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Episode 10: What Happens Next
05/14/2024 | 22 mins.
Eight years since the scandal, has School 57 gone through a reckoning? The school’s principal has ignored Nastya’s interview requests. But a former teacher shares her disturbing experience.

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Episode 9: Violation of Everything
05/14/2024 | 32 mins.
Nastya hears allegations about a third man, a mathematics professor in Denmark called Sergey Arkhipov. Sergey’s ex-wife reveals what she witnessed.

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Episode 8: The Men
05/14/2024 | 25 mins.
Nastya tracks down Boris Meerson’s home address in Israel. Recorder in hand, she turns up unannounced to put the allegations to him.

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Episode 7: Institutional Betrayal
05/14/2024 | 22 mins.
After his alleged relationships with Sara and Revekka, Mark Gondelman worked on a PhD at New York University. The two women contacted the university administrators to tell their stories.

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Episode 6: The Survivor's Career
05/14/2024 | 29 mins.
When Russian authorities opened a criminal case against Boris Meerson and Masha Nemzer, both were in Israel, beyond the reach of prosecutors. The alleged victims looked for other means to bring their abusers to justice.

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About The Adults in the Room

Nastya Krasilnikova is an investigative journalist who covers sexual violence against women and children. A year and a half ago, former students associated with one of Russia’s most prestigious schools approached her with allegations of serial abuse by teachers. Her investigation has uncovered a network of harm and complicity in a tight-knit circle of Russian intelligentsia. The story spans many years and multiple countries. It asks what happens when a community refuses to atone for the violence of its leaders. As Russia wages a senseless war in Ukraine, that question couldn’t be more pressing. For additional materials visit our website: https://adultsintheroom.libolibo.me/ For feedback adultsintheroom@libolibo.me This is a podcast by Libo/Libo

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