This page is for readers in Russia

The Russian version reviews Alice by Yandex and its Prompthub library of ready-made prompts. It is a practical recommendation for someone starting out inside Russia, where the leading global assistants are not directly available.

Outside Russia there is no reason to start there. The assistants you can simply sign into are better first choices, and the two globally available models that the Russian page mentions along the way, Qwen and DeepSeek, are already covered elsewhere in the Practicum.

What to read instead

• Which AI assistant to open first: three assistants worth starting with, and what not to paste into any of them.
• Tools map: models available without restrictions, and a cheap way to run drafts before paying for the final pass.

If you are in Russia

The full review is on the Russian page: Alice, Prompthub, Qwen and DeepSeek, in Russian. It is checked on a 30-day cycle, because access and features move quickly.

Version: 2026-08-12.