Women seeking to end their pregnancy in Russia have been facing many new obstacles in recent months — the government is limiting the sale of abortion drugs, the Russian Orthodox Church is ...

For Russia, the trend is striking. Though President Vladimir Putin has pushed traditional family values in recent years and promoted the role of the Russian Orthodox Church, liberal abortion laws have ...

Russian authorities are limiting access to abortions in an attempt to confront the country's longstanding demographic crisis. Measures include making it an offence trying to persuade a woman to ...

Russia has moved in recent weeks to push for the adoption of a number of measures to avert a severe demographic crisis that has been compounded by President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.

Investing.com - Retail sales in Russia rose more-than-expected last month, official data showed on Tuesday.In a report, Russian Federation State Committee on Statistics said that Russian retail ...

Russian oil-product flows have surged so far this month as local refiners boost processing rates due to the end of seasonal maintenance and the nation continued easing export restrictions.

Russian lawmakers are looking into banning abortions in private clinics, and new laws are already threatening fines for "incitement" to abortion in some parts of the country. Many fear that a ...

Measures include making it an offence trying to persuade a woman to have an abortion and pressuring private clinics to stop carrying out the procedure. Feminist groups say the campaign is putting ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chat-show host Yulia Vityazeva shot to fame in Russia at the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of ...