Kola Peninsula is the one of many regions in Russia, where militaristic propaganda and ideological information policy was formed actively during the last years. Adaptation to a repressive state appeared to be the only solution to cape with the sense of insecurity for many people there. Since 2019 I've been visiting the region of Kola Peninsula or Kolsky, as local people call it. Located more than 2000 kilometers from Moscow, the Arctic region stays covered by snow typically eight months in a row. The Russian Northern Fleet, the largest number of nuclear reactors in the world, the highest number of nuclear weapons in Russia, minerals, oil, gas - these are the main pillars on which the region stands. Parents and grandparents of the youngest generation moved here from all around the former USSR to build the new industrial future of the region. In exchange for living in harsh Arctic conditions they were guaranteed stability, through regular income and employer-provided housing. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the place stagnated economically and its infrastructure began to crumble. At this remote peninsula, I was interested in exploring untypical characters and their paths in the modern society of Russia. When many left to seek new opportunities in the big cities like Moscow and Saint Petersburg, others stayed at Kolsky. Those who stayed immersed themselves in the difficult reality around them, which sometimes led them down illegal and unconventional paths.