It opens with the section on discourse linguistics, where A. V. Degaltseva explores clickbait headlines in printed press and its online manifestations as an inevitable element of modern media discourse. Engaging and unconventional, these headlines capture readers’ attention through their specific linguistic form only to manipulate their opinions. 

Derki, N. Bedda, and S. Selmane explore another dimension of digital communication. Through a rigorous analysis of BBC news commentary, the authors identify impoliteness as a dominant discursive strategy and evaluate its socio-linguistic drivers.

Shifting the focus to niche digital spaces, P. A. Katyshev and M.-C. Lee use fragrance blogs to analyze the interplay between evidentiality and situational axiology.

Yu. Peredrienko investigates the discursive properties of yet another online genre, i.e., restaurant reviews, identifying the reviewer persona as the focal point for articulating subjective perceptual experiences.

Broadening the scope beyond digital media, E. G. Zheludkova analyzes small talk as a type of phatic communication in French linguistic culture. Its sophisticated repertoire of linguistic tactics in all their stylistic diversity lacks a singular pragmatic objective, frequently resulting in a "dialogue des sourds".

The contributions to cultural linguistics scrutinize the socio-cultural underpinnings of language. M. A. Schegolev and S. G. Proskurin introduce a vector nomination model, tracing the environmental influence on cognitive structures and their manifestations in modern language.

In a study of diplomatic communication, M. Yu. Ryabova and N. S. Karukovets employ a linguacultural approach to offer a comprehensive synthesis of diplomatic discourse as a sociolinguistic construct.

Rounding out the section, M. V. Surkova examines pedagogical discourse in Russian textbooks to delineate a fragment of the national linguistic worldview and its evaluative parameters.

Leveraging the benefits of an interdisciplinary approach, Z. G. Adamova and R. P. Ivanova combine psycholinguistic and corpus methods to model the axiology of single-industry towns based on resident interviews. Miners of Russian Arctic seem to possess a value system that relies on social perceptions and entrenched sociocultural beliefs.

V. Kobzeva’s research lies at the intersection of law and linguistics, specifically within the field of legal linguistics. Her proposed model of linguistic interpretation is based on the interaction between the subject and object of law.

Yu. Satuchina examines how internet users discuss language-related issues, providing deep insight into metalinguistic consciousness. The study delineates its core-and-periphery structure that ranges from extreme linguistic conservatism to linguistic myth-making.

The section of political linguistics opens with an analysis of the ever-relevant "Us–Them" semantic category. According to K. V. Kulakovskaya et al., political media discourse utilizes this opposition to foster collective identity.

S. Teikin traces the highly debated issue of neuter toponyms and their declension in Slavic languages. Their diachronic approach reveals the historical reasons behind this grammatical challenge, which has long been a matter of dispute for grammarians.

The final section is dedicated to literary studies, focusing on the heritage of Alexander Pushkin. E. M. Afanasyeva and L. Srivastava explore the dialogue between Pushkin and Russian bard A. M. Gorodnitsky, centered on the motif of bridges between epochs. T. A. Bogumil identifies Pushkinian contexts in the poetry of Altai writer V. M. Bashunov, uncovering numerous intersections in their lives and creative paths.

As always, we thank our authors for their valuable contributions and invite researchers to join us in expanding the horizons of contempo