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Brain intervention

Brain intervention

27 September 2026
What's Behind Zakhar Prilepin's "ABCs of Intervention"
Landskrona. Nyenschantz. "The Crystal Coffin"

Landskrona. Nyenschantz. "The Crystal Coffin"

Archaeologists, historians, and activists defended the Okhtinsky Cape from the construction of Gazprom's...

14 May 2024
To drink or not to drink? How life is lived in the "sober" villages of Yakutia. 

To drink or not to drink? How life is lived in the "sober" villages of Yakutia. 

There are more than 200 villages in Yakutia where prohibition has been introduced. This…

13 May 2024
Elections as a test of the system: what Putin failed to do and what the protesters demonstrated

Elections as a test of the system: what Putin failed to do and what the protesters demonstrated

Constitutional law expert Nina Belyaeva on the fact that…

12 May 2024
Who will treat?

Who will treat?

On the eve of the confirmation process for Mikhail Mishustin as Prime Minister for a second term,…

11 May 2024
A report from Arkhangelsk, Russia's capital of dilapidated housing

A report from Arkhangelsk, Russia's capital of dilapidated housing

"Board, longing, cod" is perhaps the most famous proverb about Arkhangelsk. And...

10 May 2024
The history of a park in Yakutsk: from a pacifist idea to the installation of tanks 

The history of a park in Yakutsk: from a pacifist idea to the installation of tanks 

Five years ago, the decision was made to build Victory Park in Yakutsk. The architects…

9 May 2024
"We have two brands: condensed milk and Masalov."

"We have two brands: condensed milk and Masalov."

In Kuzbass, they decided to "revive" a hero of the Great Patriotic War for May 9th...

9 May 2024
"Oh, Vanya!" 

"Oh, Vanya!" 

The story of a mother of many children from a village in Saratov, raising a seriously ill child…

8 May 2024
Putin's elite

Citizens in charge

The war in Ukraine has long been a catalyst for those who…

7 May 2024
Will the 100-year-old Krasny Prosvechenets neighborhood in Nizhny Novgorod survive the massive construction?

Will the 100-year-old Krasny Prosvechenets neighborhood in Nizhny Novgorod survive the massive construction?

Part of the Krasny Prosveshchenets neighborhood in Nizhny Novgorod has been condemned to demolition…

6 May 2024
"Please don't disgrace your son."

"Please don't disgrace your son."

How security forces spent two days hunting the mother of a police officer from Ukhta, who...

5 May 2024
"We have a psychiatrist theatre"

"We have a psychiatrist theatre"

A report from a private homeless shelter in Stavropol that wants…

April 30 2024
"Fighters go off in groups on missions and disappear..."

"Fighters go off in groups on missions and disappear..."

Relatives of soldiers from unit 41698 in Donetsk have been unable to...

April 29 2024
Top 10 Films and TV Series About the Chernobyl Disaster

Top 10 Films and TV Series About the Chernobyl Disaster

Russian, Ukrainian, American, French. Feature films, documentaries, and TV series. In our selection

April 26 2024
Zaparozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant

"Peaceful Atom" in a War Zone: Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

The largest station in Europe – the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant – is in…

April 26 2024
"We curse the peaceful atom"

"We curse the peaceful atom"

In 1989-90, something unbelievable by today's standards happened: residents...

April 26 2024
Major man-made disasters of recent decades

Major man-made disasters of recent decades

Chernobyl was a major, but not the only man-made disaster in the world.…

April 26 2024
How the state concealed the truth about the Chernobyl disaster

How the state concealed the truth about the Chernobyl disaster

The first report of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident appeared 36…

April 26 2024
Sergey Zolotukhin

The story of a Voronezh resident who builds buildings from construction waste

For over 40 years, Sergei Zolotukhin has been building houses in a unique way: using building materials…

April 25 2024
"The forest is the Vepsians, and the Vepsians are the forest."

"The forest is the Vepsians, and the Vepsians are the forest."

In an ancient Vepsian village in Karelia, in a pine forest beloved by local residents, next to…

April 24 2024
Reading as a reflection of life: from Camus to a book club in Vladikavkaz

Reading as a reflection of life: from Camus to a book club in Vladikavkaz

In honor of World Book and Copyright Day, NeMoscow spoke with the editor-in-chief…

April 23 2024
The Tyumen region has been drowning for the second week, with villages and roads under water.

The Tyumen region has been drowning for the second week, with villages and roads under water.

Pavel and Elena Markelov stand at the gate and look out onto the field, which is now…

April 23 2024
How to avoid being made a fool of in the village of Kindasovo

How to avoid being made a fool of in the village of Kindasovo

Almost all the necessary infrastructure has been built to successfully develop tourism in Kindasovo…

April 23 2024
Flood and people: how it happened in Orenburg

Flood and people: how it happened in Orenburg

— At seventy-five years old, I was left without a roof over my head!…

April 19 2024