There are now 2.63 billion people in the world who call themselves Christians. This is a third of the world's population and half a billion more than at the beginning of the 21st century. The figure is impressive: the same number of minors in the world, the same number of people living below the “moderate” poverty line, the same number of active Apple devices on the planet. Before us is the largest group in the world, united by a common idea. But how common is it, actually?

Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP Donald Trump will turn 80 on June 14. Journalist and writer Jonathan Lemire, in an article for The Atlantic, lists alarming signs of the president's aging and asks the question: is Trump following the path of Joe Biden? We are publishing a translation of this article. When Donald Trump took the oath of office last January, he became the oldest president to take office at 78 years and 220 days.

On June 2, we held a Republic Smoke stream dedicated to children. Journalist Oleg Kashin*, editor-in-chief of Republic Zinaida Pronchenko* and editor of the culture department Konstantin Shavlovsky discussed, among other things, the relationship between modern youth and the Russian authorities. Who is afraid of whom and whether he is afraid - in the transcript of the broadcast fragment. Konstantin Shavlovsky: I have a test question for you. How does the Russian government treat children?

We continue publishing stories and essays from the collection “House Number,” which will be published very soon by Vidim Books. The authors of this special “literary issue” of Republic were Dmitry Glukhovsky*, Polina Barskova*, Polina Aronson, Oleg Kashin*, Elena Fanailova, Vladimir Sorokin and many others.