Baba Yaga's Lawyer

Welcome to a modern Russian fairy tale. Here bears collect porcelain figurines of people; Mother Tongue sleeps in the folds of Yega-bihа’s apron, and house-spirits don’t leave their posts, still guarding homes even though spells have long lost their former power. There’s no room for the banal “happily ever after”—but there is life itself in all its contradictory fullness.

In her new collection, Evgeniya Nekrasova, with her characteristic mastery, weaves together threads of folklore, magic, and everyday life—creating a fabric of storytelling where the mythical grows through the real. This is not an escape from reality—it’s an invitation to see fairy tales in the ordinary. And even when doubts thicken into darkness, light breaks through: mercy and hope, like two dim but steadfast flames, lead you through the gloom of the present.

Listen in the bright performance of actress Mariya Orlova and the author.