Part 1 Part 2 History of the Middle Ages Mikhail Maglov, Yulia Starostina, Roman Badanin, Mikhail Rubin February 28, 2023 The story of how Vladimir Putin’s vassals ensured the royal life of Alina Kabaeva and her children, and the secret services hid the existence of this family from the whole country.

Disappeared. Video about Russia without Vladimir Putin Alexey Korostelev, May 28, 2026 In 2026, Vladimir Putin set a record for the longest break between trips around Russia and the world. For more than 200 days, Russians have not seen television footage of the president inspecting factories, checking crops, or simply meeting with residents. Against this background, his rating dropped to record levels since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine.

Little victorious war A fragment of a chapter from the book “The Tsar in Person.” How Vladimir Putin deceived us all" This year, the book “The Tsar in Person” by Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin is being published in translation into several foreign languages. The authors have made additions to the new edition, which are now available in Russian in an electronic version.

The house that Swift didn't build. An investigation into how the shadow financial system of Russia works Security officers, state banks, oligarchs like Roman Abramovich and Vladimir Yevtushenkov, as well as the family of Nikolai Patrushev - all of them, oddly enough, turned out to be beneficiaries of Russia's disconnection from SWIFT and other financial sanctions against Moscow.

Majors' boasting. Part four. Video about how there was no one left around Sergei Shoigu Alexey Korostelev, with the participation of Mikhail Maglov, April 20, 2026 The purges in the Ministry of Defense turned out to be larger than previously thought. After the resignation of Sergei Shoigu, not only his former deputies, but also officials of lower rank were removed from the department (through resignation or arrest).

Toxic colleagues. A story about the institutions that killed Alexei Navalny Katya Arenina, April 13, 2026 Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the exotic poison epibatidine. In Russia, it was studied by two institutes - the Signal scientific center, and secretly, and GosNIIOKhT. Coincidentally, both are also associated with the Novichok poison. In total, five institutes were involved in the chain of poison developers. How are they all connected? What is the difference between them?

A city that doesn't exist. The story of how Mariupol survived four years under Russian occupation Alexey Korostelev, February 24, 2026 Mariupol is the largest city that Russia has captured since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 22, 2022. The new government wanted to turn this place into a showcase of the occupation and was going to quickly restore the city. In the new issue of “Project.

Seventh scene Noble nests and communal houses An investigation into how Vladimir Putin’s entourage created two closed villages for their own in Moscow parks November 14, 2025 Characters: Families of Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Nikolai Patrushev, Suleiman Kerimov and other summer residents Project contents Always and everywhere, the nobility preferred to settle separately, fenced off from the common people, surrounding themselves with their own kind and only occasionally allowing servants, artists,

Sixth scene Warm heart and clean hands Portrait of the Patrushev family, Chekist pochvenniks, secretly obsessed with wealth November 14, 2025 Characters: Nikolai, Dmitry, Andrey, Victor, Alexey, Vladimir Patrushevs and their numerous household members On the night of October 8-9, 2007, a page article “We must not allow warriors to turn into dealers” signed by the director of the Drug Control Service Viktor Cherkesov appeared on the website of the Kommersant newspaper (and in the morning in the

Fifth scene First night right An investigation into how Putin was arranged to have sex with a minor and what role sex played in the career of Valentina Matvienko November 13, 2025 Characters: Alisa Kharcheva, her lover and her father, Valentina Matvienko and her men, the Rotenberg family and their women Project contents In the middle of the 18th century, a woman had a colossal influence on the politics of France, and therefore the whole of Europe, the famous favorite of King Louis XV, the

Scene four You don't represent us The story of how the Russian parliament became a collection of the worst people in the country November 12, 2025 Characters: Nikita Chaplin, Andrei Makarov, Sergei Krivonosov, Jamaladin Gasanov and other 526 members of the Federal Assembly of Russia with their households, known and secret Project contents United Russia ~~Nikita Chaplin~~ , who represents the Moscow region in the State Duma, at first glance does not correspond to the caricature of a Russian

Third scene According to the law of the mountains Portrait of Suleiman Kerimov, a former gangster who corrupted the entire Russian elite November 11, 2025 Characters: Suleiman Kerimov and his family, Ramzan Kadyrov and his family, Anton Vaino and his family, the families of Dmitry Peskov and Alexei Gromov, as well as Tina Kandelaki and Andrei Malakhov Project contents English version Historically, power in national republics, especially in the Caucasus, is implicated in nepotism (or

Society with no memory Roman Badanin’s column on the fading of Russia’s recent history 10 ноября 2025 Roman Badanin, Proekt’s еditor-in-chief The history of states is the history of people. Every story in a newspaper or on the internet is an event in the life of one or several people. How accurately we describe our history depends on how much we know about those involved.

Society without memory. Column by Roman Badanin about how the modern history of Russia is disappearing. The history of states is the history of people. Any news in the newspaper and on the Internet is an event from the life of a person, several, many. How much we know about the hero determines how accurately we describe our story.

First scene Dominion of the best The story of how Vladimir Putin employed 26 of his relatives November 10, 2025 Characters: Vladimir Putin and his family, distant relatives and lovers, Boris Yeltsin and his family, as well as Gennady Timchenko, Nikolai Shamalov and other minor characters. Project contents English version The rule of the best is the original meaning of the word “aristocracy”, as it was understood in Ancient Greece.