Today, a ceremonial farewell to the conscripts took place at the regional assembly point. 30 recruits went to serve in Chita, at the district training center of the Siberian Military District. In the future, they should all become sergeants. Today's conscripts are not what they used to be - almost eagles. Now at least it’s not so scary to send recruits into the army. In torn sneakers and old sweatshirts, the future defenders of the homeland looked somehow unconvincing...

“We can say that there is child trafficking in Russia,” said Ekaterina Lakhova, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Women, Family and Youth Affairs. “It’s not only the massive nature of foreign adoption that is alarming, but also the multiple abuses that accompany this process,” continues Ms. Lakhova. Against this background, the Prosecutor General's Office released data: the price for adopting a child can reach up to 50 thousand dollars.

This morning, workers of the municipal enterprise "Tomskstroyzakazchik" wanted to demolish the house on Ivan Chernykh, 8. They knocked down only part of the fence. The house itself, in which the nine-year-old child was located, was not touched. The police arrived at the scene. Resident: “How can you come and demolish a house in which a person lives with a young child? Without warning! Nine-year-old Danil was home alone at the moment when the bulldozer arrived.

Residents of the village of Timiryazevo are fighting for the pine forest. In the forest in front of their houses, one of the construction companies was going to make a clearing. Cranes and trucks must pass along it to the new construction site. Now people go into the forest not for a walk, but to stop workers who are cutting down trees. This is not the first day that residents of Timiryazev have stopped loggers. Today the ax and saw are put aside again. But hardly for long.