In at least four regions of Russia, pharmacies and medical institutions are faced with a shortage of saline solution, which is used for injections and droppers. RTVI writes about this with reference to local media. Doctors and pharmacists from the Tyumen, Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions, as well as the Perm Territory, complained about the shortage of saline solution.

In Moscow, a court sentenced pediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova to five and a half years in prison because she allegedly spoke critically about a “special military operation” in Ukraine during one of her appointments. The defense is confident of the doctor’s innocence and slander against her. At least 150 doctors also spoke out in defense of the pediatrician and signed an open letter asking him to stop harassing his colleague.

The State Duma immediately adopted in the second and third readings a law prohibiting the adoption or placement of Russian children in guardianship to citizens of countries where trans-transition is allowed. This is stated on the website of the lower house of parliament. “In Austria, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, there are no age restrictions for legal gender change.

State Duma deputies adopted in the second and third readings a law banning childfree propaganda on the Internet, the media, cinema and advertising. This is stated on the website of the lower house of parliament. “We are talking specifically about protecting citizens, primarily the younger generation, from information disseminated in the media that negatively affects the formation of personality,” said State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin.

Botirjon Shermuhammad was born and raised in Uzbekistan. He studied to become a lawyer in Tashkent, and then decided to continue his studies at MGIMO. However, after moving to Russia, his life changed dramatically: Botirzhon had to work at a construction site and live in a barracks for 10–15 people. He faced bureaucracy, xenophobia and violation of his rights. Then Botirjon began counseling other migrants who were experiencing similar difficulties.

The State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes recommended refusing to increase special social payments to emergency doctors. Medvestnik writes about this with reference to Alexei Kurinny, a member of the Duma Committee on Health Protection. “The situation in the ambulance is getting worse and worsening. I think it will force us to reconsider social payments, despite the government’s formal reluctance to do this,” Kurinny said.

Massive concern about the phenomenon of quadrobers, which we recently wrote about, forced us to return to this issue. “Takiye Dela” collected the most prominent initiatives and statements of Russian politicians aimed at teenagers in masks, and asked the teenagers themselves to comment on these historical statements in order to provide an opportunity for both sides to speak out.