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In Pskov, the Kluge house, damaged in an accident, located on October Square, was repaired. Deputy Chairman of the Regional Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites Natalya Sergeeva announced that the elements damaged as a result of an accident have been repaired. The repair was carried out in accordance with the approved working drawings. The work was financed by a former employee of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Pskov region, who had caused an accident. On October 18, while driving a private car outside office hours, he lost control and ran into house No. 10a on Oktyabrsky Prospekt. / PAI

A new expert council on folk art crafts will be created in the Pskov region. The resolution approved the regulation on the council and the procedure for classifying products manufactured in the region as samples of folk art crafts. The ordinance itself came into force on 8 December. / PLN

For 10 months of 2015, the infant mortality rate in the Pskov region compared to 10 months of 2014 increased by 1.5 times due to the death of children from 1 month to 1 year (postneonatal mortality). The relevant information is indicated in the materials for the meeting of the administration of the Pskov region by the head of the State Committee for Health and Pharmacy Igor Potapov. The issue on which the official was supposed to submit a report will be considered at a meeting on December 29. The number of children who died at home without seeking medical help increased by 2.6 times. According to the agency, 8 children died at home in 10 months, which accounted for 15% of the total number of children who died under 1 year old. In the structure of mortality, respiratory diseases account for 57% (4 cases). At the same time, the parents of the deceased children did not seek medical help. 43% (3 cases) are accidents, injuries, poisoning - conditionally preventable causes. / PLN

The governor of the Pskov region, Andrey Turchak, proposed testing first-year students of higher educational institutions for the early detection of illegal use of narcotic and psychotropic drugs. To date, adolescents over 13 years of age are covered by socio-psychological testing, students of schools, colleges, and also young people undergo a medical examination for drugs during the initial military registration. As for the surveys for drug use, this year more than 2.2 thousand students have passed them, four samples were positive. Close work is being carried out with each of them on the basis of a narcological dispensary, said Igor Potapov, chairman of the Pskov Region State Committee for Health and Pharmacy. / PLN

The Russian film "Battalion" directed by Dmitry Meskhiev won five prizes at the International Film Festival in Marbella (Spain) I Filmmaker International Film Festival. The picture won in the nominations "Best Drama Film", "Best Producer" (Igor Ugolnikov, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Dmitry Rudovsky), "Best Director" (Dmitry Meskhiev), "Best Actress" (Maria Aronova) and "Best Cinematographer" (Ilya Averbakh). ). To date, the prize fund of the film consists of more than 25 Russian and foreign awards. Among them - the Grand Prix of the International Film Festival Catalina Film Festival, Los Angeles; Grand Prix of the International Film Festival in Mumbai, etc. The film tells about the feat of the women's battalion under the command of Maria Bochkareva, formed in Petrograd by order of the Provisional Government in 1917. Filming took place in the Pskov region. "Battalion" was filmed with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Russian Military Historical Society and the Russian Geographical Society. / PLN

By December 14, 26 appeals were received to the conciliation commission on the draft law of the Pskov region "On the regional budget for 2016" on regional budget expenditures in terms of indicators considered in the second reading, said co-chairman of the commission, vice speaker of the regional Assembly Boris Polozov. He proposed to determine what would be the result of the commission's work. In previous years, based on the results of the work of the commission, the deputies were offered the minutes of the meetings and agreed or unagreed amendments to the budget bill. It is also proposed to prepare responses to applicants. Decisions are made by a commission consisting of representatives of the administration of the Pskov region and the regional Assembly. / PLN