Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the idea of ​​Human Rights Council member Nikolai Svanidze to establish a media holding to popularize volunteer initiatives in Russia, RIA Novosti reports . According to the agency, during the creation of the media holding it is planned to combine radio and Internet resources, as well as the Public Television of Russia TV channel.

One day of a nurse from a children's hospice "House with a lighthouse" Help a house with a lighthouse help Every morning light sits in an electric train and goes to his children. Light 27, and she has 28 children. They are wards of the children's hospice “House with a lighthouse”, where Sveta works as a nurse. The routes are very different - either the north of Moscow, or the Yaroslavl direction of the Moscow region.

The head of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, gave instructions to develop a “human dignity index” in the republic, the administration’s press service said in a statement. The instruction was made during a discussion with journalists of President Vladimir Putin’s message to the Federal Assembly.

The Oscar shortlist in the Documentary Film category included the film Animated Life, according to the award’s website. An Animated Life tells the story of Owen Susskind. At the age of three he stopped talking, and a little later he was diagnosed with autism. With the help of Disney cartoons, Owen relearned how to communicate and perceive the world. The film has already received a number of awards at international festivals. The academicians selected 15 for the shortlist of 145 films.

In Novosibirsk, the defense enterprise Shvabe - Defense and Protection, part of the Rostec state corporation, will begin producing a transformable electric wheelchair capable of moving on stairs and off-road in 2017, TASS reports citing developer Ivan Nevzorov. The development of the stroller took five years.

After a city competition in Chelyabinsk for the best Christmas tree decoration, about three thousand decorations made by children ended up in a landfill. The journalists from the First Regional TV channel, who filmed a report on the competition, were fired after the story aired. This was reported by the Ren-TV channel.

The population with incomes below the subsistence level in January-September 2016 amounted to 20.3 million people, Interfax reports citing Rosstat. The total number of people below the poverty line remained almost unchanged compared to the same period last year. At the same time, in percentage terms, the poverty level even decreased - 13.9% in 2016 versus 14.1% in 2015.

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation does not support the exclusion of abortion from compulsory medical insurance (CHI), since this measure will lead to discrimination against women, TASS writes , citing a statement by Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kostennikov. According to Kostennikov, limiting the guarantees that women can now take advantage of will prevent them from seeking help in a timely manner and will increase the number of criminal abortions.

Vladimir Putin instructed Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Sergei Kiriyenko and Special Representative for Environmental Activities, Transport and Ecology Sergei Ivanov to analyze the application of the law on NGOs-foreign agents.

A 52-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, due to a broken elevator, is forced to lift her disabled son to the third floor every day, reports Rosbalt news agency. As Life.ru clarifies , the elevator has not been working in the building on the 8th line of Vasilyevsky Island since April 15. It has been repaired several times, but regularly breaks down. “He may not work for weeks,” said Minaya Aslanova. “I’m the one who needs it the most.” Her 20-year-old son Aslan uses a wheelchair.

The “Committee of Civil Initiatives” (KGI) of the former head of the Ministry of Finance Alexei Kudrin said that in the regions of Russia there is a gradual increase in protest activity, the official website of the KGI reports . The committee's experts presented a report that analyzed the dynamics of socio-economic and political tension in the regions of Russia in the first half of 2016.

On December 11, Moscow will host the New Year's charity fair “Soul Bazar” . The event combines dozens of charitable foundations that offer souvenir products and services for donation. In total, 35 thousand gifts, 200 creative master classes for children of different ages and adults and a culinary show will be presented at the fair. A special guest of the event will be Santa Claus from Veliky Ustyug. The organizers have created a catalog of charity funds, which can be found in the event group.

In Yekaterinburg, a 79-year-old pensioner took an HIV test after unprotected sex and became the oldest resident of the city who wished to check her status, writes Ura.ru. A pensioner came to an HIV testing point in the Verkh-Isetsky district of the city and told specialists that she was very worried because a month ago she had unprotected sex. “Fortunately, the result was negative.

A court in Tyumen recovered about one and a half million rubles from regional clinical hospital No. 2 for the death of the husband of a local resident, Interfax reports , citing the press service of the regional prosecutor's office. According to the department's press service, in October 2003, a 47-year-old resident of Tyumen was admitted to the hospital's emergency department with a heart attack.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Agency for National Affairs (FADN) are preparing a survey system for college and university students to identify those who are sympathizers and inclined to accept extremist ideas, Vedomosti reports a statement made at the forum “Russian Caucasus: Territory of Unity.” It is assumed that the test will be administered to first-year students or applicants applying to a university, said Valentina Laza, leading consultant of the Department of