Researcher Rustam Alexander: "The state is monitoring sexual lives of its citizens"

A man and a woman dressed in black are at the party, and the man is wearing a black jumper.

Russian singer Filipp Kirkorov was photographed with Ivleeva at the "almost naked" party. In a subsequent video apology, Kirkorov wore a modest black turtleneck jumper. Credit: Instagram and VK

SBS Russian spoke with writer and researcher Rustam Alexander about how, after the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian state began to tighten its control over the sexual lives of its citizens.


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