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This Collections paper presents a simple model of polarisation rotation in optically thin relativistic jets of blazars.The model is based on the development of helical (kink) mode of current-driven instability.A possible explanation is suggested for the observational connection between polarisation rotations and optical/gamma-ray flares in blazars,