Evgenia Taganovich : “ Father said: I’ll put a machine gun on the roof ” “Russia bombed my childhood and took away my joy,” says Ukrainian journalist and TV presenter Evgenia Taganovich , recalling seeing footage of her hometown Vinnitsa after massive shelling. When the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops began, she worked live, telling viewers about the war that had come into her own life. Behind the scenes there was pain and fear for my parents and old grandmother.

Rita Loginova: “I screamed when I found out that my brother had gone to war” Rita Loginova is a journalist and activist. She was born and worked for a long time in Novosibirsk, collaborated with independent Russian media: Taiga.info, Vorstka, Meduza . Among the main topics of her work are HIV, drug addiction, Russian prisons and xenophobia. After emigrating, he lives in Prague. Now she is the editor-in-chief of Glasnaya magazine and the author of the podcast “ Only Pluses ” .

Igor Sadreyev: “The death of a dictator does not mean the end of the regime” Why does the death of a dictator not mean the end of the regime , and how long can such a regime survive without its creator? Who might end up in power in Russia after Putin? And why do changes often not come from where they are expected?

“I just wanted to quit, live, find love and raise my son.” Artyom (name changed) wrote to us. He is 31 years old. He signed a contract for military service even before the start of a full-scale war. After a business trip to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, I decided not to return to the unit. Now he is being tried under the article of unauthorized abandonment of his unit. - I am a contract soldier, and soon I will be in prison.