On April 26, the Polish Sejm voted to grant the Silesian language official status as a regional language. Of the 427 Sejm deputies who took part in the voting, 236 voted for the recognition of Silesian, 186 against and five abstained. The bill is opposed by the main opposition party Law and Justice, as well as the Kukiz'15 movement and the coalition of far-right parties Confederation of Freedom and Independence.

Return to publications Reviews d3j2waiyyu7z3y2rf9hyh7vqib0h7u1s The focus is on the threat of a new era of empires; how the security dilemma works in international politics; why nuclear weapons are expanding maneuver for Western allies to act against Iran; five scenarios for the future of Russia; threat of far-right terrorism World politics Bloomberg - On the Advance of Empires ( Hal Brands ) Until 1945, the world lived under the dominance of various empires: colonial, maritime, land, etc.

The only species of praying mantis that always reproduces asexually is the North American Brunneria borealis . All individuals of this species are females. The new study finds small genetic variations among them, indicating a relatively recent emergence of the species. Researchers believe that a single female praying mantis that could reproduce without a male may have become the ancestor of all representatives of this species in North America.

Return to publications Reviews d3j2waiyyu7z3y2rf9hyh7vqib0h7u1s The focus is on the new format of international relations after the collapse of the American liberal world order; Iran's successful tactics in the Middle East; Putin's thinking and Russian propaganda narratives; Solzhenitsyn's ideas as the ideological basis of Russian propaganda; three factors to take into account to prevent the negative consequences of AI implementation World politics The Hill - about the new “European Concert”

On April 4, the film Dance First is released in Russia, which surprisingly turned into “Genius” on cinema posters. This is a biographical drama about Nobel Prize winner in literature, author of the play Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett. Kirill Safronov explains why such a strange translation of the title does not negate the need to watch the film.

The focus is on the likely entry of NATO troops into Ukraine; the difference in the reaction of the authorities to terrorist attacks in Russia and in the West; why autocrats are usually not as militant as propaganda portrays them; Iran's asymmetric strategy in the fight against the United States; privatization of decolonial discourse by far-right intellectuals and Russian propagandists Russia and Ukraine UpHerd - on why NATO should send troops to Ukraine ( Edward Luttwak ) Ukraine’s mobilization

A new study from India has found that golden bladderwort ( Utricularia aurea ) placed in standing water can reduce mosquito larval populations by more than 70%. The genus bladderwort includes more than two hundred species of plants, distributed on all continents except Antarctica. They all grow in water, have no roots, but have special trapping bubbles.

In times like ours, it’s not so easy for a person with whom nothing particularly terrible is happening (try now, and complain about life if you’re free and a rocket hasn’t landed in your house), it’s not easy to stay afloat. It is much easier to fall into a pit of despair. Wandering around exhibitions is a way to keep yourself on the edge. Yes, not without a touch of escapism, so what?

The focus is on the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Moscow and the reaction of the Western press to the actions of the Russian authorities; the influence of public expectations on the assessment of military operations and political decisions; growing polarization among the ruling and opposition elites and society in Iran on the eve of the transition of power; the impact of the transition to settled life on health and quality of life in general.

Return to publications Reviews d3j2waiyyu7z3y2rf9hyh7vqib0h7u1s The focus is on the new strategy for confiscating frozen reserves of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation; Putin's new term and the future of Russia; double standards of the countries of the Global South; the end of the era of empires; and Hegel's responsibility for German militarism Russia The Financial Times - on how to “correctly” confiscate Russian reserves ( Martin Sandby ) Western countries are trying to find a solution

Ruthenia Publishing House presents Grigory Golosov’s book “Political Regimes and Transformations. Russia in comparative perspective". The book presents a classification of political regimes that allows us to introduce the analysis of modern Russian politics into a broad comparative context.

The focus is on the main changes in Europe's security architecture since February 2022; further actions of the Kremlin after the presidential elections; why a new world war like those we observed in the 20th century is impossible; how the Houthis' actions in the Red Sea play into the interests of the countries of the global south; and why political polarization in views between men and women is growing.

Return to publications Reviews d3j2waiyyu7z3y2rf9hyh7vqib0h7u1s The focus is on the reasons for the persistence of Russian authoritarianism; prospects for confiscation of assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation in the West; the need to sensibly build relations with the Russian authorities, even given the death of the main opposition leader; increased activity of Russian intelligence services in Western countries; the influence of political beliefs on psychological perceptions of

The Publishing House "New Literary Review" is represented by the third volume of collected works by Henry Sapgira. The new collected works of Henry Sapgira are an attempt not only to gather together most of what was written by a wonderful Russian poet and a prose writer of the second half of the 20th century, but also to create some integral image of this unique (even for this period of our literature) universal writer.

The Publishing House "Mann, Ivanov and Ferber" represents the book "The Book. How to create civilization again ”(translation of Vasily Gorokhov). A huge international team of specialists worked on the book. In the book 23 of the section: everything from the first necessities to objects of art. The authors describe how every invention works and how it changed the world: a windmill and a steam engine, penicillin and pigeon mail, wine and tea, jeans and perfumes, silk and bread, chess and sushi.