Region The number of Kaliningraders advocating the separation of this region from Russia is increasing. This conclusion was made by experts on the basis of socio-psychological research among residents of the Kaliningrad region. The study of public opinion was carried out by the Department of Information and External Relations of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company with the organizational support of the Kaliningrad Sociological Center.

Photo: KazanReporter.ru On August 12, a year has been performed from the date of the disaster of the atomic submarine "Kursk". Now, when the attention of the world is riveted to the process of lifting the boat and clarifying the causes of the tragedy, it is important to understand what the death of Kursk has become for Russian society. It would not be an exaggeration to say that not a single catastrophe of the last decade has injured the souls of people in Russia as much as the Kursk tragedy.

SPORTS The first matches of the second round were held in the "West" zone of the II division of the Russian Football Championship. And during a short break between the first and second rounds, the president of the Pskov-200 football club, A. Lilitsa, held a press conference. Starting this season Pskov-2000 came under the wing of the regional administration.

A table tennis tournament was held in the sports hall of the Polytechnic Institute. For the first time in Pskov - such a strong tournament, it was attended by 16 masters of sports and 17 candidates for the master. Several tennis players are part of the Russian national team. Unfortunately, among the Pskov tennis players there are no masters yet, so they got 15-16 places. Sergei PAVLOV.

According to Interfax, the State Commission investigating the circumstances of the Su-33 deck fighter disaster, published the first results of its work. Experts believe that the deceased pilot himself, Hero of Russia, deputy commander of marine aviation, Major General Timur Apakidze, is guilty of the aircraft. General Apakidze crashed on July 17 near the island in the Pskov region during a holiday dedicated to the 85th anniversary of naval aviation.

For the third year, at the initiative of the deputy of the regional Assembly Alexander Shulaev and the president of the regional federation of traditional karate WSIR Alexander Shemchenkov, a sports camp for teenagers was organized in Velikie Luki. More than two hundred schoolchildren from Moscow, the Moscow region and Velikiye Luki rested and trained in a pine forest on the shores of Lake Uritskoye. Karate classes were taught by leading Russian experts.

Scientists are preparing to announce a sensation - the first cloned person may soon be born. According to the Drudge Report, an experiment will be conducted in November in which 200 women will be implanted with cloned human embryos. It is likely that this experiment will be carried out on a sea vessel in neutral waters to prevent possible political interference in the experiment. As the agency notes, the experiment will use a technique developed to create a cloned sheep, Dolly.

Suffers In the Dedovichi district, they are trying to cope with the preparation of fodder and harvesting in time. There are more than 8,000 heads of cattle in peasant farms, so a lot of fodder is required. Hay has been mowed 75 percent of the planned plan, and silage has been laid more than 60 percent. In recent years, the sown areas of spring grain have increased. The gross harvest of grain and legumes also increased. Farms are fully self-sufficient in seeds.

In Velikaya, near the railway bridge, salmonella was again found, and cholera vibrio was found near the river port. According to the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision, bacteriological indicators of effluents near the railway bridge, Pokrovskaya Tower, near the river port, st. Luxembourg exceeds the established norms by 25-48 thousand times.

Technologies The Russian government adopted the draft federal target program "Electronic Russia". The program is designed for a period from 2002 to 2010. And it involves the development of information technology in the country. Due to the informatization of the state apparatus, ordinary citizens have the opportunity to observe any state body: according to the program for public access on the Internet, all documents that do not constitute state secrets will be published.

Money The Main Financial Department of the Pskov Region has summed up the results of the consolidated budget execution for the first half of this year. In 2001, subsidies (transfers) were received from the Federal Fund for Financial Support of the Subjects of the Russian Federation in the amount of 925.6 million rubles, in addition, advance subsidies and budget loans were received. Advance subsidies helped to pay wages, purchase fuel, pay off debts for gas and electricity.

At 80, Ivan Nikolaevich Nikolaev looks young - a real colonel, albeit retired. His fate is typical for people of that generation: the war laid an imprint on their entire subsequent life. In the Komsomol set, he became a cadet of the Leningrad Infantry School. S. M. Kirova. On June 10, 1941, he received the title of lieutenant and a direction in the Arctic, where he was found by the war.

Neighbours The governor of the Novgorod region, Mikhail Prusak, gave his consent to the initiative group of citizens to head the new "Democratic Party of Russia". After analyzing the political situation, a group of citizens of the Pskov region created an initiative group to support this idea. The future leader of the party set the task for the Pskov initiative group to consolidate the democratic forces of the region, which share the goals and objectives of the new political party.

In Pushkinskie Gory, the board of the regional department of social protection of the population met. Managers and specialists discussed the financial possibilities of the service and personnel. Repair work in the city polyclinic has been suspended in Dno. The reason is simple - they ran out of money. Of the required 500 thousand rubles, 270 thousand have been disbursed.

Premiere Director Dmitry Meskhiev brought to Pskov for the premiere of his next film, shot in our region. And not only the picture, but also the creative team: the actors who starred in the film "Mechanical Suite", the incomparable Zinaida Sharko, Andrey Zibrov, Mikhail Porechenkov ("national security agent") and Viktor Mitrofanov - a resident of Novorzhev, a part-time actor, by the way, excellent playing the role of a truck driver. But that's not all.