The play “The Michael Jackson Stories”, written by Maria Zhmurova, an actress with autism, will be shown in St. Petersburg. Zhmurova is a participant in the St. Petersburg project “Apartment” , an actress in the plays “Conversations” and “Apartment. Factory of Stories”, musician and student at the “Anton Is Here” center.

Such as Lena - thousands. Few people want to help them. More often they hear the favorite "Why gave birth?" Helping a warm house help I am a fundraiser in the St. Petersburg Charitable Fund "Warm House". We support families from which children can remove. And I really want to tell you the most ordinary story. History, of which there are thousands in our country. About a mother who cannot be finally helped in a year or in two. Which, perhaps, will always need to be a little support.

Kemerovo, Irkutsk and Sverdlovsk regions are leading in mortality from HIV in Russia in 2018, RBC calculated based on data from regional statistical services. In the Kemerovo region, 38.2 thousand people died last year, of which 1,750 died from HIV. The mortality rate from HIV in Kuzbass increased over the year by 11% and amounted to 65.1 cases per 100 thousand residents of the region.

Why are civil activists not looking for large sponsors, preferring unstable private donations to them St. Petersburg is one of the Russian cities with the most pronounced civil activity. Dozens of public organizations work here, and in 2018 the city became a leader among other regions in terms of the number of protests. As a rule, activists work for symbolic money or for free - according to them, organizations often have neither profit nor a salary fund.

The state prosecution has requested four years in prison for the head of the Chechen Memorial, Oyub Titiev, in a drug possession case, Novaya Gazeta reports from the courtroom. The human rights activist's case is being considered in the Shalinsky District Court. On March 11, the debate between the parties began.

The Life Line charity foundation and the St. Petersburg Helvetia Hotel presented a joint project of a literary and musical club. Meetings with people of art will be held at the Helvetia Hotel. All proceeds from the sale of invitation cards will go to the Life Line Foundation: for the treatment of seriously ill children, the purchase of medical equipment, scientific research or other specialized medical programs of the foundation.

Independent activists with disabilities will hold the “Women. Disability. Feminism" . The festival program includes lectures, discussions, film screenings, performances and workshops on a variety of issues - from the representation of women with disabilities in literature to the stigmatization of their sexuality.

The traffic police proposed to equip passenger buses with airbags in order to reduce the number of victims in road accidents. Such an initiative has already been submitted to Rosstandart; the changes are expected to come into force at the beginning of 2020. As Sergei Chipurin, head of the technical supervision department of the State Traffic Inspectorate, told TASS, in addition to airbags, it is planned to strengthen the rigidity of the frame and seat fastenings.

The Supreme Court of Udmurtia sent for compulsory treatment to a psychiatric hospital a resident of Izhevsk, Alexander Kopytov, who was guilty of a domestic gas explosion in a residential building where seven people were killed. According to the press service of the regional prosecutor's office, Kopytov was accused of murdering several people and deliberate destruction of property, but the court decided to release him from criminal liability due to insanity.

On March 11, State Duma Vice-Speaker Irina Yarovaya introduced a bill into the lower house of parliament that would prohibit the transfer of Russians' debts for housing and utility bills to collectors. As reported on Yarovaya’s website, debt collectors often resort to violence and threats when collecting debts.

In Moscow, the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center launched the “Good Deed” project to train volunteer teams. The organizers want to preserve the accumulated potential after the Year of the Volunteer, create new opportunities for volunteer ideas and prepare them for work in socially oriented NPOs. In January, 16 volunteer teams (students, teachers, social workers) began training.

The police of Angarsk, Irkutsk region, refused to initiate a criminal case after checking a video of the ritual burning of five camels by shamans. As city prosecutor Denis Kabatov told Znak.com, the police found out that there was no corpus delicti. The prosecutor's office agreed with this decision. At the end of January in Angarsk, shamans performed the “Zhen Tengeri Yaba” ritual and burned the carcasses of five camels on a huge bonfire.

In Moscow, against activists who were detained before the start of the agreed rally #AgainstRunetIsolation, the police drew up administrative protocols for violating the rules for holding public events. A copy of the document was published on Twitter by one of the leaders of the Libertarian Party of Russia, Mikhail Svetov. The detained guys are charged with the fact that they marched in an organized manner before the agreed rally (!!!!).

New Gazeta published new videos from colony No. 1 of Yaroslavl with bullying and beating prisoners. The publication claims that these videos are at the disposal of the regional Federal Penitentiary Service, but criminal cases against employees have not yet been instituted. The video in the media was handed over to the lawyers of the Public Verdict Foundation.

A resident of the city of Verkhny Ufaley, Chelyabinsk region, complained about doctors at a local hospital who held a corporate party on March 7 during working hours. But the police found no violations. As Tamara Stolyarova told the portal 74.ru, she came to visit her mother, who was in intensive care. But doctors celebrated International Women's Day in the morning, not paying attention to patients.