The scientific and clinical center of otorhinolaryngology for the first time conducted an operation to install a bioonic eye to a blindfold patient, according to the Support Fund “Co-Union”. The patient was a 59-year-old man from Chelyabinsk, who completely lost his vision due to progressive retinal diseases. He was installed by a bionic eye - a complex that consists of glasses with a miniature video camera, a video processing unit and an electrical stimulant - a retina with an sixth electrodes.

81-year-old pensioner Winfried Langer went on a trip from Germany to St. Petersburg to hand over the flag of his country to the authorities of the Russian city as a sign of friendship. According to the online newspaper "Paper", on July 4, Langer will reach the Tauride Garden, where he will be met by Consul Stefan Kordash. Winnfried Langer from Lauenförde started his journey with a 56-year-old tractor on May 20th.

A sergeant of the military unit of the Ministry of Defense No. 47051 of Yekaterinburg became a suspect in a criminal case of abuse of power. The head of the department for work with law enforcement agencies of the office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Kama region, Dmitry Shevchenko, told the portal 59.ru that the investigation suspects a 29-year-old contract sergeant of bullying 19-year-old private Denis Khamidullin.

On July 3, residents of the city of Klin in the Moscow region went on strike because the water in their homes was turned off for an indefinite period, Klin.Info reports . The strikers blocked the M-10 federal highway. As Hammer and Sickle previously wrote , hot water was turned off to residents of the village on October 31 according to the schedule on June 13. It was supposed to be turned on on June 27, but it was never done.

In Tver, the head of a branch of the Strong Children charity foundation contacted the police after he suspected that his organization was engaged in fraud. Volunteers, including teenagers, collected money on the streets of the city, supposedly to help children with cancer, but the money did not reach the recipients. According to Vesti.ru, the teenagers were detained by the police because minors are prohibited by law from collecting money.

The North Ossetian prosecutor's office began an inspection of kindergarten No. 4 in the city of Ardon, where 17 pupils were hospitalized on July 2 with an intestinal infection, the Yuga.ru portal reports . The children were taken to the hospital with vomiting and high fever, their condition is assessed as moderate, Interfax was told at the Ardon city hospital. The North Ossetian prosecutor's office has already begun an investigation into the poisoning of children.

Krasnokamsk is a nondescript city thirty kilometers from Perm, growing around the cellulose-paper plant. A local resident tried to implement the European experience of socializing people with disabilities here, but in the end she almost turned into a criminal The support fund of the local community "Territory of Success" was established in 2009.

The Russian Ministry of Health has begun developing a project on the minimum duration of a patient’s stay for inpatient observation after undergoing plastic surgery. TASS reports this. At the end of May, State Duma deputy Vasily Vlasov sent a request to the Ministry of Health, which noted that now in Russia there is a serious problem of the lack of rehabilitation programs in plastic surgery clinics.

Employees of the hydroelectric power station in the city of Balakova helped a moose get to the shore, which, due to a strong current, was too close to the dam. Interfax reports this with reference to the press service of SarHES. According to the agency, on the morning of July 3, employees of the hydroelectric power station who came to work saw a moose swimming not far from the dam. The animal lost its orientation and moved against the current along the reservoir for several hours.

Representatives of the Federation Council reported that the gap between the salaries of men and women reaches 28%, TASS reports from the International Congress of Women of the SCO and BRICS countries. In 2015, women’s wages amounted to 72.6% of men’s wages, by the beginning of 2017 - 72%. “We are doing a lot to ensure that women’s incomes and wages grow,” said Vice-Speaker of the Federation Council Galina Karelova.

In July, a flash mob #everyonechallenge was launched on Instagram in support of the “EVERYONE” private donation program, according to the project’s website. To participate in the flash mob, you need to make a donation to the “EVERYONE” program through QIWI payment services, take a selfie in a crowd of people and post it on Instagram with the hashtag #everyonechallenge. You need to tag your friends under the photo to pass the baton to them.

In Perm, bailiff Eduard Usatikh helped a local resident who could not get out of a burning house on her own. The Pravmir portal reports this with reference to the press service of the regional Federal Bailiff Service. According to the department, the fire happened on June 15 in one of the houses in the village of Sadki. The bailiff went to the village to pick up the debtor for an appointment at the department.

In Kazan, a family of three died in a cesspool, suffocated by gas. The Investigative Committee is conducting an investigation, the department's website says . The incident occurred on July 2 on Ussuriyskaya Street. A 59-year-old man was cleaning a clogged cesspool drain and inhaled the gas released from it - methane, as investigators assume, after which he lost consciousness. His 31-year-old son saw that his father was feeling bad and went down to get him.

In Syktyvkar, a 41-year-old man lay on the street for a day in serious condition. Passers-by walked past without paying attention to him, Komiinform reports with reference to the SPAS-Komi Committee of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations. On June 30, the SPAS-Komi duty officer was informed that a man was lying on the road in serious condition. Rescuers gave him first aid and handed him over to doctors.

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Government approved amendments to the Traffic Rules. According to the published decree , adults are prohibited from leaving children unattended in a car. In addition, children under 12 years of age are prohibited from being transported without a child restraint.