{
  "id": 14720075,
  "title": "Another Russian adaptation of a Strugatsky brothers sci-fi classic has arrived. But where have all the talking dogs gone?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/another-russian-adaptation-of-a-strugatsky-brothers-sci-fi-classic",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T14:18:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/15/another-russian-adaptation-of-a-strugatsky-brothers-sci-fi-classic-has-arrived-but-where-have-all-the-talking-dogs-gone"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new Russian series, Noon, based on the sci-fi novel Beetle in the Anthill by Strugatsky brothers, is airing on Kion and Okko streaming platforms. The Noon Universe depicts a prosperous future where humanity has achieved communism and made contact with extraterrestrial civilizations, yet remains imperfect. Despite the utopian setting, intelligence agencies still hold power on Earth, and people have yet to learn to trust one another. The novel, published in 1979, carries less idealism than the Strugatskys' earlier works from the era of Khrushchev's Thaw, focusing on intelligence agencies loyal to old methods even in a prosperous future society. The lead characters in Noon are a trio, including a powerful intelligence agency head, a restrained narrator, and an expressive former space explorer. The series marks the debut of director Klim Kozinsky in sci-fi, with a strong cast of actors delivering convincing performances.",
  "summary": "Russian streaming platforms Kion and Okko are airing Klim Kozinsky’s new series Noon, based on Beetle in the Anthill, a novel by Soviet science fiction writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The story belongs to their Noon Universe, a vision of a prosperous future in which humanity has achieved communism and made contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. But this utopian world is far from…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}