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Unguarded. A city of street children.

Unguarded. A city of street children.

23 September 2026
How the Ugreshskaya labor commune re-educated children without barbed wire
Presidential elections: will Yakutia become "red" again?

Presidential elections: will Yakutia become "red" again?

Do Yakut communists represent a real political force? Is there an internal party…

March 17 2024
Ilya Yashin: "For me, the label of a foreign agent isn't just discrimination. It's an insult."

Ilya Yashin: "For me, the label of a foreign agent isn't just discrimination. It's an insult."

On March 14, 2024, in the Safonovsky District Court of the Smolensk Region…

March 15 2024
"If something is said, it must be done."

"If something is said, it must be done."

What Putin promised, what he did, and what he didn't do in...

March 15 2024
Vladimir Volkov

"They repeated the slogans of the jingoistic patriots they heard on television."

In 2022, Vladimir Volkov, a doctor of philosophy, was fired from…

March 14 2024
Yakut Megaprojects: How Regional Authorities Continue to Invent Industrial-Scale "New Vasyuki" 

Yakut Megaprojects: How Regional Authorities Continue to Invent Industrial-Scale "New Vasyuki" 

Regularly, with the recognizable tone of Ostap Bender, the public is sold the idea of ​​a mega-project...

March 13 2024
"We mustn't forget about the hydroelectric power station while we're building it."

"We mustn't forget about the hydroelectric power station while we're building it."

NeMoskva journalists visited the village of Zelenogorsk, near which an unfinished…

March 12 2024
Who profits from internally displaced persons?

Who profits from internally displaced persons?

In the second part of the special project "Money Z," NeMoskva examined the connections between companies...

March 8 2024
"Ungrateful" girls

"Ungrateful" girls

About women's lives in a Mordovian prison colony, holidays, "ordinariness," and...

March 8 2024
"Kill one man – you're a murderer. Kill many – you're a hero."

"Kill one man – you're a murderer. Kill many – you're a hero."

Novosibirsk resident Polina Semyanova published a post in which she explained that…

March 7 2024
A mega-dump in the Paustovsky region

A mega-dump in the Paustovsky region

Residents of villages near Ryazan are fighting against a proposed mega-landfill. It's planned…

March 5 2024
"We must defend our own interests."

"We must defend our own interests."

A small group of Lozva Mansi live in the far north of the Sverdlovsk region.…

March 4 2024
"Freedom is Immortal." How Russia bid farewell to Alexei Navalny

"Freedom is Immortal." How Russia bid farewell to Alexei Navalny

Despite the authorities' de facto ban on public expressions of grief for Navalny...

March 1 2024
Yulia Navalnaya's farewell words

Yulia Navalnaya's farewell words

Lesha, thank you for 26 years of absolute happiness. Yes, even…

March 1 2024
A St. Petersburg resident recounted his detention near the Solovetsky Stone.

A St. Petersburg resident recounted his detention near the Solovetsky Stone.

A NeMoskva reader served 10 days in jail for...

February 29 2024
Deserter's Day

Deserter - it sounds proud

“Today we live in a world where the Russian army carries only…

February 29 2024
How a pensioner, convicted for two reposts on VKontakte, lived and why she received five and a half years in prison.

How a pensioner, convicted for two reposts on VKontakte, lived and why she received five and a half years in prison.

Evgeniya Maiboroda is 72 years old. She has lived more than forty of those years…

February 28 2024
Pezhma

How a tourism manager moved from Yekaterinburg to her native village and transformed it into a creative space for teenagers 

Now in the village of Pezhma in the Arkhangelsk region there is a bus stop with…

February 27 2024
How residents of a village in Bashkortostan are defending their rights to their surroundings.

How residents of a village in Bashkortostan are defending their rights to their surroundings.

"Glamping is great, but let's not do it here": roughly...

February 26 2024
Photo: Sergey Malgavko / TASS

Two years of great trouble

Today marks exactly two years since the start of the shameful war in Ukraine.…

February 24 2024
Navalny's Funeral: The Kremlin's Conditions

Navalny's Funeral: The Kremlin's Conditions

Ivan Zhdanov, an associate of the deceased politician, listed…

February 22 2024
In Lipetsk, people are trying to get back their cars that disappeared from a special parking lot of the bailiff service.

In Lipetsk, people are trying to get back their cars that disappeared from a special parking lot of the bailiff service.

Lipetsk residents lost their cars—first, they were seized by bailiffs,…

February 22 2024
Residents of Podolsk in Bashkortostan are fighting eviction from their hometown.

Residents of Podolsk in Bashkortostan are fighting eviction from their hometown.

Podolsk is a village located in the southeast of Bashkortostan in the Khaibullinsky…

February 21 2024
What do residents of Kharp, near whom Navalny died, say?

What do residents of Kharp, near whom Navalny died, say?

How a five-thousand-person village beyond the Arctic Circle lives and how it reacts…

February 20 2024
Collapsed building in Rostov-on-Don: solutions

Collapsed building in Rostov-on-Don: solutions

On January 27, a section of a building collapsed on 72/3 Narimanov Street in Rostov-on-Don…

February 20 2024