The aim of this chapter is to explore certain similarities and some differences between the Soviet women’s organizations on the one hand and state supported women’s organizations in Russia now on the other. The Soviet propaganda was well known for presenting Soviet women as fully enjoying equal rights with men. Ideas on equality were used to create a positive image of the country abroad, as well as to gain alliances for the Eastern bloc. This chapter also explores the work of the contemporary pro-governmental Women’s Union of Russia (heir of the Committee of Soviet Women) — and the new institution promoted by Russia that was declared to enable international cooperation around women’s issues: the Eurasian Women’s Forum. In this chapter I show that in the context of international sanctions due to the annexation of Crimea, international condemnation of Russian authorities’ attacks on LGBTQ+ rights and women’s NGOs, and in particular, after the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government once again attempted to use women’s organizations as an important (geo)political instrument.