The State Duma, in the third and final reading, adopted a bill that abolished criminal liability for beatings in the family, according to the broadcast of the plenary session. Only three deputies objected to the law. The law excludes punishment for beatings of loved ones from the Criminal Code - they are now classified as an administrative offense. The second and subsequent cases of domestic violence continue to be considered criminal offenses.

“Such things” walked along the churches of St. Petersburg and Moscow to see how Orthodoxy and tourism get along Authors: Maria Kingisepp (Petersburg), Maya Soerova (Moscow) Tomorrow, January 28, a second rally of opponents of the transfer of the Isaacievsky Cathedral for the free use of the Russian Orthodox Church for 49 years should take place on the Marse Field in St. Petersburg. The rally was initiated by the deputies of the St.

The ORBI Stroke Foundation, together with the Moscow Public Relations Committee and the ProfiMed clinic, is launching a large-scale annual program “Health Day: Say No to Stroke!” TD was informed about this by the fund's press service. According to the organizers, the campaign is aimed at early diagnosis and prevention of stroke. Each program participant will be able to measure blood pressure for free, undergo an ultrasound scan and attend a lecture on stroke prevention and proper nutrition.

The Moscow social center for adaptation of homeless people “Lublino” will be renamed the Elizaveta Glinka Center. A message about this was published on the official website of the Moscow mayor. Elizaveta Glinka, known as Doctor Lisa, worked closely for many years with the Lyublino social adaptation center, which is run by the Moscow Department of Labor and Social Protection. Here homeless people are helped to restore documents if they have been lost, find work and return to normal life.

In Lipetsk, a nine-year-old girl was taken to the hospital with a compression fracture of the spine. As it turned out, the child fell in the cabin of a minibus, the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs told LipetskMedia news agency. On the afternoon of January 26, a schoolgirl was riding with her mother in the back seat of minibus No. 332. The driver was a 41-year-old driver of convoy No. 1414. Near school No.

On Lake Baikal, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations demanded the closure of an increasingly popular attraction - an ice carousel on the surface of a frozen lake, the department said in a statement. On January 22, the Baikalika travel agency set up an unusual carousel in the Listvyanka area: it cut a large circle out of ice and installed a motor that made it rotate.

The international group of scientists has grown embryos consisting of human and pig cells, the report published in the magazine Cell says. This is the first case in the world, when human cells developed in the body of a large animal, BBC said one of the authors of the study, Professor Juan Carlos Pypisua Belmont from the Institute of Biological Research of Solol. During the experiment, scientists have introduced human stem cells into the pig embryos.

The Legal Initiative organization is launching an interregional project to help women and children affected by domestic violence. TD was informed about this by the press service of the human rights organization. The Bar Association of the Ulyanovsk Region, the Pskov Regional Public Organization “Independent Social Women’s Center” and lawyers working in the republics of the North Caucasus will take part in the project.

The refugee housing project, developed by the IKEA Foundation together with the relevant UN agency, received the Beasley Award for Best Design 2016. This was reported by the architectural magazine Deezen. The temporary Better Shelter can accommodate up to five people, consists of 68 insulated plastic modules and can be erected in just a few hours. For lighting and powering electrical appliances, a solar battery is located on the roof of the house.

The governor of the Penza region, Ivan Belozertsev, after the accident at the thermal power plant, declared a state of emergency in the region. This was reported by TASS with reference to the official portal of the regional government. According to Belozertsev, the emergency regime makes it possible to attract the necessary financial resources to quickly resolve the emergency situation and purchase materials for repair teams.

The majority of Russians consider a pension in the amount of five to 30 thousand rubles acceptable, and the expectations of almost 30% of respondents do not exceed 15–20 thousand. Such data were obtained during a survey by specialists from the Russian State Social University, Izvestia reports . When asked to estimate the acceptable level of their future pension, 36.5% of Russians responded that it was 20–30 thousand rubles. The second most popular answer (28.1%) is 15–20 thousand rubles.

A Crimean resident saved three children from death - before the firefighters arrived, he took turns carrying children two, three and five years old in his arms from the burning house. On the afternoon of January 26, a message was received that a room in a one-story private house had caught fire in the village of Dolinnoye.

An annual competition for grants to support foster families from the Amway charity foundation “Responsible for the Future” is starting in Russia. TD was informed about this by the organization’s press service. The competition will be held among non-profit organizations of small towns in Russia together with the KAF Foundation for the Support and Development of Philanthropy.

A passer-by and a traffic policeman rescued a girl from a car that crashed through a fence on Savvinskaya embankment and fell into the Moskva River. The incident happened on the evening of January 26. According to REN TV, the first to rush to the rescue was a male driver passing by, who did not notice the arriving emergency vehicles. Then a traffic police officer joined him. He broke the window near the driver's seat and pulled the victim out of the car.

The Ministry of Education and Science is going to reduce funding for scientific research by 26.6 billion rubles, Kommersant reports , citing a draft government resolution .