Category: ПОЛИТИКА

The call came on Saturday morning when Yulia was still lying in bed with a cup of coffee. The screen showed the name of her mother-in-law — Valentina Petrovna. Usually, that didn’t bode well. “Yulechka, dear,” came the syrupy sweet voice, “how are you? How’s your mood?” “Fine,” Yulia answered cautiously. When her mother-in-law started […]

Lida had felt since childhood that her life would be different — not like everyone else’s. What happened long ago left a deep mark on her — both literally and metaphorically. As a child, she survived a terrible accident that changed everything: her face was covered with burn scars, and her mother’s life became a […]

The evening shift in the on-call room of the district hospital always felt like a small play. The nurses exchanged tired glances for fresh ones, handed over duties like a relay race, along with the latest news. Olga adjusted her medical cap in front of the cloudy mirror, critically examining her reflection. The corners of […]

  Andrey pushed the apartment door open with his shoulder since his hands were full. In one hand — a briefcase, in the other — a box with a new smartphone he had bought on the way home. Inside, everything tightened with a familiar feeling of guilt, but he forced himself to straighten his shoulders. […]

— Marina, I can’t. Understand, I’m not able to be with a person who… is disabled. Artyom said this almost in a whisper, not looking at her, but at the wheelchair standing nearby — someone else’s, hateful. He looked at it like a beast that had torn apart their future. Marina sat silently, the white […]

Twenty-three-year-old Anastasia never knew her parents. She was found as an infant, wrapped in worn-out swaddling clothes, left right on the doorstep of an orphanage. This was told to her by her caregiver — Elena Viktorovna, a kind-hearted woman who genuinely cared for the children despite the harsh living conditions in the institution. Within the […]

Anya absolutely did not understand why they needed this man in the house. She had always wanted her mother to get married and to be happy, but not with him. The girl sat on the couch, pretending to read a book, while half-listening to Arthur. He had only recently woken up and now, slowly and […]

  Mikhail was walking down a narrow, shady alley, holding the phone to his ear and breaking into a broad, almost boyish smile. The sun slipped between the trees, caressing his face, while something warm and familiar sang inside his soul—as if time had taken a step back, and he was once again that carefree […]