Behind the scenes of cafébabel's new project BEYOND 91

Published on February 24, 2017

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Exploring North-Eastern Europe and the Baltics through the eyes of the "Perestroika generation." Get a glimpse of what our reporters were up to on the ground before all seven features finally go online in March 2017 - stay tuned to cafébabel.

From Russia to Ukraine, passing by Moldova and the Baltic States, the "new kids on the Eastern bloc" have all experienced something similar. With their new project BEYOND 91 cafébabel Berlin presents seven multimedia long-form reports from 7 countries and in 7 languages unveiling the post-Perestroika generation as seen by itself.

Visit Russia (more specifically, the Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines) with Alexandra Odynova and Arthur Bondar! #Beyond91 Team Moldova - Lina Vdovîi and Arturas Morozovas reported on protest culture for #Beyond91 Come and visit the town of Visaginas in Lithuania! Aija Bley and Viktorija Mickute went there and took some behind-the-scenes photos for you

From our trip to #Latvia, where Ance Šverna and Andrei Liankevich met inspiring Latvians. Take a look behind the scenes of Beyond91 Estonia, where Liisi Mölder and Oksana Yushko were reporting on the Russian community: Are Estonians and Russians really that foreign to each other? What is it like to be transgender in Belarus? Katerina Barushka and Birgit Püve travelled to Minsk to meet Alina, a trans woman trying to live her life on her own terms