According to the UN, 250 million people in the world use drugs at least once a year, of which 30 million are systemic drug addicts, Interfax reports . The executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Yuri Fedotov, said that the level of drug consumption is growing in proportion to the world's population. A quarter of a billion people in the world now use drugs, including those who do so once a year.

The Tver court sentenced actor Yuri Kuliy, accused of using violence against a police officer during a protest on March 26, 2017, to eight months in a penal colony. Mediazona reports this.

The Investigative Committee for the Moscow Region began an investigation after information appeared in the media about the chairman of a housing construction cooperative in Korolev, who extorted money from residents. A message about this was published on the department’s website. The reason for the inspection was the story of “Russia 1” that the chairman takes taxes from residents, does not issue registration certificates, and also turned off the heating to a veteran of the Great Patriotic War.

Levada Center conducted a survey on the attitude of Russians towards alcohol. It turned out that almost a third of residents never drink alcohol. The survey showed that almost a third of Russians drink alcohol less than once a month (30%), another third - once (16%) or twice a month (18%). 6% of Russians drink several times a week.

Construction of the first waste incineration plant in Russia may begin in the spring of 2018. Interfax reports this with reference to a statement by the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Management of the Moscow Region, Alexander Kogan. According to the minister, a total of four such enterprises will be built in the region.

Chita activist Nikolai Likhanov filed a lawsuit against the local psychiatric hospital, where he was forcibly placed at the request of employees of the governor’s administration. The officials did not like the fact that Likhanov constantly came to them with complaints and demands.

The management of school No. 16 in Zhigulevsk in the Samara region obliged students to wash the floors, citing the charter of the educational institution, according to the “Boycott Requisitions at School” community on the VKontakte social network. Previously, these schoolchildren reported illegal fees for cleaning, the fact of which was confirmed by the regional prosecutor's office.

In the Yugo-Zapadnaya gold mine of Darasunsky Mine LLC in the Trans-Baikal Territory, 80 miners refused to leave production, according to the website of the Russian Presidential Envoy to the Siberian Federal District Sergei Menyailo. According to preliminary data, the strike is due to the fact that workers have still not been paid wages for April of this year. In addition, miners are demanding a revision of the labor participation rate (a component of wages) for April 2017.

In the Priluzsky district of Komi, beavers caused a power outage in two settlements. This was reported by the regional portal Komiinform. According to the publication, a massive power outage in the villages of Onmes and Verkholazye occurred on the evening of May 16. These settlements are located in marshy areas and are home to about five hundred people.

Residents of a five-story building in Yaroslavl received receipts with the column “For absence from a subbotnik - 500 rubles.” At the same time, residents pay the HOA every month for cleaning the local area. As Margarita Ryabova, a resident of house No. 58 on Kirova Street, told Interfax, the HOA warned of a fine for failure to show up for the cleanup, and a corresponding notice hung on the house.

Tatyana is a large mother of a loner and a wheelchair user. To survive, she organized a farm The hens were divided into two camps - some pressed against the wall in fear, others strive to jump into the open doors of the house. “And this is my beloved,” the eight -year -old Melania Yolkina is enough. The girl with pleasure shows a bird economy. She is the main mother: change water, pour grain, lay fresh straw.

In Yekaterinburg, the police opened a criminal case against a man who threw his pets out of a window in front of his children, the police press service reports . On the evening of May 12, on Novaya Street, passersby saw a man throw five kittens, a rabbit in a cage, a terrarium with snails and an Alabai puppy from the balcony, eyewitnesses told the E1.ru portal. “At that moment, little girls were walking past, they got scared and ran away.

Applications for participation in the third stream of the “School of Lecturers” of the Evolution Foundation are being accepted until May 19, according to the organizers’ website. At the School of Lecturers, future educators are taught free of charge to speak publicly and make presentations. At the first lesson, participants will present a ten-minute report on a chosen topic in Moscow, and then together with the curator they will choose a topic for the final report.

Scientists from the Tomsk University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics have begun testing a robot that will help disabled people with housework. Roman Meshcheryakov, vice-rector for science and innovation at the university, told Interfax about this. According to the professor, the robot understands commands such as “bring water”, “sweep the floor”, and can perform many other household tasks. One robot arm is capable of lifting weights up to 30 kilograms.

More than 40 homosexuals were evacuated from Chechnya, nine of them left Russia. The chairman of the Russian LGBT Network, Igor Kochetkov, who provides legal support and helps Chechen homosexuals leave the republic, stated this to Current Time. According to him, since April 1, when an article was published in Novaya Gazeta about the oppression and murders of representatives of non-traditional sexual orientation in Chechnya, more than 80 people have turned to the organization for help.