STORIES

We look into problems, get acquainted with different opinions, tell stories.
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
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
Kurban Dalgatov

A year ago, Kurban Dalgatov was killed in a Makhachkala police station.

Kurban Dalgatov was killed in the Sovietsky District Police Department of Makhachkala. His…

February 19 2024
hemp field

The industry is learning its lesson: how Russian hemp cultivation is developing

"I'm looking for new ways to replenish the regional budget. I think it's time to grow..."

February 13 2024
Malinkovich of the Communists of Russia on his exclusion from the elections

Malinkovich of the Communists of Russia on his exclusion from the elections

"The only worthy rival to Putin, of course, could only be me!"

February 10 2024
Alexey Shlyapuzhnikov

Alexey Shlyapuzhnikov: "It won't go bad yet."

Last week, a massive outage was observed across Russia...

February 9 2024
history of the Bashkir revolt

"They Rebelled and Died for Land": The History of the Bashkir Revolt

The head of Bashkiria Radiy Khabirov, commenting on the events in Baymak 15 and...

February 7 2024
Why are Muscovites moving to a small Arkhangelsk village, from which locals are fleeing in search of a better life?

Why are Muscovites moving to a small Arkhangelsk village, from which locals are fleeing in search of a better life?

Architect-restorer Alexander Matyukhin and his family were the first to pave the way from the Moscow region…

February 6 2024
Tatyana Pasman

"There's always the option to opt out." An interview with Tatyana Pasman, a member of parliament and history teacher.

History teacher and local deputy Tatyana Pasman on the current situation…

February 5 2024
VRAL award

Russian pseudoscience news: crocodiles evolved from humans, and Hitler is hiding on Mars

The COVID-19 vaccine could make you transgender, and the technology to create…

February 5 2024
"The glue on which Rus' stands"

"The glue on which Rus' stands"

A reading of Katerina Antonova's play was held at the Ryazan Center for Contemporary Drama…

February 2 2024
Фикбук

The state has come to us: how fanfiction has changed over two years of war

Fan fiction can be about real events and can feature…

February 1 2024
Aisen Nikolaev is the first to plunge into the font of Yakutsk

Yakuts purify themselves twice: with a shaman and in a font. 

January in Yakutia is a month rich in rituals. During…

January 31 2024
Photo from the website "Anonymous Street Anti-War Art in Russia 2022/23" nowobble.net

Anthropologist Alexandra Arkhipova on language and war

How to convince your neighbor Marya Ivanovna that many people…

January 30 2024
In Memory of Lyapunov: The Story of the Cracked Temple

In Memory of Lyapunov: The Story of the Cracked Temple

In the 800-year-old Ryazan village of Isady, a church built in memory of…

January 29 2024
Metamorphoses of ecologist Radiy Khabirov

Metamorphoses of ecologist Radiy Khabirov

NeMoscow examined the biography of the head of Bashkortostan and saw how a provincial scientist...

January 25 2024
"The only way to speak out against what's happening." Why Russians are signing for Nadezhdin's nomination

"The only way to speak out against what's happening." Why Russians are signing for Nadezhdin's nomination

Residents of many regions have stepped up their efforts and gone to sign petitions for the nomination of...

January 24 2024
signature collection for Nadezhdin

"We don't need problems": Ingushetia residents are afraid to sign for Nadezhdin. 

The head of the campaign to support presidential candidate Boris Nadezhdin in…

January 24 2024
Maxim Katz

Maxim Katz: "A small door opens and you have to stick a crowbar in there."

Maxim Katz, Russian politician, political strategist, blogger, urbanist, and professional political player…

January 23 2024
Boris Nadezhdin

Boris Nadezhdin: "I should have gone into open opposition earlier"

While people in the regions line up to place their…

January 23 2024
Fail Alsynov

Radiy Khabirov: "Look carefully." How to shift the blame – a lesson from the head of the republic.

Bashkortostan's head, Radiy Khabirov, posted a video on his social media accounts, which lasted…

January 22 2024
Protest in Bashkortostan: How the small town of Baymak became famous worldwide

Protest in Bashkortostan: How the small town of Baymak became famous worldwide

A NeMoskva correspondent attended the largest Russian protest of the last…

January 19 2024
Protests in Bashkortostan continue

Protests in Bashkortostan continue

Today, people in support of… are gathering at Salavat Yulaev Square in Ufa.

January 19 2024
"Destroy cities and lives"

"Destroy cities and lives"

At first glance, this seems like an excellent solution to the problem of slum resettlement...

January 18 2024
protests in Baymak

Baimak Court: Khabirov Will Never Be Forgiven

Fail Alsynov is a reason for the protest, but not its cause.…

January 17 2024