Russia, the US, and China have updated their AI development strategies, intensifying competition in this field. Modern Russian research is focused on creating its own large language AI models. This decision will allow reliance on domestic technologies and independence from geopolitical situations and external factors.

Cost of government borrowing in Europe hits 15-year high

According to the US Treasury Department, as of February 1, 2026, the total volume of foreign investments in US Treasury bonds reached $9,305.8 billion, compared to $8,617.8 billion in January 2025.

For a long time, it was believed that people quit because of money. But 2025 data shows that a good salary is no longer enough. Salary remains important, yet increasingly, the decision to leave is tied to how a person feels within the company.

Sometimes, especially on a stressful and difficult day, even the simplest decisions become extremely hard for us. Which movie to watch in the evening? What time and where to schedule a meeting with friends? Which cake to buy for the holidays? If you've ever frozen in a stupor, unable to make a choice, the cause might well be what's called analysis paralysis. Why does it happen, and how can we protect ourselves from it?

According to hh.ru data and official statistics, employment in Russia is at a record high level – more than 73 million people are employed in the country, and the unemployment rate is holding at a historically low mark of around 2%. At first glance, it's an ideal picture. There's plenty of work, but not enough people. Yet this is where the main challenge lies.

In an atmosphere of anxious news and tightly squeezed budgets, Muscovites still have one quiet way to keep from going mad – to hide in the space of art. Exactly one hundred years ago, in the 1920s, when revolution and instability were tearing the country apart, the Russian avant-garde – Malevich, Kandinsky – introduced abstraction as a rebellion against the chaos of reality, a symbol of a new era through emptiness and pure forms.

Premier screenings of the world masterpiece, the opera "Turandot" by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, took place last week on the historic stage of the Bolshoi Theater. The musical director of the production and chief conductor Valery Gergiev said: "Turandot" is the Bolshoi Theater's newest premiere. The opera is known throughout the world. What is important for us at the Bolshoi Theater — emphasized Maestro Valery Gergiev — in the year of the 250th anniversary of the theater's founding, works by great Russian and European masters must be performed on our stage.

The anniversary ARTDOM 2026 has wrapped up in Moscow: over 450 brands from 21 countries across 32,000 m² showcased Sense Sensory — the sensory sensuality of design and art, engaging all five senses.

Recently in Accra, at the partner Russian House of the Center for Public Diplomacy, an intensive course was launched to help Ghanaian students of the targeted enrollment program adapt to life in Russia before they soon leave to study at Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU).

An 8% decline in the number of students in India's primary schools over the past two years could lead to serious consequences.

As of January 1, 2025, Russia has 1,115 higher education institutions, with Lomonosov Moscow State University taking first place in the ranking of the best universities in Russia in 2024. But which other institutions train highly qualified specialists?