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In the Altai Territory, rescuers blocked more than a thousand kilometers of roads and highways due to an abnormal snowstorm. 126 drivers and passengers, as well as 42 children, were trapped in the snow, the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations said in a statement. Due to bad weather, the Ministry of Emergency Situations partially blocked the federal road to Kazakhstan and thirteen intercity routes. According to the department, 168 people were forced to leave their cars on the highway.

In Moscow, at the age of 74, multiple USSR and world motocross champion Viktor Arbekov died, the Russian Motorcycle Federation reported . According to the Ren TV channel, the athlete committed suicide. Life.ru, citing its sources, reports that on the night of February 18, a man jumped out of the eighth floor window of his apartment. The publication clarified that Viktor Arbekov suffered from cancer and the day before told family members about his desire to die.

In the United States, eleven-year-old inventor Jordan Reeves, who was born without a left hand, has created a prosthesis that shoots sparkles, CNN reports . She presented her invention called Project Unicorn on the popular reality show Shark Tank on The Rachael Ray Show. As Jordan stated, “You'll never be sad if you have glitter.” The girl herself created a prosthesis using a 3D printer.

The “All Together” association has announced the start of an information campaign to combat fraudulent funds, the online magazine “Philanthropist” reports . The campaign organizers have drawn up a Declaration of Charitable Integrity when raising funds through piggy banks. On February 20, the document was signed by representatives of more than 40 charitable organizations in Russia.

Owners of the “Far Eastern hectare” will be able to receive preferential loans at a reduced interest rate starting in March. The total amount of all loans will reach six billion rubles. As Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports , the project has been launched in pilot mode, and the rate for hectare owners will be reduced to 8-10.5%.

In Khabarovsk, a passer-by prevented a robbery at a grocery store. He ran to the seller’s screams, chased the offender, detained him and handed him over to the police. As Vostok Media reports , a 22-year-old local resident, knowing that there was a large sum in the store’s cash register, waited until the evening when, except for the seller, there was no one in the room. Threatening with a pistol, the robber demanded to give the money.

Levada Center conducted a survey on the effectiveness of protest marches and actions. Almost two-thirds of Russians believe that demonstrations are not capable of influencing government policy. Only every fifth resident of Russia (20%) believes in the effect of protests. 67% of respondents have the opposite opinion, another 13% found it difficult to answer.

The Hospice Care Association and the Vera Foundation are asking doctors and patients to talk about the availability of painkillers. The results of the online survey will be presented to Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets in the near future. The purpose of the study is to present the situation with pain relief and palliative care in the Russian Federation.

Charitable Foundation "B. E.L.A. Butterfly Children" organized and launched an educational program for regional doctors to provide medical care to patients with epidermolysis bullosa. TD was informed about this by the fund's press service. According to the organizers of the program, qualified training includes scientific and practical seminars and video seminars and a final conference.

In Kamchatka, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against a doctor who used expired materials during operations. He installed expired vascular scaffolds in more than 10 patients. As SK reports , a doctor at the Kamchatka Regional Hospital named after A.S. Lukashevsky, while also being the head of the department of vascular surgery, from October 2015 to January 2016, performed a number of medical operations related to high-tech medical care.

The Ministry of Justice has proposed introducing a number of incentives for prisoners. This is stated in the draft law “On Amendments to the Criminal Executive Code of the Russian Federation,” which was published on the federal portal of draft regulatory legal acts. For example, convicts who “behave well, are conscientious in their work, education, and also actively participate in educational activities” can count on watching a movie within a month.

In St. Petersburg, after four years of arrest, the bailiff service returned a rare Soviet passenger plane IL-14 to its owner, retired pilot Alexander Poddubny. An unknown philanthropist completely repaid the pensioner’s debt of 2.6 million rubles, according to the department’s website. In 1993, pilot Alexander Poddubny used his own funds to buy and repair a 1940s Il-14 passenger plane.

The RAS Commission for Combating Pseudoscience and Falsification of Scientific Research is preparing a memorandum on the pseudoscience of statements about the dangers of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the head of the commission, Evgeny Alexandrov, told Russia Today.

Independent journalist Arkady Babchenko left Russia. Now he is in the Czech Republic. As Babchenko told “Takim Dela”, he received information that now it is “better for him to live outside of Russia for some time.” The journalist asked not to consider his departure as an indefinite emigration, but found it difficult to name the timing of his return. Babchenko noted that now he cannot tell in more detail about the reasons that prompted him to leave.