2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/171037Editorial of the International Conference on Critical Phenomena and Diffusion in Complex Systems held on 5--7 December, 2006 in Nizhniy Novgorod State University, Russia and was dedicated to the memory and 80th anniversary of Professor Askold N. Malakhov.4 pages, to appear in International Journal of Bifurcation and ChaosStatistical Mechanicstext