In the Khabarovsk Territory, the directorate of the state environmental association “Zapovednoye Priamurye” demanded the prosecutor’s office to check a video in which a boat with a group of tourists several times runs over a whale resting in shallow water, RIA Novosti reports . Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Reserve Priamurye” Vladimir Andronov said at a press conference that he discovered the video on social networks at the end of 2016.

On the morning of January 9, the body of a police officer was found in the office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Tver village of Sonkovo. According to a preliminary version, the man committed suicide, the press service of the Investigative Committee for the Tver region said in a statement. As Life.ru reports , citing its sources, the 35-year-old police officer left a note at home. In the morning he came to work and locked himself in his office.

Women-shoes tell about their experience of motherhood To move in a wheelchair, you need strong biceps. To cope with the household without a hand or without a leg, you need dexterity and an ideal feeling of balance. For other achievements, willpower and faith in themselves will not interfere. And what does a woman with disabilities need to grow a child?

In the Belgorod region, doctors managed to save a 23-year-old resident of the village of Makeshkina, who, after another quarrel with her husband, was taken to the hospital with more than 30 stab wounds. This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the department, the victim’s 25-year-old husband reported the incident to the police - he called the department and said that he had stabbed his wife several times.

In January, the “Mature Beauty Podium” show will take place for the first time in St. Petersburg with the support of the “Good City of Petersburg” charitable foundation. This was reported by the portal for the older generation “Baba-Deda”. According to the organizers, men and women over 50 will take part in the show. Clothes for the models will be provided by seven Russian and international brands, and professional makeup artists will do the makeup and hairstyles.

As part of a new anti-tobacco concept designed to reduce the number of smokers in Russia, the Ministry of Health intends to include treatment for physical and psychological dependence on tobacco in compulsory medical insurance, project manager Oleg Salagay told Izvestia. The document sent to the relevant ministries includes a provision on the organization of medical care for smokers.

Russia's reserve fund shrank by half in December 2016, according to the official website of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. According to the ministry, as of January 1, 2017, the volume of the Reserve Fund amounted to 972.13 billion rubles. As of December 1, 2016, more than two trillion rubles had been accumulated in the Reserve Fund.

In Irkutsk, on the eve of the New Year, children on benefits were given gift sets with wormy candies. The parents sent three complaints to the Office of the Regional Rospotrebnadzor, the Regional Ministry of Social Development and the candy manufacturer, the Irkutskmedia portal reports . According to the publication, Rospotrebnadzor specialists are now figuring out how rotten candies appeared in the gifts. The results of the test will be known in a few weeks.

US Secretary of State John Kerry, on behalf of the State Department, formally apologized to the LGBT community for many years of discrimination, the department's website says . Kerry stated that in the past, beginning in the 1940s and throughout the following decades, the US State Department was among many public and private employers who discriminated against the rights of employees and applicants because of their sexual orientation, forcing them to quit or refusing them at work.

Sometimes, having learned about the diagnosis of acute leukemia, friends turn away, refuse to support: “Well, you turned to the fund, let it help.” And indeed, when there is almost no hopes, funds and completely unfamiliar people help We help Advita help Julia Chereche is 42 years old. More than two years ago, she was diagnosed with acute leukemia. Chemotherapy, remission, but then the disease returned, and bone marrow transplant was required.

In Sochi, senior district police officer Vladimir Novikov helped a family who could not get out of a burning house on their own. This was reported by the Yuga portal. According to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Krasnodar Territory, the policeman was visiting friends when he heard screams from a neighboring house. Novikov ran outside and noticed smoke in one of the windows on the second floor of the building.

The Moscow Department of Labor and Social Protection announced the upcoming creation of a network of retro cafes for pensioners, reports the online publication m24.ru with reference to the deputy head of the department, Pavel Keller. The first establishments will open in 2017. The cafe will have a discounted menu; in addition, guests of the establishment will be able to organize meetings of friends, birthday celebrations, as well as perform a prepared cultural and creative program.

Former policeman from Angarsk Mikhail Popkov, sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 22 women, has been charged with another 47 counts, TASS reports , citing the investigative department of the RF Investigative Committee for the region. The new charge was brought against Popkov at a court hearing to extend the arrest period, the department specified.

The Levada Center conducted a survey about topics of conversation in Russian families, the results of which revealed that families most often avoid discussing sex and suicide, according to the organization’s website. A third of Russian families do not raise conversations about sexual problems, including with friends and relatives. 15% of the population believe that it is prohibited to discuss topics related to suicide in the family.