Anatoly Kurmanaev
Anatoly Kurmanaev is a journalist based in Berlin, Germany. He covers the Russian army's expansion of women's roles amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine and its impact on traditional family values promoted by President Vladimir Putin. Kurmanaev also reports on recruitment efforts targeting female convicts, highlighting contradictory policies and signals sent to potential female recruits. His work has appeared in major publications such as The New York Times.
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The Daily's Verdict
This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.
Bias
80%
Examples:
- Ksenia Shkoda's experience of being looked at like a monkey for being in fatigues.
- Women spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of possible retribution.
Conflicts of Interest
100%
Examples:
- Recruiters in military uniforms toured Russian jails for women in the fall of 2023, offering inmates a pardon and $2,000 a month - 10 times the national minimum wage - in return for serving in front-line roles for a year.
- The Russian army is gradually expanding the role of women as it seeks to balance President Vladimir Putin’s promotion of traditional family roles with the need for new recruits for the war in Ukraine.
Contradictions
33%
Examples:
- ]Russian army is expanding the role of women in the military to balance traditional family roles and the need for new recruits for the war in Ukraine.[
- The Russian military’s need to replenish its ranks for what it presents as a long-term war against Ukraine and its Western allies, however, has clashed with Putin’s ideological struggle.
Deceptions
40%
Examples:
- Ilyasova and six other women fighting for Russia in Ukraine said local recruitment offices still routinely turned away female volunteers or sent them to reserves.
- Recruiters in military uniforms toured Russian jails for women in the fall of 2023, offering inmates a pardon and $2,000 a month - 10 times the national minimum wage - in return for serving in front-line roles for a year.
- Some female volunteers do not make it to Ukraine. The convicts who enlisted in late 2023 have yet to be sent to fight.
Recent Articles
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Broke On: Monday, 06 May 2024An American soldier, Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, was arrested in Russia's Vladivostok on May 2, 2024, for criminal misconduct during an unauthorized visit to see a girlfriend. The incident may worsen already strained U.S.-Russia relations. 
Russia's Repression of Women's Rights: The Case of Daria Serenko and Zalina Marshenkulova
Broke On: Sunday, 28 April 2024Russian feminist activists Daria Serenko and Zalina Marshenkulova, who oppose Russia's invasion of Ukraine, have been added to the country's wanted list despite living abroad. This incident highlights the Kremlin's repression of women's rights activists and historical suppression of women's voices in Russia. Women face systemic issues that stifle their potential and silence their voices, with Putin's regime intensifying restrictions on women's rights and freedoms while expanding the role of women in the military.