The Federal Penitentiary Service explained how New Year's leisure activities will be organized for Russian prisoners.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has proposed introducing an indefinite residence permit for foreign citizens. The bill is planned to come into force in September 2019. Information on the development of the bill was published on the federal portal of regulatory legal acts. If the initiative is approved, foreigners will not have to renew their residence permits every five years.

Yekaterinburg resident Rinat Shaidullin was kicked off the bus for the second time because of a stowaway guide dog. As TASS reports, this happened when the man was returning from a meeting at the carrier, at which they discussed the inadmissibility of such conduct by conductors. On December 20, a city bus conductor threatened a blind passenger with physical violence for refusing to pay for a guide dog, although according to federal law their transportation is free.

The head of the movement “For Human Rights” Lev Ponomarev said that the human rights organization is on the verge of closure. On the radio station “Echo of Moscow,” Ponomarev explained that for the first time in eight years, the organization did not receive a presidential grant, which is the main source of funding for “For Human Rights.” He admitted that because of this, the organization could stop working. “We were left without presidential grants for 2019.

Economists from the National Research University Higher School of Economics said that real incomes of Russians risk falling again in 2019, since the rate of increase in wages is not enough for growth. Such conclusions are contained in the report of the Development Center of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, reports RBC .

In 2018, the number of Russians with low incomes who engage in charity work increased. This trend breaks the stereotype that only the rich give. This research data was obtained by the Dobro Mail.ru service. Almost two thirds of service users interested in philanthropy are women. The majority of philanthropists are between 25 and 35 years old, they are family people, and half of them have children under 16 years of age.

Charity Shops in Moscow and regional “Dobro-hands” from 2019 will be called “Second Wind” - just like the foundation that organized their opening. The “Second Wind” foundation spoke about the change in the corporate identity of “Takim Dela”. As the foundation explained, they abandoned the names Charity Shop and Dobro-hands so that the Second Wind brand would gain integrity.

The Leninogorsk District Court of Tatarstan sentenced MVD majors Albert Samigullin and Vitaly Mustafin in the case of torture of a detained plumber. This was reported by Zona Prava. District police officers Vitaly Mustafin and Albert Samigullin were found guilty of exceeding official powers with the use of violence (Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code). They were sentenced to suspended sentences of four and five years. Both are banned from working in law enforcement for two years.

A resident of Tyumen saved an eight-year-old boy who got lost in 35-degree frost. The man noticed the child alone on the street at five in the morning. As the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for Tyumen reported , on the evening of December 25, the student quarreled with his parents over a bad grade and left home to visit his grandmother without permission. On the way, the boy got lost and went into the nearest entrance, where he spent the whole night.

The official representative of the Prosecutor General's Office, Alexander Kurennoy, during a conversation with journalists on the departmental Internet channel "Efir", agreed with the opinion of the head of the Moscow City Court that the quality of the work of investigators has deteriorated over the past year. According to Kurennoy, quoted by Interfax, over the 11 months of 2018, prosecutors identified more than 4.5 million violations of the law at the pre-trial stage of the criminal process.

The ECA movement invited Russians to give their loved ones an original and environmentally friendly gift for the New Year - a real forest. This can be done with the help of the “PosadiLes” project. To do this, you need to go to the website PosadiLes.ru , select the number of trees for a gift, make a contribution for their planting and issue a special gift certificate. In the spring, ECA activists will plant these trees in forest areas affected by fires.

According to the Humanitarian Action Foundation, in the first nine months of 2018, the number of acute drug poisonings in St. Petersburg doubled. The foundation has compiled a map of overdoses. It reflects the number of acute drug poisonings in St. Petersburg districts per 100 thousand residents, the number of poisonings in absolute numbers, the number of deaths as a result of poisoning, and the number of drug poisonings among minors.

The Russian government has approved the concept for the development of volunteerism until 2025, and the corresponding document was signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The concept defines the main directions for the development of volunteerism in the country over the next six years. As part of the concept, it is prescribed to involve volunteers in work in social and educational institutions, as well as in providing assistance in emergency situations.

The Ministry of Labor expects that by March 2019 more than 230 thousand Russians may lose their jobs. Those at risk include financial professionals and transport workers. As Izvestia writes with reference to the ministry’s analytical note, the forecast is based on a survey of 46 thousand organizations employing 12 million people. The analysis took into account employers' plans to terminate the contract or the already completed transfer of employees to part-time work.

One evening in the kitchen, I told my daughter the story of my very first love, and suddenly my daughter says: “Write her, I will tell my grandchildren, even the face to you.” And, having given me a task, it leaves with Dovlatov’s book, and I stay with a sagging jaw and I think if I am ready to become a grandmother, if I (according to the sensation, and not according to passport) are less than it now, and less than it was when he appeared in my life.