The bear in art and literature
Artificial or natural sports field
Ideal conditions for professional football play
Love, wisdom, and the father's wit
Philosophy of a dacha dweller
Nervous breakdown of a 10-year-old daughter in court
Hedgehog population in the city
Combating false testimony in court
Roman law: the foundation of modern jurisprudence
This article examines the phenomenon of United States involvement in operations to eliminate foreign leaders, which has gained renewed attention in connection with the dramatic events of 2025–2026—the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israeli strike. Based on analysis of historical documents, expert assessments, and international legal norms, the evolution of US approaches to using coercive methods for regime change is reconstructed. Particular attention is devoted to the contradiction between the official ban on political assassinations and the persistent practice of their application under new legal justifications.
In this article, the phenomenon of the United States' participation in operations to remove foreign leaders is examined, 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 an American-Israeli strike. Based on the analysis of historical documents, expert assessments, and international-law norms, the evolution of the United States' approaches to the use of forceful methods of regime change is reconstructed. Special attention is given to the contradiction between the official ban on political assassinations and the continuing practice of their use under new legal justifications.
In this article, the phenomenon of anti-personnel mines as a form of weaponry that poses a particular humanitarian threat is examined. Based on an analysis of international conventions, statistical data, and historical evidence, a comprehensive picture of the impact of this weapon on the civilian population is reconstructed, along with the international community's efforts to ban it and current trends related to the withdrawal of several states from the Ottawa Convention. Particular attention is given to defining anti-personnel mines, their classification, history of use, and the current status of the issue.
This article presents a comprehensive biography of Sir Isaac Newton, one of the most influential scientists in human history whose work fundamentally transformed humanity's understanding of the physical universe. Based on analysis of historical documents, scientific treatises, and biographical accounts, this article reconstructs Newton's trajectory from a solitary Cambridge scholar to President of the Royal Society and Master of the Mint. Particular attention is devoted to his groundbreaking contributions to physics, mathematics, optics, and astronomy, as well as his lesser-known pursuits in alchemy, theology, and chronology. The complex personality of Newton—secretive, intensely focused, and intellectually relentless—emerges as inseparable from the revolutionary ideas that laid the foundation for classical mechanics and dominated scientific thought for three centuries.