Natalya Yakovleva

Natalya Yakovleva is a journalist based in Novosibirsk, where she writes for the Literary Gazette and the Teachers' Newspaper.

Finding a place for Zhenya

Natalya’s youngest son Zhenya will soon be six. He is a child with a difference, and Natalya needs to make a choice about where to send him to school. на русском языке

By Natalya Yakovleva

/ 29 Sep 2015

Victory Day: the story of a long life

Amidst all the pomp of Victory Day, a personal story of a life lived before, during and after the event which has come to define Russian history.

By Natalya Yakovleva

/ 8 May 2015

Where has all the wildlife gone in Siberia?

Poaching is drastically reducing numbers of many wildlife species in Siberia, and government at national and regional level doesn’t seem to care. на русском языке

By Natalya Yakovleva

/ 25 Feb 2015

My vast Siberian motherland is dying

Southern Siberia is dying: farms are failing, the forests have been felled, and the people are leaving – a vast area has been failed by its government.

By Natalya Yakovleva

/ 29 Jan 2015

Teaching orthodoxy in Russian schools

Orthodox ideology is being rushed into the Russian school curriculum – in the interests of nationalism.

By Natalya Yakovleva

/ 4 Dec 2014

In Russia, paedophilia hysteria is a national cause

Not a day goes by without another paedophile scare in the Russian press and TV, but everyone is looking in the wrong direction.

By Natalya Yakovleva

/ 31 Oct 2014

Asher Krichevsky – exemplary Rabbi or an Israeli spy?

Could it really be that Chief Rabbi of the Omsk Region, Israeli-born Asher Krichevsky, is an Israeli spy? На русском языке

By Natalya Yakovleva

/ 16 Oct 2014