Intern publications
Reports in the Media
A database of published stories by our interns
Here you will find texts published in independent media with the support of the project’s mentors
“The Boss Calls the Shots”
Why Far Eastern researchers work at night for Moscow conferences
“We looked at handsome men, that was enough for us”
How the game “Romance Club” became a substitute for real relationships for girls
“A weird guy from Kurgan”
How Russia’s only fan club of the Spanish football team Eibar appeared in the Southern Urals
“It is like banning everyone with big noses from driving”
Why people with ASD in Russia are not allowed to drive
“Their job is to motivate a new slave”
Why people join network marketing in 2026
“An order came from Moscow — kiss 8 times”: how folk parties take place in the capital
In the 19th century, young peasants looked for partners at special gatherings called “vecherki”
Personal experience: a punk girl goes to work as a realtor in St. Petersburg
This is how it happened — and how it ended
“A parent thinks they are saving the child and drowns with them”
How a teenager with an addiction drove the family into debt
“It is like complaining to a stranger on a train, but for money”
Why people need “friends by the hour”
“Harry Potter and the end of the world”
How Russian geeks copied a subculture popular in Silicon Valley but failed to replicate its success
“I want to survive a little longer. On principle”
How small bookstores survive in Rostov-on-Don
“We should not have to prove our illness”
How people with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome live in Russia
“All that is left is to fence us in with barbed wire — and that is it”
How the small Izhora people live under pressure from big Russian business
“If this is gone, why live here?”
Residents of Fryazino near Moscow fight against the demolition of Stalin-era buildings in the city center
“We are all stuck here thinking about a better life”
A report from a proletarian ghetto in central Moscow
“My son smells like caramel”
How a deafblind mother and a blind father raise a child
“Put muzzles on all of them”
What is happening to pet-friendly culture in Russia and how pet owners are trying to defend it
“I like wearing a diaper and keeping a pacifier in my mouth”
How adults who need to feel like children live
“Go to the kitchen, that is where you belong”
Why many Russian gamers hate women
Lady with a hockey stick
The women’s hockey team Velchanka has existed in Arkhangelsk Oblast for five years — its players are between 55 and 84 years old
“Reminded me to brush my teeth and scolded me for instant noodles”
How chatbots talk teenagers and adults out of suicide
There is a holiday, but no people
How the small Seto people live in the border territories of Russia and Estonia
“I just want to be loved”
Why girls sympathize with incels or identify as them
Kingdom of the porcini mushroom
How an Arkhangelsk village survives by gathering mushrooms and berries. Forest products are sold to Europe
Do desert residents dream of wild Yakut horses?
How residents of the northern village of Kuzomen fight advancing sand dunes, feral horses and “wild” tourists
“A breed is easy to lose and impossible to restore”
Arkhangelsk Oblast is closing the only farm in the world breeding Mezen horses.
“Sorry, this is taboo for me”
How people with HIV in Russia look for romantic partners
“You think it is rain, but it is not rain”
Why residents of Pikalyovo are not outraged that the living and the dead are being covered with cement
A significant adult for an “invisible child”
What crisis foster families are for and how they work
“— What are you missing here? — Bread and circuses!”
How pensioners in a half-abandoned village are trying to preserve the club they created
Sailors without water
Why residents of a Karelian settlement have to melt snow
Not Moscow
The industry gets its bumps
How Russian hemp farming is developing