There are women in the country ready to change politics and society. But mostly, only those who do not challenge the system make it into power. Dissenters are pushed out of politics or subjected to repression.

On the eve of socialist Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York mayoral election, many predicted an exodus of the wealthy from the city. However, two months after his inauguration, millionaires have not gone anywhere, despite plans to introduce a city tax for the ultra-rich.

In addition to the anniversary of Alexander II’s main reform, it was recently 145 years since his assassination. Yet in the Russian information space, there was hardly any mention of either the abolition of serfdom or the fate of the Tsar-Liberator: his policies do not align well with the beliefs of the current authorities.

Statistics show: since the early 2020s, fewer and fewer Russian high school graduates are entering universities