The Feminist Anti-War Resistance (FAR)

The Feminist Anti-War Resistance (FAR) is a movement formed by a group of feminist activists the day after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Feminism in Russia does exist, and it existed in the country before 24 February 2022. It had serious media resources – and there had been many initiatives, discussions, work that had been done. Until the war broke out, the main thing feminists were fighting for was criminalisation of domestic violence. In Russia, domestic violence was decriminalised and was made an administrative violation. The focus, of course, changed after the war. FAR is not only very vocal on social networks – with over 40,000 followers on social media platform Telegram – they provide a lot of direct support to anti-war resistance and organise the anti-war movement inside the country. FAR members offer free psychological support to activists, help find legal help to those who are fired or threatened by their employers in Russia for speaking up against the war and distribute a self-published underground anti-war newspaper in the Russian regions, among other things.