A man in one of the premises of the punishment cell (punishment cell) of camp No. 76 at the Glukhariny crossing Photo: Anna Plyusnina for TD 0 of 0 Camp tower at the Shchuchiy crossing, used by guards to monitor the perimeter of the camp zone Photo: Anna Plyusnina for TD 0 of 0 Drawing on the door in a solitary cell Photo: Anna Plyusnina for TD 0 of 0 Cyanotype print from an archival photograph. Women's brigade at the 501st construction site Salekhard - Nadym. 1952 (presumably).

In Russia in 2025, a record number of outbreaks of HIV and viral hepatitis infection in medical institutions was recorded over the past 15 years. More than 100 people were injured, while doctors bear almost no responsibility for violations. Alarming news is not a reason to refuse examinations and treatment, but it is important for patients to follow basic safety rules, experts say.

People who have lived for years in dilapidated houses near coal mines are counting on a government relocation program to help them get out of dangerous housing. This is exactly the program that operated in Kuzbass, and over 30 years, thanks to it, more than 60 thousand people were resettled. But there are also those who have not received either social payments or housing, turning to lawyers and realtors.

Ilya was lucky to be born into a large family. His older brother Artem teaches him how to lift dumbbells correctly. The middle one, Kirill, specially learned to play chess to keep Ilya company, but still loses: Ilya is a master of chess. And the youngest, Maxim, constantly amuses everyone with his witty jokes. There are often guests in the house - friends of the brothers and numerous relatives who help the Kharitonovs.

The editors of “Such Affairs” received a letter from Veliky Novgorod. A young girl said that her neighbor in a communal apartment has been keeping her family out of their apartment for two years. It would seem that the story is as old as time, but it turned out that behind the daily scandals there is a rather original (and disgusting) situation.

Farmer Svetlana Panina from the Novosibirsk region has been the most vocal in defending her rights after her livestock were destroyed in March this year due to an outbreak of a mysterious “particularly dangerous” disease. Svetlana, one of the few, filed a lawsuit demanding that the actions of the government of the Novosibirsk region in killing farm animals be declared illegal. On September 24, her husband Sergei Makolkin was placed under house arrest.

Well-known ornithologist in Russia Sofya Rosenfeld was sent to a colony for a donation to FBK. The organization was recognized as extremist at a time when the scientist was without communication in the Far North, where she studied the migration routes of Arctic geese. Returning to Moscow, she canceled the donations, but this did not help.

Chronic pain worries 43% of Russians, most often it is localized in the back. Up to half of those who consult doctors about this are diagnosed with “osteochondrosis” without additional examinations. But this term means certain changes that many people have who do not complain about their back at all. Using osteochondrosis as a universal diagnosis leads to the risk of missing truly serious diseases: infections, fractures and even tumors.

Teasing your loved one and laughing together is one thing. Scaring him for years, hurting him, or playing pranks after which the person becomes hysterical is quite another. Sometimes such a “joke” becomes a familiar part of family life or relationships, and a person deals with its consequences with a psychotherapist already in adulthood.

Irina Solovyova lived with Vyacheslav, an Orthodox priest, for 11 years. The couple has three children. During her family life, Vyacheslav often used violence against Irina, but she remained silent because those around her persuaded her to endure for the sake of the children. Irina appealed to all possible authorities, but Vyacheslav remains unpunished. “Such things” recorded Irina’s story in the first person.

The children's hospice "Emerald City" in the Belgorod region has 160 people under its care. These are 120 children with palliative status and - from 2025 - 40 adults. Their diseases are incurable, the main goal of the hospice is to maintain quality of life: pain relief, regular medical examinations. Departure of a palliative service to a front-line region is always a risk.

Increasingly, nonprofit leaders are talking not just about helping others, but also about their own survival. Some projects have closed, others have cut programs, and others continue to work to their limits. Donors leave, donations decrease, employees burn out, and it becomes more difficult to communicate with society and ask for support.

In the Kaluga region, the “Island of Hope” shelter turned out to be a real concentration camp for dogs, where hundreds of animals, imprisoned in cages, starved, got sick and died in the dirt and their own feces. After animal rights activists discovered this terrible place, they began round-the-clock evacuation of animals, and security forces opened a criminal case. How a project conceived to help animals turned into a real hell for them, “Things like this” looked into.

20-year-old Artur Vladimirov from Omsk has autism and myotonic dystrophy, a hereditary disease that makes it difficult for him to walk and breathe. When a young man needed to have his tooth treated, it turned out that not a single hospital in the region had the ability to do this. Arthur's relatives fear that the guy will not be able to survive the dental procedure and will repeat the fate of his father.

Society is much more accepting of helping children or animals. Everything is clear with animals: they are helpless and not to blame for anything. With children, everything is also clear: we feel sorry for children, and society is ready to help them. But why it is necessary to help a mother who cannot find a place for herself after childbirth is a big question for many.