You see, my friend tells me, everything can be endured somehow, except the knowledge that August is almost over. I understand. I also grew up in a sharply continental climate, where summer is not a season, but literally a separate world in which you can finally walk without a down jacket. You wait and wait and wait all year to get into it, and then suddenly it’s the last week (and it was just June).

Elderly people in Russia face a million problems, one of which is dementia. It is impossible to completely get rid of this condition, but a person can live comfortably and even happily if there are loving loved ones nearby who are always ready to support. If the situation is different, an elderly person with dementia is left to himself and random people - often neighbors.

Since the beginning of August, reports began to appear that brown bears are more often entering populated areas in the regions of Siberia and the Far East, and cases of attacks on people have also become more frequent.

For most people, smiling is a simple muscle movement. But sometimes it takes years to get it back - through operations, classes and the help of a whole team of doctors. At 11:05 Dimka’s diaper is changed, he is taken from his mother’s hands and taken to the operating room. By 11:20 he is already fast asleep. On the large schedule, which looks like a patchwork blanket, there is a sticker with Dimka’s last name, pink. There are also yellow and green ones. Color means priority.

The North Caucasus newsreel studio made thousands of films about the life of an entire region and died in an abandoned building on the edge of the forest.

Since the beginning of August, dog owners throughout Russia have been talking about a sharp deterioration in their health and the death of their pets immediately after vaccination with the domestic drug Multikan-8. The manufacturer, Vetbiohim, has already recalled several batches of vaccines. Pet owners told Such Things that veterinarians recommended testing their pets for Aujeszky's disease, a virus fatal to dogs that is usually found in pigs.

The Ministry of Health reported a record level of provision of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensors to people with diabetes in Russia. But in reality, only a small number of those who really need them received these devices. Moreover, in 2026 there may not be enough free CMGs, and for those to whom they are already being issued, “Such Matters” found out. Photo: Unsplash.com Yulia, a 28-year-old resident of Novosibirsk, has type 1 diabetes; the disease was diagnosed at the age of six.

Anna becomes a new character every day to give people a few minutes of play and joy. But outside of Kanta Island she has a completely different life. Kant Island wakes up later than the rest of Kaliningrad. While the city is rushing to work, the day is just beginning here: artists leisurely set up their easels, musicians tune their instruments, and pleasure boats depart from the pier one after another. The smells of coffee, fresh baked goods, cotton candy and the river mix in the air.

At the age of 20, Severodvinsk resident John Kondratov dreamed of becoming a billionaire. He worked hard, came up with business projects and enjoyed watching the growing amount in his bank account. “Do you want me to give you a charity fund?” - he jokingly asked his young wife when she once again transferred money to some family who were collecting money for the treatment of their child. And a few years later, the Kondratovs actually had a charitable foundation.

“There are no longer enough places in the cemetery - so many guys returned from the front in coffins. There are no jobs, the death rate exceeds the birth rate, and all active young people are trying to leave for America. At this rate, we as a people will soon simply disappear,” Sarmat, a resident of Vladikavkaz, tells me. Similar words can often be heard in North Ossetia from people with whom communication can be called confidential. Perhaps this is too pessimistic a view of things.

Before the baby is born and immediately after, doctors conduct screening tests to detect dangerous diseases in time. Sometimes tests show abnormalities that are not really there. This causes parents to fear and worry about the future of the child. Cases Like This explores how prenatal and newborn screenings work, why they go wrong, and how to properly respond to bad results.

Mom passed away. Six months later, I inherited all this old lady’s, as it seemed to me, junk, with which her one-room apartment was filled. I had two days to pick up what seemed necessary. I set aside an evening and thought I could get it done quickly. But it turned out differently In the kitchen, I caught my eye on the ladle in which my mother cooked porridge every morning. One day she threw this ladle in my direction when we had a fight. And now there is a ladle, but there is no mother.

“They beat me at home.” “I am a victim of bullying at school.” “I was raped and I don’t want to live anymore.” “My father threatens to kill me. I'm scared" Psychologists from the teen help chat “1221” receive messages like this every day. Their task is to become a support for those who have no one else to turn to, and to help survive a crisis when it seems that there is no way out.

Relatives disappear from a person’s life not only after death. Sometimes they are silent about these people, their names are hidden, or even forbidden to talk about them. But years later, many are still trying to find out who their parents were and where their roots are. “Things Like This” tells the stories of those who went in search of unknown relatives.

Vera Salnikova lives in a village near Kostroma - an outstanding person. Mother of two children, former funeral director, author of hundreds of eulogies and winner of the title of "Best Master of Ceremonies - 2024". But Vera did not rest on this, but took up palliative care: she personally achieved the opening of a palliative department in Kostroma and, to top it all, became a nurse there to help people in the last days of their lives.