Journalist Ksenia Sobchak is going to participate in the Russian presidential elections in 2018. She reported this in a letter to the editors of Vedomosti. “I take responsibility for any actions in the public sphere and, realizing all the risks and incredible difficulties of such a task, I decided that my participation in the presidential elections could really be a step towards the much-needed transformations in our country,” she said.

The annual Helpers Bazar charity market in support of older people will be held in Moscow. On October 21, in the Brooklyn White Studio mansion you can buy necessary, beautiful and stylish things with discounts from 30 to 70%. All proceeds from sales will be used to repair, restore and equip nursing homes, which are supervised by the Old Age in Joy Foundation.

The Investigation Department for the Yaroslavl Region opened a criminal case into bullying of students at a boarding school for children with hearing impairments. The director has been relieved of her position. According to the investigation, the 48-year-old director of Yaroslavl boarding school No. 7 used unacceptable educational measures against students. In particular, she humiliated the human dignity of two pupils aged 15 and 16 years.

From October 3 to October 27, the organizers of the Scorpions concert in Moscow are holding a campaign in support of the House with a Lighthouse children's hospice. Scorpions fans will be able to get two tickets to the fan zone and exclusive postcards with autographs from the musicians. In order to participate in the promotion, you need to send an SMS with the word “Concert” and the donation amount to the children’s hospice short number 1200 before October 27.

The Council of Parents at the Moscow Department of Education criticized the FAS proposal to promote barrier contraceptives among high school students, the Moscow city news agency reports . “In our opinion, the conversation about protective measures should take place within the family, and not in an educational institution.

In Krasnodar, a criminal case was opened against the poet Maxim Drozdov because of a poem published on the VKontakte network. The man faces up to five years in prison. Drozdov’s lawyer Alexey Avanesyan told “Takim Dela” that in the group “ Patriotic Creativity ” Drozdov published a poem with the line: “There are no worse people than vile atheists, we will still return the Inquisition!” One of the dissatisfied readers contacted the police.

Russia has developed the world's first prosthesis, which allows people with disabilities to pay for purchases with one wave of their hand. The prosthesis, which was presented by Motorika and Alfa-Bank, works with all contactless payment devices - terminals in stores, ATMs and others, according to the bank’s website. This will relieve customers with disabilities from inconvenience when paying for goods and services.

A native of Ukraine, Olympic champion in gymnastics Tatyana Gutsu published a post on her Facebook where she said that as a teenager she was subjected to violence by her teammate Vitaly Shcherbo. Soviet gymnast Tatyana Gutsu, who won two gold medals, as well as a silver and a bronze at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, ​​said that her teammate, gymnast Vitaly Shcherbo, raped her during a tournament in Stuttgart in 1991. She was only 15 years old then.

City Kirs, Kirov Region: Wikimedia Commons At the beginning of the week, Rosstat published a rating of regions leading in the number of deaths from alcohol poisoning (most often due to surrogate-approx. TD). The first place in the list was taken by the Kirov region. This region used to fall into research as an area with a high level of alcohol consumption.

Irkutsk firefighters rescued 16 people from a burning nursing home. Five suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and are in serious condition. As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Irkutsk Region, the fire began on the morning of October 18. The premises were heavily smoked. The pensioners were on the second floor, they were evacuated to the balcony, from where they were lowered down on soft stretchers.

The Children's Palliative Foundation has published a translation of the book by British therapist Justin Emery, “A Truly Smart Guide to Palliative Care for Children for Doctors and Nurses Around the World.” The author of the guide has collected his unique 20 years of experience in helping young patients with terminal diagnoses.

The Office of the Investigative Committee of Bashkortostan has begun checking reports of the forcible detention of journalists from a regional television channel at a local farm. Interfax reports this. On October 18, the regional TV channel BST published information on its website that a news crew was “illegally detained on a farm” in the Krasnokamsk region. Journalists went to a farm in the village of New Aktanyshbash to prepare a story about the death of livestock from hunger and disease.

A pensioner from the Trans-Baikal Territory, after the bailiffs withdrew every last penny of his pension from his card, turned to Putin in despair, the Vechorka newspaper reports . 72-year-old Anatoly Vertiprakhov wrote a letter to President Vladimir Putin, where he said that a few days ago absolutely all the money was withdrawn from his bank card, where his pension comes.

The mayor of Kaliningrad, Alexander Yaroshuk, live on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, advised residents of the city who do not have tickets to the 2018 FIFA World Cup to leave the city during the matches. Yaroshuk warned that about 100 thousand tourists, including foreign ones, would come to Kaliningrad during the championship. In this regard, on match days, June 16, 22, 25 and 28, city residents will be given a day off.

Is it worth it to take away the degree from Medinsky (especially against the background of information that the dissertation was not defended), Valery Panyushkin and Ekaterina Barabash argue Ekaterina Barabash Photo: From Personal Archive Ekaterina Barabash : - A strange, unpleasant situation. On the one hand, I do not want to be on the side of those who protect “their” with an administrative resource at the ready - and protect, who doubted.