Relations between Israel and USSR in 1956—1957: according to Documents of State Archives of Israel by Yu. I. Kostenko, V. M. Morozov

“…Authors of the article analyze the relations between Israel and the USSR in 1956-1957. …”
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Discussion of Palestinian-Israeli Conflict in British Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee (2014) by A. A. Kornilov, N. S. Lobanova, O. R. Zhernovaya

“…Particular attention is paid to the positions of the parties to the conflict, stated at the meeting by the diplomats of Israel and Palestine. The key issues of the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation are considered: issues of permanent status (borders, refugees, Israeli settlements, the status of Jerusalem) and security issues discussed at the negotiations held under the auspices of John Kerry. …”
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Everyday Life of the Russian Nuns in the Holy Land at the Time of Changes in the Middle East, 1940s–1950s by Beliakova N.A.

“…This research encompassed the following tasks: to analyze the range of ego-documents available today, characterizing the everyday life and internal motivation of women in choosing the church jurisdiction; to identify, on the basis of written sources, the most active supporters of the Moscow Patriarchate to examine the nuns’ activity as information agents of the Russian Orthodox Church and Soviet government; to characterize the actors influencing the everyday life of the Russian nuns in the context of the creation of the state of Israel and new borders dividing the Holy Land; to present the motives and instruments of influence employed by the representatives of both secular and church diplomacies in respect to the women leading a monastic life; to describe consequences of inclu-ding the nuns into the sphere of interest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR; to show the specific role of “Russian women” in the context of the struggle for securing positions of the USSR and the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in the region. …”
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Analysis of Intellectual Capital of Belarus by Korzhak Victoria

“…Thus, as a result of the analysis, it turned out that the level of expenditures on research and development in Belarus has been decreasing in recent years (on average 0.55 % of GDP) and is far from the accepted threshold of economic security (3 %), and this is one of the main engines of research effectiveness. …”
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