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.Visit our website for photos and other materials refere

Episode 9: Violation of Everything

May 14th, 2024 32m 49s

Nastya hears allegations about a third man, a mathematics professor in Denmark called Sergey Arkhipov. Sergey’s ex-wife reveals what she witnessed. Visit our website for photos and other materials referenced in the story: https://adultsintheroo

Episode 8: The Men

May 14th, 2024 25m 55s

Nastya tracks down Boris Meerson’s home address in Israel. Recorder in hand, she turns up unannounced to put the allegations to him. Visit our website for photos and other materials referenced in the story: https://adultsintheroom.libolibo.me/S

Episode 7: Institutional Betrayal

May 14th, 2024 22m 57s

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.Visit our website for photos and other materials reference

Episode 6: The Survivor's Career

May 14th, 2024 29m 52s

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.Visit our website for pho

Episode 5: The Storm Begins

May 14th, 2024 36m 52s

In 2016, news of Boris Meerson’s alleged abuse was broadcast on Russian state television. But the scandal would traumatize the alleged victims all over again.Visit our website for photos and other materials referenced in the story: https://adul

Episode 4: Animal-like Behavior

May 14th, 2024 43m 46s

For 26 years, Boris Meerson taught history at School 57 in Moscow. He also led class trips abroad. Several former students say he took opportunities to abuse them on those trips. Visit our website for photos and other materials referenced in th

Episode 3: Everybody Knew

May 14th, 2024 23m 30s

Did leaders at Sambation know one of their colleagues was allegedly abusing children? Nastya speaks to one former teacher who accuses her of prying into the private lives of others.Visit our website for photos and other materials referenced in

Episode 3: Everybody Knew

May 14th, 2024 23m 30s

Episode 2: Something Indecent

May 14th, 2024 37m 32s

Sara Bezrukavnikova and Revekka Gershovich describe how they were abused as children by Mark Gondelman.Visit our website for photos and other materials referenced in the story: https://adultsintheroom.libolibo.me/Support investigations by Libo/

Episode 1: A Fortress Besieged

May 14th, 2024 23m 42s

Mark Gondelman is a former teacher at Sambation, a summer camp for high-achieving students in Russia. He’s also been accused of sexually abusing children. Nastya confronts him at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, where he works as a rese

Trailer

The Adults in the Room: Trailer

May 7th, 2024 1m 53s

The Adults in the Room is an investigation into alleged sexual abuse of children. The series begins at a prestigious Moscow school, then crosses the globe into America, Israel and beyond. It’s a tale of violence, betrayal and impunity – but of