The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club was held from September 28 to October 1, 2026 under the theme ‘Responsibility for the Future: Limits of the Possible, or Limitless Possibilities?’ The forum brought together 120 experts from 40 countries, including representatives of China, the United States, India, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Germany, Egypt, Iran, and Japan.
The HSE International Centre of Decision Choice and Analysis studies a wide range of methods for analysing decision-making and possible scenarios for the development of natural, socio-economic, and political phenomena using various mathematical models. The application of advanced mathematical methods to forecasting helps to prevent negative outcomes and avoid erroneous decisions. The HSE News Service spoke to the centre’s director, Prof. Fuad Aleskerov, about its work.
The International N5 Symposium ‘Neural Networks and Nonlinearity in Nizhny Novgorod’ was held at the Nizhny Novgorod House of Scientists from September 23 to 26. The event was organised by HSE University–Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod House of Scientists, with the participation of Sberbank and the Institute of Physics Belgrade. The symposium was held for the second time: the first conference took place in 2025 and attracted considerable interest from the academic community.
Lavrentiev A., Шаги/Steps 2021 Т. 7 № 3 С. 200–218
During the winter of 1293–1294 the lands of NorthEastern Rus’ survived the “Diudenev host”, the raid of Tatar
detachments led by Tudan (Diuden’ in the Russian chronicles),
sent by Khan Tokhta with the aim of expelling Grand Duke
Dmitry Alexandrovich and establishing his brother, Prince Andrei
Alexandrovich, a Golden Horde protégé, on the grand duke’s seat
in Vladimir. In the ...
Lavrentiev A., Вестник сектора древнерусского искусства 2020 № 1 С. 62–78
The article discusses the impact of the artistic life of Moscow in the mid-14th— early 15th centuries on the condition and fate of the monuments of pre-Mongol time on the lands of the Grand Duchy of Vladimir. Assumption Cathedral of Vladimir upon Klyazma constantly remained in the focus of the political life of Grand Duke ...
Kaurkin R. V., Исторический формат 2016 № 2 С. 10–20
The author examines the impact of Prince Vladimir’s foreign policy on his decision to convert Rus’ to Christianity and shows that the Christianization of Rus’ was driven by the general political development of Eastern and Southern Europe and by Rus’ relations with Bulgaria and Byzantium. Only when taking into account the Danube politics of the Russian princes Svyatoslav and Vladimir can the historical ...