Mélina Magdelénat
@melinamagdelenat.bsky.social
Graduate @ox.ac.uk - VSC at Voix en Exil - Researching health and motherhood for exiled Ukrainian women. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/01/07/meet-the-new-russian-man-shaped-by-war-a87529
My first Foreign Policy essay is out - it examines the role of violence in Russia's military, which both creates docility in the face of meatgrinder tactics, and encourages increased violence towards fellow soldiers and Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians. foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/09/r...
Why Don’t Russian Soldiers Revolt?
Astonishing death rates and brutal abuse have not kept troops from following orders.
foreignpolicy.com
#OpEd War changes people – and the invasion of Ukraine has turned violent men into heroes in Russia, warns Mélina Magdalénat.
Meet the New Russian Man, Shaped by War - The Moscow Times
Opinion | War impacts gender hierarchies and gender roles deeply, reducing men to their duty of protection over vulnerable women.
themoscowtimes.com
