We talk with Yulia Gorbunova, a researcher in the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch, and author of a recently published report on domestic violence in Russia and the state's response to it.

report in english: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/russia1018_web3.pdfreport in russian: https://www.hrw.org/ru/report/2018/10/25/323648resources for survivors of domestic violence in Russia:http://anna-center.ru/index.php/ru/https://nasiliu.net/https://www.facebook.com/anokitez/

Episode art by Rebecca Hendin for HRW