Darja Serenko

Daria Serenko, born in 1993, is a Russian feminist poet, political activist, public artist and founding member of the Feminist Anti-War Resistance, which was formed in protest of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. She is also the co-founder of »Femdacha«, a safe space for queer activists, and fights for an open, tolerant society. In February 2022, she was detained for 15 days for a social media post advocating tactical voting that contained campaign symbols associated with Alexei Navalny’s Anti- Corruption Foundation. She was released from jail on February 24, 2022, and has since left Russia.