Nikolay Butenin

Tonya is a bus-driver in a village on the outskirts of Nalchik, a modest city in the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Together with her daughter, ...

A story of a young girl Claudia who works as a security guard on a slowly dying metal plant.

A powerful life takeoff. A career breakthrough. A renewed passion in a relationship with a wonderful, smart, beautiful wife. Moving to the elite ...

In February of 1959, nine Russian hikers ventured into a remote area of the Ural Mountains. Two weeks later, all of them were found dead. What ...

‘1210’ is a shrilly story of a ‘small person’ seeking justice from the state. All his attempts are bound to fail. ...

A man tries to come to terms with his father’s death and to deal with the mundane details of his burial in a society cut off from spirituality.