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HIV infection refers to socially significant diseases. As a result of the wide coverage of effective antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV, the rates of AIDS-related mortality have significantly decreased. At the same time, there was a noticeable increase in morbidity and mortality from other non-AIDS-related diseases, not the last place in this list is occupied by malignant neoplasms. A decrease in the frequency of AIDS-associated tumors and an increase in the proportion of AIDS-unassociated tumors are significant changes in the structure of malignant neoplasms. There is a complex relationship between HIV-induced immune suppression, chronic antigenic stimulation and concomitant oncogenic viral infections, which increases the risk of developing malignant tumors in these patients. People living with HIV have higher rates of cancer mortality associated with both the lack of adequate antitumor therapy, complications of treatment, and the existence of a direct relationship between immunosuppression and tumor progression. This article analyzes the problems that arise in the treatment of oncological HIV-infected patients, and offers specific practical steps to solve complex interdisciplinary problems.

The Russian translation of the German Destillierbuch from the edition published in 1521 is notable for the fact that it contains transliterations implying a Low German or Dutch original. However, since there was no Low German edition of the text, and the Dutch one could not be a source for the translation, it can be assumed that Low German was the mother tongue of the translator or editor. The paper also investigates other characteristics of the translation that point to the translator’s profound knowledge of Latin and medicine. This combination of features closely resembles Nicolaus Bulow, a native of Lübeck, a famous translator and physician at the Moscow court. The chronology does not contradict this hypothesis.

This article explores a general situation in the Middle East as well as the role and value of Kurds in regional geopolitics. The author concludes that in the context of a growing threat of the radical Islamists take-over in a number of the Middle East states, the ISIS strengthening, the incitement of a widespread armed conflict between Sunni and Shia communities, and a tendency towards Syria and Iraq territories turning into the area for an open confrontation between regional centers of power, the Kurds intrinsically become a "Third Force" and play an increasingly important role in stabilizing the military-political situation both in each country of their compact settlements and in the region as a whole. The 40-million strong Kurdish nation, divided by borders of four states, preserves its language, rich spiritual and cultural heritage, manners and customs (and hangs on to its age-old dream to create an independent state). The main attention is paid to the Iraqi Kurdistan as to an advance party of the Kurdish national movement. Today, the Kurdish region of Iraq has all attributes of the state, successfully carries out foreign policy and economic activity. The author notes an important role of Erbil as an intermediary in resolving inter-Arab contradictions in Iraq, for the unity of Kurds in Syria, for a peaceful solution of the Kurdish problem in Turkey. A very important statement is the potential of Iraqi Kurdistan to turn into a national and cultural center of all Kurdish people, and to proclaim an independent state on the North of Iraq, if necessary.