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Pskov Customs took third place in the nomination "Best team of border customs" in 2014. A little earlier, the staff of the Pskov Customs, according to the results of activities for 2014, was recognized as the best among the border customs of the North-Western Customs Administration. In 2014, the Pskov customs transferred 21 billion 438 million 308 thousand rubles to the federal budget. / PLN

1 million 374 thousand rubles were allocated from the reserve fund of the administration of the Pskov region to help the families of soldiers who died during the Chechen campaign. By March 1, 79 people received assistance in the amount of 25 thousand rubles. / PLN

Sergei Rekunenko has been elected Deputy Head of the Overhaul Fund in the Pskov Region. Initially, 6 people applied to participate in the competition, but only three came to the interview that took place the day before. Sergei Rekunenko will take the position of Deputy Head of the Overhaul Fund in the Pskov Region with a trial period of six months. / PLN

On March 4, hearings on the development of rural areas are held at the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. The Pskov region is represented at the hearings by Alexander Konashenkov, President of the Pskov Farmer Association. During the hearings, the pressing problems of rural areas of Russia, including the Pskov region, which have already been raised by Alexander Konashenkov and other members of the Pskov Farmer at the 26th Congress of the Association of Peasant (Farm) Enterprises and Agricultural Cooperatives of Russia (AKKOR), held on 11 - February 12, 2015. The issues of the state of Russian agriculture, including the problems of import substitution, were discussed with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture (represented by Deputy Minister A.V. Petrikov), heads of structural divisions of the ministry, representatives of Rosagroleasing, State Duma deputies and members of the Federation Council. / PLN

March 3 at the Historical and Local Lore Library. I.I. Vasilyev met with the Pskov writer Alexander Bologov. The literary evening was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory and is called "The Great Patriotic War in my destiny." Alexander Bologov shared his memories of what he had to endure during the war as a 9-year-old boy. As the writer himself says, those trials later became the material for many of his works, and the heroes of the stories are those who then lived next to him. / PLN

Alina Pavlova from Pskov took second place in blitz. On February 28, St. Petersburg hosted the blitz championships of the Northwestern Federal District among men and women. International master Maria Komyagina (Arkhangelsk region) won the women's tournament thanks to the best additional indicators. Second place went to FIDE Master Alina Pavlova (Pskov Region), third place went to the youngest participant of the tournament, FIDE Master Elizaveta Solozhenkina. Ekaterina Ustich (Kaliningrad) advanced to the last "outgoing" fourth place, ahead of Polina Monina. / PLN