This article examines the phenomenon of the United States' participation in operations to eliminate foreign leaders, which has taken on new resonance in connection with the high-profile events of 2025–2026—the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as a result of a U.S.–Israeli strike. Based on an analysis of historical documents, expert assessments, and international-law norms, the evolution of the United States' approaches to the use of force in regime change is reconstructed. Particular attention is paid to the contradiction between the official prohibition on political assassinations and the ongoing practice of their use under new legal justifications.

This article examines the phenomenon of antipersonnel mines as a type of weaponry that poses a particular humanitarian threat. Based on an analysis of international conventions, statistical data, and historical evidence, a comprehensive picture is reconstructed of the impact of this weapon on civilian populations, the international community's efforts to ban it, and current trends related to the withdrawal of a number of states from the Ottawa Convention. Special attention is given to defining antipersonnel mines, their classification, the history of their use, and the current state of the problem.

The present article examines a complex and painful issue—the influence of the historical memory of the Holocaust on the policy of the State of Israel toward the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip. Based on analysis of public debates, statements by politicians, positions of human rights organizations, and academic debates, it reconstructs the multifaceted problem of the relationship between the collective trauma of the Jewish people and the actions taken by Israel during the military campaign that began after October 2023. Particular attention is paid to the phenomenon of using historical analogies, debates about the applicability of the term 'genocide,' and the moral dilemma faced by a society that has survived a catastrophe.

In which countries do they celebrate Maslenitsa?

In this article, the question of the causes of Jeffrey Epstein's years-long impunity is examined, the American financier accused of organizing a network for the sexual exploitation of minors. Based on an analysis of the chronology of investigations, court documents, and expert conclusions, the mechanism that allowed the offender to evade real punishment for more than a decade and a half is reconstructed. Particular attention is paid to the factors that ensured his impunity: privileged social status, connections with the elites, corrupt deals with prosecutors, and the systemic shortcomings of the American justice system.

In this article, the question of the number of human casualties associated with the use of the Kalashnikov assault rifle throughout its history is examined. Based on an analysis of available statistical estimates, historical evidence, and expert conclusions, a range of probable figures is reconstructed, and the methodological difficulties of such counts are explored. Special attention is given to comparing different sources, annual lethality rates, and the Kalashnikov's place among other weapons according to the criterion of lethality.

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Evolution of rats

Why were wars halted for the sake of the Olympiads?

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Performances at the Winter Olympic Games

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