The All-Russian non-governmental Antihypertensive League was created in order to enhance the preventive health care in the field of hypertension and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

Antihypertensive League is the organizer of major Russian and international conferences and symposia and the co-founder of the Arterial Hypertension journal, which is one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in the field.

The title "Arterial Hypertension" (ISSN 1607-419X) has been evaluated for inclusion in Scopus by the Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB). The review of this title is now complete and the CSAB has advised that the title will be accepted for inclusion in Scopus. For the last few years, some changes have been implemented in order to improve the quality of the journal in accordance with the international requirements. E.g. a new website was developed (based on Elpub system:htn.almazovcentre.ru), the design was changed, on-line version (ISSN 2411-8524, including full-text English version) has been started. We are very thankful to everybody who helped us to meet all the requirements and for friendly support. Considering the long processing procedure, the title will be indexed not earlier than in 3 months.