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Burn After Reading
Art + Stories
Experiences

Burn After Reading

The investigative journalist Alice Lugen talks about what might have happened in the Dyatlov Pass tragedy, when a group of young hikers died in mysterious circumstances in Russia’s northern Urals.
Stasia Budzisz
Understanding the Chukchi
World + People
Nature

Understanding the Chukchi

Maciej Cuske, director of the documentary “The Whale From Lorino”, talks about the Far East region of Chukotka, the influence of the USSR on the Chukchi people, and how our fight against nature is doomed to fail.
Mateusz Demski
The Stalker’s Daughter
Art + Stories
Art

The Stalker’s Daughter

The work of Soviet film-maker Andrei Tarkovsky is widely acclaimed – and with good reason. But what should we make of the role of women in his film “Stalker”?
Renata Lis
Looking for Closure
Art + Stories
Opinions

Looking for Closure

Russian filmmaker Masha Osipova talks about health in the Soviet era, confronting memories of the past, and her new short documentary film “Sanatorium”.
Dariusz Kuźma
Be Like Anastasia
Art + Stories
Experiences

Be Like Anastasia

Anastasianism (or the Ringing Cedars) is a new age religious movement that started in Russia. We visit one of its kinship homesteads to find out how to heal the human civilization.
Ewa Pawlik
Blood for Blood
Art + Stories
Experiences

Blood for Blood

In Chechnya, the centuries-old Caucasian honour code is slowly being eroded by the bloody politics of Ramzan Kadyrov.
Wojciech Jagielski