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Estonia offered Russia its help in fighting fires on peat bogs in the Pskov region, at its own expense. This decision was made at an extraordinary meeting of the government of this country. The Estonian Rescue Board prepared a group of 30 specially trained firefighters, as well as equipment and equipment, for shipment to Russia. The Pskov regional authorities thanked Estonia for the offer, but replied that they did not need help. / PAI

On August 16, Director of the Federal Border Guard Service of Russia Konstantin Totsky and Head of the Finnish Border Guard Lieutenant-General Hannu Ahonen paid an official visit to the Pskov Region. The Russian and Finnish delegations got acquainted with the work of border guards on the section of the Russian-Estonian border in Kunichina Gora, went on excursions to the Pskov-Pechora Monastery and discussed issues of border cooperation with Yevgeny Mikhailov. / PAI

The main department of construction, architecture and housing and communal services of the regional administration sent a letter to the regional prosecutor's office, in which it asks to investigate violations in the construction and financing of the monument to the paratroopers of the 6th company, opened on August 1, 2002 (architect - A. Tsarik). According to the applicants, so far the customer of the object (the Airborne Forces command) has not submitted the necessary documents to ensure the structural stability of the monument. The letter also refers to violations during the 2nd round of the competition for the best project of the monument at the expanded meeting of the Military Council of the Airborne Forces on November 23, 2000. / PAI

A complete shutdown of the Pskovskaya GRES is no longer a threat, however, a 20% gas supply restriction remains. On August 13, there was a threat of a complete shutdown of the Pskovskaya GRES due to its debt to Pskovregiongaz LLC. On August 15, according to Pskovregiongaz, the state district power plant made payment and partially repaid the debt. / PAI

Bidding for the sale of the unfinished building of the hotel OJSC "Intourist-Pskov", scheduled for August 20, did not take place. The reason is that none of the companies that expressed a desire to participate in the competition offered a worthy (according to the commission) price. In accordance with the law on privatization, new auctions will be held until December 31. The regional administration believes that a hotel cannot cost less than $2.5-3 million. / PAI

The regional administration intends to control the use of 8 million dollars allocated for the reconstruction of the facilities of the city water canal by the World Bank. The five-party social loan agreement will have a clause according to which the regional administration will be able to check how the funds borrowed from the World Bank are used. / PAI

The Collegium for Civil Cases of the regional court recognized as legitimate the verdict of the city court of Velikiye Luki on the suit of the mayor of the city, Alexei Migrov, against the city Duma in connection with the illegal, in his opinion, election of Lidia Golubeva as the chairman of the Duma. The court confirmed that, according to the charter of the city, the mayor of Velikiye Luki has the right to vote at Duma meetings on all issues of city life, except for issues related to the self-dissolution of the Duma and the election of its chairman. / PLN

The head of the regional department for civil defense and emergency situations, Viktor Komissarov, sent a letter to the mayor of Pskov, Mikhail Khoronen, with a proposal to suspend the construction of a shopping complex in Pskov along Rizhsky Prospekt near the Universam store. A number of functional, fire-fighting and sanitary requirements have not been resolved by the project of the shopping complex. It was proposed to suspend the construction of the facility until the results of the project examination and its approval by all supervisory authorities are received. / PAI

Teachers of the Pskov Polytechnic Institute intend to improve their qualifications in India. The consulate of this country in Russia offers a program of advanced training in information technology and economics. Three teachers from the Polytechnic Institute sent their questionnaires to the Indian Consulate. The course of study will be 6-10 weeks. / PAI

Sergei Vinogradov, who scored 14170 points at the Russian ballooning championship in Dmitrov, near Moscow, became a three-time champion of Russia in ballooning. Thus, he will be able to take part in the International competitions in France. / PAI