According to the Estonian business newspaper Aripaev, international logistics firm Wallenius Wilhelmsen is ready to move its car transit distribution center to Estonia. The newspaper claims that Wallenius is now waiting for the completion of the construction of a new terminal for ro-ro ships in the port of Paldiski (near Tallinn). The terminal, which is being built by the Tallinna Sadam concern, should be put into operation this summer.

Transferring the 76th Airborne Division to a contract basis will require 2.6 billion rubles This was announced to journalists by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov following his meeting with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on May 20. According to Ivanov, at a meeting with the head of the Russian state, plans were discussed for the transition of the Russian army to a contract system.

A memorial chapel will appear in Pskov, reminiscent of "a tragic moment in the history of our Fatherland." The public commission under the administration of Pskov discussed the issue "On the location of the chapel in honor of Emperor Nicholas II." The question aroused no less lively discussion among the members of the commission than the question of the installation of a monument to Princess Olga by Zurab Tsereteli.

Pskovexpo is working to improve its status From May 28 to May 31, Pskov will host the 9th international exhibition Pskovexpo. According to the head of the Pskov Chamber of Commerce Tamara Khudevich, the exhibition will be attended by representatives of Russian companies, as well as guests from the Netherlands, Estonia, Finland and Poland.

For 10 years, the official number of drug addicts in the region has increased by almost 8 times In the first quarter of 2002, 181 drug trafficking crimes were registered in the Pskov region. Among this number of crimes are large and especially large - 130, related to the sphere of grave and especially grave - 71. 71 criminal cases were investigated, 78 persons who committed drug-related crimes were identified, the Main Department of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations reported.

The regional authorities promise that the hotel complex on the banks of the Great River will be completed At a press conference held on May 20, Deputy Heads of the Regional Administration Vladimir Blank and Anatoly Saltykov told the audience about the fate of the long-term construction hotel Intourist. The history of the hotel construction dates back to the last century: having started in 1988, it has not been completed to this day.

The Pskov Museum-Reserve celebrated the 100th anniversary of his housewarming On May 19, the Pskov State Museum-Reserve celebrated the 100th anniversary from the moment when the Museum of the Pskov Archaeological Society was opened in the building of the Podgankins. This year, the Pskov historical-artistic and architectural museum-reserve turns 126 years old. Currently, he is an association consisting of the head museum and 14 branches located in different areas of the region.

A regular meeting of the public commission on streamlining street names, naming municipal institutions and justifying the installation of monuments, memorial signs and memorial plaques, created under the administration of Pskov, was held.

At a press conference in Pskov, the deputy governor of the Pskov region, Vladimir Blank, outlined the main points of the regional administration's strategy in the field of forest management. First of all, the owner must appear in the forest, for which it is necessary to restore the management of the forest complex. Secondly, commercial forest management should be separated from non-commercial. And most importantly, funding for reforestation work has been normalized.

The agreement on the resumption of water communication between the Pskov region and Estonia may be signed this summer Water communication between the Pskov region and Estonia may be resumed this summer, Anatoly Saltykov, deputy governor of the Pskov region, announced this at a press conference in Pskov today.

In recent years, the problem of territorial-administrative reform is a common topic of discussion in the media. Under the Soviet regime, the “redrawing” of the territories of the republics, regions and regions was quite normal. After the collapse of the USSR, the former autonomous districts and republics, the regions received the status of the regions of Russia. Currently, the Russian Federation consists of 89 subjects. Is this the optimal amount from the point of view of our fellow citizens?

Family History: By the centenary of birth Benjamin Kaverin Chapter 9. Benjamin's public affairs Obviously, the events of 1917-1918 fascinated Benjamin so much that the study faded into the background. In the “illuminated windows” he recalled how he went to a meeting of high school students in the fall of 1917, although this was not allowed to students of the fifth grades, and was punished by the inspector of the gymnasium. As “from another meeting, we left the singing of“ Warsaw ”.

A true story of a cult film Jean Rua, "L'Humanite", France On May 20, the festival of historical film began in the center of Russian cinematography of the Victory cinema. In the repertoire poster - a masterpiece of cinematography of the XX century, the film by Sergey Eisenstein "Alexander Nevsky". It so happened that it was these days that the French “L'Humanite” published a review of this film. Watch Alexander Nevsky on Thursday, May 23, at 18 hours 30 minutes.

or Elections are not yet over On May 18, the Pskov Regional Court ruled on the claim of the electoral association "Pskov Regional Organization of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation" against the Electoral Commission of the Pskov Region on the redistribution of the mandate of the deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly, which currently belongs to the bloc "Kuznetsov, Polozov, Savitsky ..." in favor of the electoral association "Communist Party Russian Federation".

The government decides what to finance for the 1100th anniversary of Pskov First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation Mikhail Dmitriev signed a list of objects to be reconstructed, restored and completed on the occasion of the 1100th anniversary of the mention of Pskov in chronicles.