On November 7, at the age of 63, human rights activist Sergei Sharov-Delone died . The last months of his life, he fought with lung cancer. Sharov-Delone led the school of a public defender , where they teach to defend himself from the illegal actions of the police, to competently behave in court or after the detention at the rally. The school has become a joint project of Rus Sitting and the Sakharov Center.

In 2018, the number of doctors was reduced in 55 regions of Russia; ambulance workers are leading in the number of layoffs - there were 534 fewer of them. At the same time, the number of ambulance paramedics increased by 370 people. RBC reports this with reference to statistics from the Ministry of Health. The number of emergency doctors in the Tula region and Chechnya has decreased by more than 20%.

Human rights activist Sergei Sharov-Delaunay died at the age of 63. Olga Romanova, chairman of the Sitting Rus' organization, announced this on Facebook. The cause was lung cancer. Sharov-Delaunay's son Alexander Sharov wrote that his father died at 11 pm on November 7. “We have been fighting cancer in recent months. We didn’t have time,” he said. Sergei Sharov-Delone was the cousin of the famous Soviet writer and dissident Vadim Delaunay.

Social activists and human rights activists will create a commission to investigate violations of the rights to freedom of assembly in Moscow. The resolution was adopted during a round table in the Moscow City Duma, reports Ekho Moskvy . The head of the commission’s organizing committee was lawyer Mikhail Biryukov. He said that its participants want to submit proposals to change the legislation on rallies.

In almost 90% of Russian cities in which Roshydromet specialists studied the level of air pollution, sanitary and hygienic standards are exceeded. This is stated in the department's annual report. Experts analyzed observation data from 667 stations in 246 cities and came to the conclusion that the quality of atmospheric air remains unsatisfactory.

Representatives of Russian movements and organizations published a joint statement against the import of uranium “tails” from Germany to Russia. The document was published on the Greenpeace website . In the statement, activists demanded that the Russian government and the Rosatom state corporation stop importing waste uranium hexafluoride (DUHF) and not allow future imports, as well as disclose information about the deal between Urenco and Tradewill Ltd (a subsidiary of Techsnabexport OJSC).

From November 15 to 18, the international festival “Renewable Energy Without a State” will be held in Moscow. His goal is to talk about clean energy technologies, developing the industry without government subsidies, and creating a community of entrepreneurs and activists in this field. The festival will include lectures, a series of open discussions and interactive sessions.

Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra Natalya Komarova issued a decree amending the code of ethics and official conduct of state civil servants in the region.

The majority of Russians are ready to assist police officers in solving crimes: providing information, being witnesses and participating in arrests. Sociologists also recorded a record low number of reports of police violations of citizens' rights. As TASS reports , citing the results of a VTsIOM survey, 87% of respondents would agree to tell a police officer the details of the incident they witnessed.

Two residents of the city of Lytkarino, Moscow Region, repaired the apartment of a single mother, whose guardianship authorities had taken her daughter, for free. The main condition for the child's return was improvement of living conditions. According to the publication Lytkarino Online, Nadezhda is raising two daughters alone. She left her husband because he did not work, abused alcohol and beat her. Since the woman did not have money for repairs, the apartment became almost uninhabitable.

A modeling agency for children and teenagers from orphanages and foster families , Age Agency , was launched in Russia. The project is aimed at socialization and creative development of participants. Psychologists, acting and modeling teachers, and fashion experts will work with the participants. They will learn how the creative sphere works and see the work of different specialists during the educational and work process. The agency currently employs three models.

The Arbitration Court of the Sverdlovsk Region rejected the claim of the regional Ministry of Social Policy against the “I am Special” charitable foundation for helping children with autism spectrum disorders. The ministry demanded that the fund recover part of the compensation in the amount of 12.7 thousand rubles. The case was considered on November 6 under simplified proceedings. Only the operative part has been published; it does not explain why the court made this decision.

Lawyer Yulia Kartysheva reported that in Yekaterinburg, bailiffs are going to evict local resident Nikolai from an apartment on Cherepanova Street. His 80-year-old father, Boris Boyarskikh, complained about the man: according to the pensioner, his son beat him because of housing, reports E1.ru. Boris Boyarskikh lives in a three-room apartment with his son Nikolai, his wife and children. The court found that 5/6 of the apartment belongs to the pensioner, the rest to Nikolai.

On November 12 in St. Petersburg, at the Skorokhod theater venue, the premiere of a documentary play about child sexual abuse, “Everyone was at home,” will take place . The production is based on the real stories of victims.

The social network VKontakte and the Association of Interactive Agencies in Moscow held a conference for charitable foundations VK for Good. It ended with an auction of digital services, where seven NPOs received 1,950 free hours of advertising agency work, the VKontakte press service reports. At the auction, socially oriented non-profit organizations talked about their goals and objectives. More than 20 advertising agencies voted on their hours of work.