issued sanctions, including a ban on national flags, symbols and anthems, against the athletes from the two countries after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year and Belarus' assistance in the attack.

Wielding Soviet-designed Kalashnikov rifles, a group of Russian women with elaborate manicures and clad in camouflage are drilling different firing positions, first aiming on their knees and then their stomachs.

Members of Russia's Pussy Riot band were detained after trying to enter the pitch at the World Cup final in Qatar to protest the war in Ukraine, the imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the oppression of women in Iran.

Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna are in Russia to promote their film Pushpa: The Rise

Olena Zelenska said that sexual assault was being perpetrated "systematically and openly" by Russian soldiers invading her country.

A Russian serial killer known as the "Volga Maniac" was jailed for life on Thursday for murdering 31 elderly women, the TASS state news agency reported.

A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced a Saint Petersburg woman to eight days in jail for writing "no to war" on a ballot paper during the country's presidential election in protest at President Vladimir Putin's Ukraine campaign.

A Russian man has claimed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) helped him find his wife on Tinder.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday urged traditionally male professions to employ more women, to reduce major labour shortages exacerbated by thousands of soldiers being called up to fight in Ukraine.

Russia's radical conservative turn since it invaded Ukraine is changing life inside the country, with even the long-held right for women to have abortions being questioned.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday argued against total abortion bans in Russia but called on women to safeguard their pregnancy, citing longstanding demographic concerns.

Vladimir Putin's remarks are being linked to the Ukraine War in which Russia has suffered a high number of casualties. However, in his speech, he did not directly refer to Russian soldiers' deaths in the conflict.

Hamas said Wednesday it had released two women hostages with Russian citizenship in the Gaza Strip, as a truce held between Israel and the Islamist movement in the Palestinian territory.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian dissident Alexei Navalny are among favourites for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but experts say campaigners for women, Indigenous peoples or the environment could well steal the stage.

Women's world number one Iga Swiatek says tennis authorities missed an opportunity to ban Russian and Belarusian players outright after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, but the moment has passed to do so now.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had issued sanctions, including a ban on national flags, symbols and anthems, against the athletes from the two countries after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year and Belarus' assistance in the attack.

Wielding Soviet-designed Kalashnikov rifles, a group of Russian women with elaborate manicures and clad in camouflage are drilling different firing positions, first aiming on their knees and then their stomachs.

Members of Russia's Pussy Riot band were detained after trying to enter the pitch at the World Cup final in Qatar to protest the war in Ukraine, the imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the oppression of women in Iran.

Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna are in Russia to promote their film Pushpa: The Rise

Olena Zelenska said that sexual assault was being perpetrated "systematically and openly" by Russian soldiers invading her country.