16 August 2019, 13:48 In Volkhov, Leningrad Region, a wall collapsed during the dismantling of an empty building, killing two workers, 78.ru reports , citing a source in law enforcement. In May, scaffolding collapsed near St. Petersburg during the construction of Formula 1 track facilities. Several workers were injured . In February, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case due to the collapse of ceilings in the building of the St.

The order of the Ministry of Education and Science to limit contacts between Russian and foreign scientists was not submitted to the Ministry of Justice for registration. Therefore, it has no force. As the Ministry of Justice told RBC, the order of Education Minister Mikhail Kotyukov, which limits the communication of Russian scientists with foreign colleagues, was not received by the department.

The social network Odnoklassniki and the Dobro Mail.ru service have launched a campaign to help homeless animals. The launch was timed to coincide with World Homeless Animals Day on August 17, the press service of Dobro Mail.ru reported. The social network has launched the “Dobro Mail.ru” application, where users can transfer donations to funds working with animals. The funds will be used to pay for food, medicine or the maintenance of the animal. The donation amount can be any.

In Moscow, the mother of the child with epilepsy, who ordered a frizium, was detained - an anticonvulsant drug not registered in Russia. She passes a witness in the criminal case of drug smuggling. A year ago, the mother of a seriously ill child Ekaterina Konnova was in a similar situation: she was accused of selling drugs for trying to resell an unregistered drug against seizures that was not useful to her son.

The Utair plane returned to Vnukovo after a collision with a flock of birds, reports AGN Moskva. The airliner was heading from Moscow to Ufa. During takeoff, the plane collided with a flock of birds, one of them hit the glass, but it remained intact. Nevertheless, the plane returned to Vnukovo and landed safely. The flight to Ufa will take place at 15:30, after the plane has been changed.

In the AIDS center of the Tula region, there is no lamivudin for more than two months-a drug that is included in most HIV therapy schemes. Patients are offered to buy it on their own, change the scheme or take an incomplete set of drugs. People with HIV told “such matters” as they are trying to get a vital medicine. Photo: Igor Nizov / Photobank Lori Problems with purchases For the first half of 2019, every fourth state contract for the supply of drugs in Russia broke .

The Yandex.Taxi service has launched a special tariff for people who use wheelchairs and their accompanying people. Cars with rails and fastenings for securing the seat have been prepared for them, and drivers are trained to help the passenger comfortably fit in and out of the car. As reported in the press release of the service, the “Special” tariff was developed jointly with the government of the Sverdlovsk region.

The Ministry of Health of the Tula Region told Takim Dela about the supply of drugs for HIV therapy. The public movement “Patient Control” reported that the drug lamivudine ran out in the region back in June. The press service of the Ministry of Health of the Tula Region stated that on August 16, the AIDS center received drugs for the treatment of HIV, including 3,272 packages of lamivudine. The department assured that patients have already begun receiving the drugs.

The pilots who landed the A321 plane in a corn field were awarded the titles of Heroes of Russia. The remaining crew members were awarded Orders of Courage, the Kremlin press service reports . Co-pilot Georgy Murzin and commander Damir Yusupov became heroes of Russia.

The organizers of the rally in support of the Khachaturian sisters reported that they were denied permission to hold a picket on Sretensky Gate Square on August 18 in Moscow. Instead, the authorities proposed holding the event in Sokolniki Park. The response from the Deputy Prefect of the Central Administrative District of Moscow said that to hold a picket in another place, the organizers need to submit an application no later than three days before the event.

The Investigative Committee, using the same wording, rejected six people who reported being beaten by security forces during protests in Moscow. This was reported by the human rights organization “Zone of Law”. Participants of the action on July 27, Konstantin Konovalov, Kirill Belousov, Evgeny Dubinin, Alexey Semenov, and participants of the action on August 3, Andrei Kurgin and minor Alexander Kostyuk, received standard refusals to consider statements of crime.

The Russian Ministry of Health will evaluate the effectiveness of Frizium, an anticonvulsant drug not registered in Russia, for ordering which two mothers of seriously ill children were detained in a month. As the press service of the Ministry of Health told TASS, Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova instructed the Russian Antiepileptic League to prepare an expert opinion on the effectiveness of freesium.

In Ulyanovsk, the court upheld the claim of Left Bloc activist Danila Alferyev and ordered the Ministry of Finance to pay him 200 thousand rubles for illegal criminal prosecution. The activist was accused of calling for extremist activities.

In Nazran, a 19-year-old resident was suspected of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl - he wanted to marry her, reports the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for Ingushetia. Her mother reported the girl missing to the police on the evening of August 14. The teenager was taken away in a VAZ-2110 car. The investigative team found the girl and handed her over to her parents.

Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Valery Boyarinev reported on the progress of the inspection in the St. Petersburg pre-trial detention center-1, known as “Crosses-2,” writes RIA Novosti . In early August, the project against corruption and torture in Russia, Gulagu.net, reported on the torture of prisoners in this institution. According to Boyarinev, the inspection revealed numerous violations of the conditions of convicts and established facts of beatings and extortion.