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Anastasiia Fedorova

Anastasiia Fedorova

Anastasiia Fedorova is a freelance writer and curator based in London. She is a regular contributor to Dazed, i-D, 032c, Vice, Amuse, Broadly, The Guardian and SHOWstudio. You can follow her on Twitter here and find more of her writing here.

Cat person: photographing feline love

Cat person: photographing feline love

Russia’s radical knitwear brands

Russia’s radical knitwear brands

Dream or dystopia? Take an immersive journey into life off the grid

Dream or dystopia? Take an immersive journey into life off the grid

Desire International: unpacking the language of love and repression

Desire International: unpacking the language of love and repression

How one brand is reinventing contemporary fetishwear to create a more open conversation on sexuality

One photographer’s quest to unearth the hidden history of Moscow’s Soviet labour camp

One photographer’s quest to unearth the hidden history of Moscow’s Soviet labour camp

Gen Z’s great escape

Gen Z’s great escape

The story of Russia’s urban landscape — as told through a single highway

The story of Russia’s urban landscape — as told through a single highway

Sci-fi and lingerie come together with Ukrainian label Zhilyova

Sci-fi and lingerie come together with Ukrainian label Zhilyova

Can art help us emerge through trauma?

Can art help us emerge through trauma?

Bogdan Shirokov wants to escape

Bogdan Shirokov wants to escape

Ada Zielińska and the thrill of catastrophe

Ada Zielińska and the thrill of catastrophe

This fashion designer is burning her own handbags to make you think again about upcycled fashion

This fashion designer is burning her own handbags to make you think again about upcycled fashion

Meet the Russian artist making superhero masks from Kinder egg toys and Soviet memorabilia

Meet the Russian artist making superhero masks from Kinder egg toys and Soviet memorabilia

Gen Z’s Polina Osipova is reimagining Russia’s indigineous cultures for a digital age

Gen Z’s Polina Osipova is reimagining Russia’s indigineous cultures for a digital age

Regolith: an immersive journey into the sound and texture of urban life

Regolith: an immersive journey into the sound and texture of urban life

Your Yool is a project carving a place for Tatar creativity in global culture

Your Yool is a project carving a place for Tatar creativity in global culture

Tea cups and pickle jars: after moving to Uganda, one Russian photographer recaptures a sense of home

Tea cups and pickle jars: after moving to Uganda, one Russian photographer recaptures a sense of home

Hometown glory: can photography help us reconnect with the familiar?

Hometown glory: can photography help us reconnect with the familiar?

Dagestan’s youth are fighting for their right to self-expression

Dagestan’s youth are fighting for their right to self-expression

Enter the world of VasyaRun, Russia’s most mysterious art project

Enter the world of VasyaRun, Russia’s most mysterious art project

Finding home with Russian-Kurdish fashion brand Vertigo

Clay, chaos and urban detritus merge in Daniil Antropov’s ceramic sculptures

Clay, chaos and urban detritus merge in Daniil Antropov’s ceramic sculptures

This is Poland’s Gen Z — in their own words

This is Poland’s Gen Z — in their own words

Lesbian postcards from the future: the artists sending back messages from Poland’s radical queer tomorrow

Lesbian postcards from the future: the artists sending back messages from Poland’s radical queer tomorrow

Beyond reality: the surreal digital universe capturing the madness of Russia’s modern visual culture

Beyond reality: the surreal digital universe capturing the madness of Russia’s modern visual culture

Like a Girl: a photographer’s exploration of the complex nature of Russian femininity

Like a Girl: a photographer’s exploration of the complex nature of Russian femininity

My Beautiful Tomorrow: the photoshoots capturing the dreams of Ukraine’s 90s kids

My Beautiful Tomorrow: the photoshoots capturing the dreams of Ukraine’s 90s kids

A photographer’s spiritual Siberian homecoming

A photographer’s spiritual Siberian homecoming

Cardinal sin: a photographic exploration of sexuality and religion

Cardinal sin: a photographic exploration of sexuality and religion

Celebrating the radical beauty of queer bodies through a non-binary lens

Celebrating the radical beauty of queer bodies through a non-binary lens

How a supernatural Slavic mafia set up home in the American Midwest

How a supernatural Slavic mafia set up home in the American Midwest

How one photographer uses fairytales to capture her Russian hometown on the brink of ecological disaster

How one photographer uses fairytales to capture her Russian hometown on the brink of ecological disaster

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