Israeli strikes on Lebanese territory do not stop, and shelling of the Israeli north continues. This is happening despite a formal truce and negotiations mediated by the United States, and calls into question the very possibility of full peace between countries. What is actually hindering its achievement: Lebanon's internal problems or the influence of Iran? Why is Türkiye upping the ante around Cyprus and could it become a new source of instability?

Russian media have long been divided into censored and anti-war media, whose audiences rarely overlap. Among the first to survive is Afisha, a once cult publication that was a trendsetter in the 2000s. Over the course of 15 years, Afisha has gone through several changes of owners and editors-in-chief, gotten rid of its signature snobbery and switched to the language of zoomers.

Music producer Sergei Podosinov Right now, 30% of the Yandex.Music and VK charts consist of tracks made using artificial intelligence: generated vocals, prompt arrangements, and often text from ChatGPT. The global music industry is struggling with neural networks and looking for ways to preserve musical culture, but in Russia, as usual, everything is different: neuromusic has become mainstream, the main trend of the year.