How do feminists adapt their protest repertoires to a repressive political environment? What is the role of feminist activism in a wartime context? Daria Apakhonchich is an artist, feminist activist and Russian language teacher from St Petersburg. She is known for performance art protests against war, militarism, domestic violence and in support of jailed activists. She also writes and edits feminist books and children’s tales. She was among the first three individuals to be labelled as ‘foreign agents’ by the Russian state, and is now based in Georgia.