On July 26, 2017, Vladimir Putin met with representatives of non -profit organizations (NPOs), charitable foundations, volunteer movement and social entrepreneurs. Various suggestions were made at the meeting: for example, to reform the system of neuropsychiatric boarding schools, more similar to prisons, allow volunteers to look for people by a mobile phone signal, expand the list of technical means of rehabilitation for people with disabilities.

The investigation detained four more employees of Yaroslavl correctional colony No. 1 on suspicion of torturing prisoner Yevgeny Makarov. Mediazona reports this. The court in Yaroslavl on August 2 will consider the investigation's requests for the arrest of four suspects. The names and positions of the detainees were not specified by the press service of the Yaroslavl Regional Court. The total number of defendants in the torture case has increased to 12 people.

On August 1, the Nochlezhka charity organization launched a campaign to collect drinking water for homeless people, “How to Give Drinks.” The charity organization “Takim Dela” said that in St. Petersburg those in need have nowhere to find a source of safe drinking water: homeless people have to drink from city rivers and canals, with corresponding health consequences.

In Oryol, city council deputies decided to announce a competition for a loan of 102 million rubles. As Kommersant reports , the loan is needed to pay off debts on insurance premiums of ten budget organizations, including schools, kindergartens, the Russian Style Theater and the cultural department. The accounts were frozen after running out of money to pay taxes and tax deductions. As of July 1, the debt for food alone in educational institutions amounted to almost 190 million rubles.

The regional prosecutor's office discovered a cell in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in the city of Vladimir, where some prisoners, on instructions from the management, tortured and raped others. Criminal cases have been opened against two prisoners and six employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service, the department reports . The torture chamber was discovered during an investigation into the murder of one of the prisoners.

In July, for the first time since 2009, the probability of mass protests with economic demands in the minds of Russians exceeded the threshold of 40%. These survey data were published by Levada Center. 28% of respondents are ready to participate in protests, and this is the highest figure in the “post-Crimean” period.

In Magadan, three employees of IK-3 were convicted of ignoring the torture of a prisoner by fellow inmates. The case was initiated under the article “Negligence resulting in grievous bodily harm.” As the press service of the regional investigative committee reported , 13 convicts mocked the man, as a result of which he developed a mental disorder. Being under extreme stress, the victim attempted to commit suicide.

In Pavlovsky Posad, near Moscow, six traffic police inspectors who participated in a fatal fight were fired. This was reported by the press service of the Moscow Region Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The fight occurred on the night of July 21 near one of the restaurants. 34-year-old Evgeny Tolstov was relaxing with friends.

The Federal Passenger Company (FPK, a subsidiary of Russian Railways) decided to make a temporary economy-budget class of service from old cars. This is reported in the company's annual report. Now the company has three classes of service - business, comfort and economy. In the temporary fourth class, old carriages without air conditioning and dry toilets will be used. These cars will continue to be put into trains until they are completely scrapped.

On August 11 and 12, the Golitsyn Hall cultural center in St. Petersburg will host a Boutique Sale, a charity market for branded items. The AdVita charity foundation told “Such Deeds” about this. About 50 Russian designers will take part in the market, donating items and accessories from their brands for sale. The money raised at the event will go to the AdVita fund, which helps people with cancer.

Central African media Palmarescentrafrique.com reported that Russian journalists Orhan Dzhemal, Alexander Rastorguev and Kirill Radchenko were kidnapped, interrogated and killed. The Bell, citing a local publication, reports that militants of the Muslim group Seleka, who control the outskirts of the city of Dekoa (it is located on the route along which the Russians were traveling), were involved in the murder. The militants are led by a man named Nureddin Adam.

Reception parenthood looks like a marathon, and even with obstacles. Why take a child in return for the deceased blood is a bad idea, what expectations lead to the return of children to the orphanage, how to prepare for the Marathon of parenthood and not get out of the distance, says psychologist Elena Kondrashkina Help the family to help children Run, go, lie down Elena Kondrashkina Photo: provided by ANO "Family Children" - If I offer you right now to run a marathon, will you agree?

Was there a pork plague in the Tyumen region? Locals do not believe, suspect competitors. How the village survives after the closure of the main enterprise In November last year, at a pig -breeding enterprise, Kolos LLC in the village of Shorokhovo, the Tyumen region, recorded an outbreak of African pigs of pigs (ASF).

Representatives of cinema chains and film festival organizers asked President Vladimir Putin to intervene in the situation with new film screening rules. On July 27, the State Duma adopted amendments to the law “On State Support of Cinematography of the Russian Federation,” prohibiting the demonstration in cinemas of films that do not have a distribution certificate, outside of international film festivals with a competitive program and jury.

The Russian Ministry of Health has compiled a ranking of regions by the number of diseases. As RT reports , in 2017, the most diseases were recorded in the Altai Territory - 253 thousand diseases per 100 thousand inhabitants. Next come St. Petersburg (236 thousand), Nenets Autonomous Okrug (almost 231 thousand), Karelia (230 thousand) and Komi (also 230 thousand).