The producer price index of industrial goods in the Pskov region in February 2024 compared to January, according to preliminary data, amounted to 105 percent: according to Pskovstat, prices in manufacturing increased the most (+5.6 percent). Also over the month, the price of food production increased by 2.4 percent, and clothing production by 1.3 percent. The production of textiles, on the contrary, fell in price by 25 percent, and printing activities by 27 percent.

The Pskov City Court received a protocol on “discrediting” the RF Armed Forces against the writer and journalist Mikhail Zygar. Administrative case under Part 1 of Art. 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation will be considered by judge Georgy Artamonov. Mikhail Zygar is a Russian journalist and writer. In 2010-15 - editor-in-chief of Dozhd. Author of the books “All the Kremlin’s Army”, “The Empire Must Die” and “Everyone is Free”.

The head of Pskov, Boris Yolkin, made changes to the municipal program “Formation of a modern urban environment.” In particular, the deadline for its implementation was extended until 2030, and not until 2027, as was previously the case. In total, almost 289 million rubles are now planned for the program, but the main expenses have passed and will take place in 2022-24. From 2025 onwards, it is planned to spend approximately 4.5 million rubles per year for these purposes.

LLC "Stroypodryadproekt" will be engaged in the improvement of the public area "Mother's Park" in the village of Tyamsha. The Pskov company received a contract for 1 million 348 thousand rubles. The deadline for completing the work is June 15, 2024. The contractor will need to pave walkways, tidy up the lawn, install lights in the park, and perform other work.

In April-May, patching repairs of the Alexander Nevsky Bridge will be carried out in Pskov: the Pskov administration reported this in response to a question received on social networks. Thus, DorStroyServis LLC began the second stage of repairing Yubileinaya Street in Pskov by dismantling the sidewalk. This year, road work will take place on the section from Kommunalnaya Street to the Alexander Nevsky Bridge.

A resident of the village of Chikhachevo, Bezhanitsky district, was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for killing a child immediately after birth: as reported in the Bezhanitsky district court, the 37-year-old woman was found guilty of committing crimes under Part 1 of Art. 158 (theft, that is, the secret theft of someone else’s property), Art. 106 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder by a mother of a newborn child during childbirth).

The governor of the Pskov region has increased the period during which vice-governors and the chief of staff of the government of the Pskov region must be appointed after the resignation of the regional government: the corresponding decree was published on the website of the government of the Pskov region. Thus, from March 1, 2024, the deputy governor and chief of staff must be appointed head of the region within 270 calendar days from the date of signing the resignation order instead of 180.

A contractor has been identified that will supply Taiden multimedia equipment for the State Budgetary Institution PO “Center for Information Systems of the Pskov Region”. The contract for 11 million 512 thousand rubles was received by MTS PJSC. Moreover, the initial price of the contract was 13 million 787 thousand rubles. MTS will need to supply 14 multimedia terminals, 14 replaceable microphones, two distributors, two power adapters, as well as 14 E-ink Taiden electronic nameplates.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service for the Pskov Region fined Rosseti North-West PJSC one million rubles for failure to fulfill its obligations. As reported by the regional antimonopoly committee, the materials against the energy company came from the prosecutor's office: Rosseti North-West was supposed to connect facilities to electricity under four concluded contracts, but did not do so within the specified time frame.

The Pskov region took 72nd place in the ranking of Russian regions in terms of salaries in small and medium-sized settlements: as reported by RIA Rating , the ratio of salaries in small and medium-sized settlements of the Pskov region to the cost of a fixed set of goods and services was 1.99. In 2023, the average salary in small towns and villages of the Pskov region was 38.7 thousand rubles. Last year, wages increased by 13.8 percent.

The session of the Pskov City Duma will be held on March 29 at 10:00: there are 22 issues on the agenda of the next session. Deputies will have to hear a report from the head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Pskov, police colonel Sergei Surin, on the results of the department’s activities in 2023, make changes to the city budget, approve a plan for the improvement and landscaping of Pskov for 2024, etc.

The theater and concert directorate of the Pskov region will pay 3 million rubles to the choir of the Mariinsky Theater, as well as the joint symphony orchestra of the Mariinsky and Bolshoi theaters for the performance of concert programs as part of the Festival of Russian Music named after M. P. Mussorgsky and N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. The relevant information is posted on the government procurement portal.

Pskov resident Alexander Dobrynin died in the war in Ukraine: his relatives reported this on his VK page. Dobrynin was buried on March 20 in Vybuty. According to relatives, he has been nominated for the Order of Courage. As of March 25, the “Pskov Province” officially established the names of 451 natives of the Pskov region who died in the war in Ukraine.

JSC “Interregional Scientific and Restoration Art Directorate” will develop a project for restoration work to preserve the Church of the Ascension (1733), located in the village of Klin, Kunyinsky district. The Moscow company received a contract for 7 million 930 thousand rubles. The work will need to be completed by October 30, 2025 or 500 days from the date of this contract. Let us note that the future Patriarch Tikhon (Bellavin) was born into the family of a priest from this temple in 1865.

In connection with the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall in Pskov, the events of the Russian Music Festival on March 24 and 25 have been postponed: as reported by TKD, new dates for the events will be announced later. The Pskov Regional Puppet Theater also canceled performances on March 23 and 24. Money for tickets purchased for puppet theater performances online will be returned automatically; tickets purchased at the box office must be returned to the puppet theater box office.