top of page
Search
Filmmaker, St. Petersburg, relocated to Kyiv, 80 y.o./Кинематографист, СПБ, релоцировался в Киев,80.
I lived in the USSR for fifty years of my long life. Thirty more - in the Russian Federation. Surely I know this country? Of course, like...
Aug 29, 20224 min read
IT Specialist, Relocated to Tbilisi / Специалист в сфере IT. Релоцировался в Тбилиси
Even before the start of the war, I followed the news, but I hoped that all this was a bluff, that everything would calm down soon, that...
Aug 22, 20224 min read
Urban researcher, 30s. Relocated to EU Pt.2 / Урбанист-исследователь, релоцировался в ЕС, 30-40 Ч.2
Part 2. What irritates me most about this personage, who has taken all of Russia hostage - if you carefully follow the timelines of his...
Aug 16, 20226 min read
Urban researcher, 30s. Relocated to EU Pt.1/ Урбанист-исследователь, релоцировался в ЕС, 30–40 Ч.1
Part 1 I did not celebrate the New Year holidays before the war, on the eve of the arrival of 2022, as I was ill. All day on December 31,...
Aug 14, 20225 min read


Russia - a huge digital concentration camp / Россия — огромный цифровой концлагерь
Illustration Yuri Pogorelov / Иллюстрация Юрий Погорелов Russia today is a huge digital concentration camp for 140 million people The...
Aug 4, 20221 min read
Editor, Moscow 50-60 yrs old / Редактор из Москвы, 50 – 60 лет
Like everyone else, I learned about the beginning of the war on the morning of the 24th. My first thought was - “so he did it after all."...
Aug 3, 20225 min read
Expert in the sociology & psychology of war, Moscow/Эксперт по социологии и психологии войны, Москва
A teacher at a Moscow university, expert in the sociology and psychology of war. At the moment it’s important to try as far as possible...
Jul 29, 202210 min read
Unemployed journalist, Moscow / Безработная журналистка, Москва
The war for me did not start on February 24, but a few days before, when so-called President Putin convened his so-called “Security...
Jul 26, 20225 min read
A teacher at a Moscow university / Преподавательница одного из московских ВУЗов
On the night of February 23-24, I was finishing and editing an article for a magazine, got up late and saw reports about the war. But...
Jul 22, 20224 min read
Church and state, a 'marriage of convenience' / Синтез церкви и государства 'брак по расчёту'
Professor at the Spanish Universidad CEU San Pablo on Spanish attitudes to the war in Ukraine, the need for opponents of the war in...
Jul 19, 20226 min read
Secondary school teacher/ Преподаватель средней школы
A teacher at a secondary school in a Russian city. However sad it is, the war in Ukraine is gradually receding into the periphery of my...
Jul 18, 20223 min read


Tribunal for Putin's terrorist state - трибунал для путинского террористического государства
Illustration Yuri Pogorelov / иллюстрация Юрий Погорелов On Thursday, July 14, a conference organised by the International Criminal Court...
Jul 16, 20221 min read


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...
Jul 14, 20224 min read


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 12, 20223 min read
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 4, 20227 min read
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...
Jul 2, 20225 min read


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 24, 20223 min read
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 21, 20227 min read


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 16, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
bottom of page