As to January 28, 16 people froze to death in the Crimea. The greater number of death appeared inn Nizhegorsky district, which suffered from the hardest frost. However, chronicle of tragic consequence of frost is much wider. P
Festive meeting dedicated to the Day of shipbuilding foundation in Russia is held today on Admiralteistvo quay near the monument to Tsar-Carpenter. The action is held on the initiative of the Sea Council attached to St.Petersburg Government, reported the press-service of Governor`s Administration.
As the press-service of Moscow city telephone network (MCTN) informs, the period of transition when in Moscow two codes 095 and 495 operated in parallel, will be finished on February 1.
Viktor Marchenko, one of the owners of the building, is placed under guard.
Defenders of Orthodox rights are going to join together and object against the gay festival scheduled on spring on the day of equal to the apostles Cyril and Methodius. The participants of the round table, held in Patriarchal church in town, declared about it.
Almost 10 % more Russia`s citizens dislike anti-Semitism.
On January 27, Friday, St. Petersburg commemorates 62th anniversary of complete reversal of fascists blockade. On this day in 1944 Leningrad`s 900-day siege was raised.
All Russian fishing internet club "Rusfishing.ru" has announced the annual fishing festival "Battle of Penguins 2006" is to be held near Moscow in water area of Tsimlyanskoye reservoir. The Festival is to gather ice-fishing addicts, who are dearly called Penguins by people.
The Russian Federation Government is to correct Road Rules, which has come into force since January 1, Premier Minister Mikhail Fradkov said to journalists.
A work of international program of deer-raising development "Ofelas" will be activated in Yugra.
In the view of severe frost pupils of 1-7 grades will not attend school in Tumen.
State unitary enterprise "Mosgortrans" has established special "hot line" for reception of complaints about poor heating in overland public transport. The number of "hot line" is 9535547. While calling one should name the number of unheated car.
Chechen vice-premier was awarded a title of academician of natural sciences "by petition of respected scientists".
Spontaneous protest action against increase of housing and communal services` tariffs took place on Thursday in Ulyanovsk.
At present moment 10 millions of illegal migrants live in Russia, informed vice-director of Russian Federal Migration Service Vyacheslav Postavnin. 80% of Russian illegal migrants originate from Commonwealth of Independent States.
By initiative of Kuznetsk Basin`s governor Aman Tuleev, women, whose absence will not affect industrial process, will be granted day-offs during frosty working days. This was informed by press-service of Kemerov regional administration.
Believers from all over Russia visit Christ image depicted supposedly in IX century on a mountain in Karachaevo-Cherkesia.
In Russian education it is necessary to determine such activity as the quality of education. It is announced by the prime minister Aleksandr Zhukov today during the meeting of the government of the Russian Federation.
St.Petersburg Governor Valentina Matvienko and the chairman of St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly Vadim Tyulpanov have congratulated veterans, those who survived in the Blockade, and all the citizens of St.Petersburg on the Day of complete Leningrad`s reversal of fascists blockade.
The press-service of the Committee of industrial policy and trade economic development reports that 3 million St.Peterburg citizens attended bath-houses of the city in 2005. Every third visitor took an advantage of "day of grace". 44 organizations of bath industry (53 bath-houses) render bathing services in St. Petersburg, 28 of them (34 bath-houses) serve the visitors at the fixed tariffs. Provision of washing places is 1,42 per a thousand people, which 9,2% more than a standard rate.
Russian base is to appear on the Moon earlier, than American astronauts land on it. "We are planning to construct the permanent station on the Moon by 2015, and since 2020 commercial production of rare on the Earth isotope helium-3", informed Nikolai Sevastianov, the head of Space Rocket corporation "Energia".
Citizens of Saratov have observed a rare atmospheric phenomenon: on Wednesday morning "three" suns rose from the horizon and stayed for a while at one horizontal line. There also was a shining crown above the middle luminary.
Southern Ural inhabitants spend a lot of money on public utilities.
Krasnodar Administration Head decree from January 24 recommends to Krasnodar transportation utilities, serving the city citizens on the routs of taxies, buses, trolleybuses and trams, to turn to a shortened operating regime in the evenings.
On January 24 Center of psychological help under Russian Emergency Ministry sets up "hot line" in Moscow for people in crisis situation.