Ilya Yashin's statement from court. Речь Ильи Яшина в суде
photograph by Evgeny Feldman / фотография Евгений Фельдман Ilya Yashin is a Russian dissident, politician and public figure, a long-term...
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- Jul 12
- 3 min
PriZoners: criminal choices of the Russian regime / Zаключенные: преступный выбор российского режима
Illustration Yuri Pogorelov / Иллюстрация Юрий Погорелов According to several sources, the Russian authorities some time ago began...
- Jul 4
- 7 min
Writer, St Petersburg / Писательница, Санкт Петербург
When war broke out I felt shock and fear. I felt sick for all the people in Ukraine being hit by bombs, nervous because of the nastiness...
- Jul 2
- 5 min
Creative Copywriter, Moscow Креативный Копирайтер, Москва
I am 36, I was born, raised and continue to live in Moscow. I don't remember how I found out that the war had started. My psychotherapist...
- Jun 24
- 3 min
Тараканище / Cock-the-Roach
Illustration by Yuri Pogorelov / иллюстрация Юрий Погорелов In 1923, the great Russian writer Kornei Chukovsky, who began his career in...
- Jun 21
- 7 min
Architect, Moscow/Архитектор,Москва 'small architectural bureaus...have benefited from sanctions...'
Recently, I’ve been trying to perceive everything that is happening not in a political, but a universal human context. The first reaction...
- Jun 16
- 2 min
Only the best for the children / Все лучшее — детям
Illustration Yuri Pogorelov (on the rocket it says in Russian 'for the children') / Иллюстрация Юрий Погорелов The Russian Federation...
- Jun 10
- 3 min
Former Tour Guide, St. Petersburg. Now in Serbia / Бывший гид-экскурсовод из Питера, сейчас в Сербии
From Telegram Channel created by Russian journalist Roman Super. Hello Roman. I constantly read your channel, it is literally a ray of...
- Jun 10
- 7 min
Russian Historian/ Российский историк. A Cold Civil War / Холодная Гражданская Война
For quite a long time I was engaged in the study of the history of the Civil War in Russia, at the beginning of the 20th century - the...
- Jun 6
- 2 min
'Civil War Has Begun'/'Началась гражданская война'
From Telegram Channel Super, created by Russian journalist Roman Super. I was born in 1968 in Uzbekistan, in the ancient city of Bukhara....
- Jun 4
- 2 min
Putin's ledger: 100 days of death / Путинский бухгалтерский учет — сто дней смерти
Illustration by Yuri Pogorelov A full-scale criminal war has been going on for more than 100 days. The Russian regime has no regard for...
- Jun 2
- 4 min
Sociologist (f) from St Petersburg, no longer in Russia. Социолог, Санкт-Петербург, уехала из России
Feelings from the first days of the war: a foggy head, anxiety, as if you are literally driving a car that is totally out of control...
- Jun 1
- 2 min
Soviet Jokes are returning. Nostalgia / Советские анекдоты возвращаются. Ностальгия
Illustration by Yuri Pogorelov. On the tank it says 'Nostalgia.' Иллюстрация: Юрий Погорелов An American boasts to a Russian: - I have...
- May 29
- 4 min
Muscovite (30-40), Москвичка (30-40)
War is a sorrow about which it is legally forbidden to speak. This happens in countries where human rights are an empty phrase. These...
- May 29
- 2 min
Freelancer, Moscow (40-50)/ Фрилансер, Москва (40-50)
My first reaction… To be honest, I was waiting for this somehow subconsciously. A friend called me and asked why have you put the...
- May 29
- 7 min
Freelancer, Russian Far-East (50-60)/ Фрилансер, Дальний Восток (50-60)
This situation with Ukraine really began for me in 2014. Of course, I was shocked when I learned that Russia had annexed Crimea. I was...
- May 22
- 9 min
Writer, literary critic Moscow / Филолог, писатель, литературный критик. Москва
“I don’t remember how I found out about the invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine on the morning of February 24. But I remember my...
- May 22
- 4 min
Web-designer, currently outside of Russia / Веб-дизайнер, Москва. Уехал с семьей из России
“The current situation has plunged me and my colleagues into deep despair, which has an impact on levels of efficiency at work. I...
- May 22
- 4 min
Employee of leading Russian university / Историк, преподаватель одного из гуманитарных ВУЗов Москвы
“Firstly, our community of the humanities, like the entirely of Russian society, is divided, and is not a single whole, and, secondly, is...