Jeffrey Tayler

Jeffrey Tayler is an Atlantic contributing editor.

Topless Jihad: Why Femen Is Right

Topless Jihad: Why Femen Is Right

The radical feminist group has ignited human-rights debates we need to have. More »

Subject of Femen's Topless Jihad Questions the Group's Tactics

Subject of Femen's Topless Jihad Questions the Group's Tactics

The Tunisian woman who sparked the feminist group's nude protest last week says it was the wrong approach. But was she speaking freely? More »

Tunisian Woman Sent to a Psychiatric Hospital for Posting Topless Photos on Facebook

Tunisian Woman Sent to a Psychiatric Hospital for Posting Topless Photos on Facebook

Amina, a 19-year-old who hoped to join the radical protest group Femen, is also threatened with death by stoning. More »

The Woman Behind Femen's Topless Protest Movement

The Woman Behind Femen's Topless Protest Movement

Whether she's railing against the Catholic hierarchy or battling social conservatives, Ukrainian activist Inna Shevchenko's feminism is a contact sport. More »

Femen in Paris: Ukraine's Topless Warriors Move West

Femen in Paris: Ukraine's Topless Warriors Move West

In France, members of the protest group have been beaten and detained, but they're using the experience to train for a bigger challenge. More »

Femen, Ukraine's Topless Warriors

Femen, Ukraine's Topless Warriors

Why the group that inspired Pussy Riot's infamous "punk prayer" could be tough to stop. More »

What Pussy Riot's 'Punk Prayer' Really Said

What Pussy Riot's 'Punk Prayer' Really Said

Here's the first literal English translation of the lyrics, with an explanation of what they mean. More »

Beyond Pussy Riot: What's Next for Russia's Protest Movement?

Beyond Pussy Riot: What's Next for Russia's Protest Movement?

As its conflict with the Kremlin escalates, the opposition is playing an uncertain game on a changing chess board. More »

Russia's Protest Movement: Big, Angry, and Preparing for the Worst

Russia's Protest Movement: Big, Angry, and Preparing for the Worst

Saturday's mass demonstration in Moscow had plenty of fiery rhetoric, but what happens next? More »

Issue January/February 2012

God’s Gulag

A remote archipelago is one of Russia’s holiest places—and its most haunted.

A Russian Awakening?

A Russian Awakening?

Russia's once apolitical youth has taken to the streets of Moscow and launched the largest demonstrations since the collapse of the Soviet Union More »

Issue November 2011

Russian Hangover

A Moscow apartment block’s tenants turn over, one vodka binge at a time.

A Spectacular Corporate New Year's Party and Russia's New Normal

A Spectacular Corporate New Year's Party and Russia's New Normal

More and more, shocking displays of economic inequality that might once have sparked revolution here are now just part of the fabric of everyday life More »

The Valiant Death of Mario Monicelli

The Valiant Death of Mario Monicelli

The Oscar-nominated filmmaker threw himself out of his hospital window at age 95—which his fans see as an act of courage More »

In Moscow, Can It Get Any Worse?

In Moscow, Can It Get Any Worse?

Heat waves and even smoke from wildfires, have engulfed the city before, but never like this More »

Issue July/August 2009

How Moldova Escaped the Crisis

Europe’s poorest country is a paragon of financial stability

"Friending" Medvedev

Russia's president has launched a blog—comments included. Now citizens of this notoriously repressive country are offering him everything from policy advice to Alice Cooper concert tickets

Russia and Ukraine: Cold Snap

Much more than just a disagreement over prices is pushing Moscow to take a hard line in its gas dispute with Kiev

Issue December 2008

Exile

After 17 years in the NHL, Czech hockey star Jaromir Jagr hits the ice—and the jackpot—in Siberia.

Medvedev Spoils the Party

It will take more than Obama's electoral triumph to improve the United States' strained relations with Russia

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