Important talk

29 November 2025

Valeria Ratnikova on What Matters

Journalist Valeria Ratnikova speaks about personal and family memory, about fear and freedom, and about the repressions of both the past and the present. We discuss lustration , emigration, return, and the kind of aspiration that keeps people moving forward even when it seems out of reach. A candid conversation about how a new generation is searching for its future.

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2 November 2025

Masha Mashkova on What Matters.

Actress Maria Mashkova, in conversation with Andrei Shalaev, speaks about family memory, repression, freedom, and personal responsibility. This is not a formal interview, but an honest dialogue about justice, emigration, and hope — recorded especially for The Immortal Barrack project.

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18 February 2024

Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko on something important.

The next hero of our column #Important is the priest, bishop of the Apostolic Orthodox Church Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko. Read about why it is important to know the history of the family and whether Russia can break free from the endless cycle of violence in the interview.

Important talk

3 February 2024

Olga Romanova on Important Matters

This time, the heroine of our #Important series is Olga Romanova, the head of the 'Russia Sitting' foundation. We talked about parallels between the Gulag and the modern Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN).

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27 January 2024

Rita Loginova about the important

This time the heroine of our column #important is the journalist from "Vyorstka" and the host of the podcast "Only Pros" about people with HIV Rita Loginova. We talked to her about repressions in her family, as well as about how such a traumatic experienc

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5 January 2024

Leonid Parfyonov about the important

The hero of our #AboutImportant series is journalist and TV presenter, the author of projects "Namedni. Our Era" and "Russian Empire", Leonid Parfyonov. We talked to him about the repressions in his family and why the memory of generations did not work in Russia.

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26 December 2023

Ksenia Larina on the Important Matter.

The second hero of our project is journalist and commentator at Echo of Moscow, Ksenia Larina. We talked to her about how she learned about her repressed relatives and why the memory of the victims of Soviet repression is now being destroyed.

Important talk

1 December 2023

Sergei Lapenkov on the Important Matter.

The first hero of our project is one of the founders of the 'Immortal Regiment' movement, Sergey Lapenkov. We talked to him about why it is important to preserve family memory and where to start talking about repression with children.

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