STORIES

We look into problems, get acquainted with different opinions, tell stories.
"Maybe the bears will motivate us."

"Maybe the bears will motivate us."

29 September 2026
Why bears attack Russians: in 2026, they killed 20 people in 11 regions. Zoologist Mikhail Berezhnoy explained the reasons and what environmental changes need to be made.
Crazy Grannies, Brainwashing, and Elderly Assol

Crazy Grannies, Brainwashing, and Elderly Assol

How the Nizhny Novgorod Museum of Living Paper showed something that...

August 16 2024
I was ready to go to prison, but not to kill people.

I was ready to go to prison, but not to kill people.

NeMoscow spoke with a man who twice deserted from the Russian army.

August 15 2024
"We're stuck here."

"We're stuck here."

As journalists have calculated, over the past 17 years Putin has promised to “pull out…

August 13 2024
"We welcome spiritual search and enlightenment, but we must not destroy nature."

"We welcome spiritual search and enlightenment, but we must not destroy nature."

Residents of the Altai villages of Charyshskoye and Krasny Partizan have been...

August 12 2024
Olympic Games in Lipki

Olympic Games in Lipki

How the Olympic doping scandal in a tiny village in the Vologda region…

August 11 2024
Truth Is Out There

Truth Is Out There

Pianist Pavel Kushnir, who died in pretrial detention, loved the X-Files. Just like…

August 9 2024
"Why can't you shut Lupin's mouth?"

"Why can't you shut Lupin's mouth?"

The story of the head of a Khabarovsk village who regularly wants to quit, but…

August 8 2024
"Nobody warned us"

"Nobody warned us"

Since the end of July, the Chelyabinsk region has been drenched by abnormal downpours, causing rivers to overflow their banks…

August 7 2024
"The herd has gathered"

"The herd has gathered"

What happened in Korenovsk, Kuban, where after the conflict between Russians and…

August 6 2024
"People don't want to be part of the landscape." 

"People don't want to be part of the landscape." 

Iskitim is among the 35 most polluted cities in Russia, so…

August 5 2024
The story of an Ulyanovsk urbanist who taught officials to correct their mistakes

The story of an Ulyanovsk urbanist who taught officials to correct their mistakes

Azat Usmanov is the only urban planner in Ulyanovsk, a city of 600. After…

August 2 2024
In the land of the old faith

In the land of the old faith

In the Land of the Old Faith: How the Nizhny Novgorod Region is trying to preserve…

August 1 2024
"Wages are at the same level as they were ten years ago" 

"Wages are at the same level as they were ten years ago" 

Ambulance workers in the Jewish Autonomous Region are having their bonuses cut. They think...

July 31 2024
Comic book delivered from pretrial detention center

Comic book delivered from pretrial detention center

Following recent media reports about Tatyana Laletina, a Tomsk student,…

July 30 2024
Uranium therapy

Uranium therapy

These areas are not fenced off, there are no radiation hazard signs, and…

July 26 2024
Living History or "Nothing About Us Without Us"

Living History or "Nothing About Us Without Us"

Decolonial activist Danhaya Khovalyg on historical memory in six…

July 23 2024
The fateful night of Noon

The fateful night of Noon

How a Ural village commemorates the massacre of nearly fifty...

July 22 2024
Time for throwing

Time for throwing

How cow dung throwing competitions in Perm Krai gained…

July 19 2024
The story of Zigmund Khudyakov: pickets in Khabarovsk and dozens of arrests

The story of Zigmund Khudyakov: pickets in Khabarovsk and dozens of arrests

Why has a Khabarovsk activist, a descendant of White Guards and repressed individuals, been going public for four years?

July 16 2024
"Not our people"

"Not our people"

Following the June 23 terrorist attacks in Dagestan, local residents continue to speculate about…

July 15 2024
"When you have sausage in the fridge, you don't really want to fight."

"When you have sausage in the fridge, you don't really want to fight."

How do Russians live in the new reality, part of which is war? 

July 12 2024
Unzhlagiya: a secret newspaper, a secret road, a secret country

Unzhlagiya: a secret newspaper, a secret road, a secret country

The Nizhny Novgorod village of Sukhobezvodny celebrated its 80th anniversary. It's the "capital" of a huge penal…

July 11 2024
Andrey Drugai

"The Church must be for the people, not for the princes."

A priest who spoke out against the war – on "serfdom" in the Russian Orthodox Church,…

July 10 2024
"I can do anything"

"I can do anything"

How the state becomes "accomplice" to the crimes committed by former war veterans...

July 9 2024