High-profile cases turn spotlight on domestic violence in Russia Natalia Tunikova, 47, says she was subject to regular beatings, and in 2014 she spent a night in a prison cell facing a heavy sentence for stabbing her boyfriend. Cases like Tunikova's are ever more widely reported in Russia, leading to a public outcry in a country that has no specific law on domestic violence and where feminist movements like #MeToo had little impact. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES