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Schizophrenic, autistic, oligophrenic - in Russian these are still dirty words, although they only mean people with certain diagnoses. Many of those living with mental illness are our friends, neighbors and colleagues. However, admitting that you have a psychiatric diagnosis is still embarrassing and scary...

Conventional concepts of fidelity, family happiness and marriage are being revised in 2019: many people are discovering that monogamous relationships are not enough for them to be happy. How to live if you decide to invite a third person into the couple?

The share of acquittals in Russian courts is less than one percent. This is a terrible figure, which means that the fate of the defendant is almost always predetermined even before the trial begins. In this episode of Taboo, we talk to the victim of a rigged case and the judge who was forced to rig the cases.

Psychoneurological boarding schools (PNI) are social and medical institutions created for people with chronic mental disorders. It is known that in PNI, not only the rights of patients, but also basic human rights are often violated: people are injected with drugs, tied to beds, not allowed to walk, and not provided with the necessary medical care...