A media center for journalists will open in February 2013 in the Imereti Lowland of Sochi next to the Olympic Park. This was announced by Vladimir Chugunov, Deputy Head of the Directorate for Design and Construction of the Main Media Center of the 2014 Olympics. The area of ​​the media center is 10 hectares, Interfax reports. Near it, on an area of ​​3 hectares, there will be an antenna field - a platform for special media vehicles.

Over the past month and a half, there has been a slight positive trend in the payment of wages to employees of the state budgetary institution "Kurgan Emergency Medical Care Hospital" (GBU "BSMP"), Interfax reports with reference to the website of the chief federal inspector of the Kurgan region Vladimir Balakin on Thursday, December 15.

The thought of Putin’s wisdom lived in weak heads for a long time. He supposedly “raise”, or at least “raise” this country “from the knees”. And the ruling by her, as the captain by a steamer among the small, ice floes and other mine-torpedo surroundings. I still explain the essence of this “wisdom” that remains such heads. *** It is good to live the investigator of the Petrodvorets MVD of Leningrad. Twenty minutes to work from Strelna. For the first time in working life. It is harder to work.

The Tomsk Region Prosecutor's Office overturned the investigator's decision to suspend the criminal case against the Tom football club related to the transfer of Pavel Pogrebnyak from Moscow's Spartak to the Tom football club in 2006, Interfax reports, citing the department's press service. “When studying the criminal case, the regional prosecutor’s office established that the investigation was incomplete.

The rally “For a future without crises and unrest,” organized by the regional branch of the United Russia party, was held in Irkutsk on Friday, December 16. “The rally participants supported the nomination of Vladimir Putin for the presidency of Russia, and also approved the results of the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation,” Andrei Yuzhakov, press secretary of the regional branch of United Russia, told the Interfax agency.

Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD) Alexander Khloponin proposed creating a program to attract the Russian-speaking population to the republics of the district. “We are striving to strengthen the presence of the Russian-speaking population on the territory of the republics,” Khloponin said at a meeting with journalists on Friday.

Guests of the Sports Achievements Fair, which will be held in Yekaterinburg from December 16 to 18, will erect a monument to snowboarding, Ivan Kolotovkin, a representative of the event organizers, told the Interfax agency. “The monument will be made of foam plastic, we will install it on a pedestal made of branches, and guests of the holiday will be allowed to paint it,” he said.

The first Ikanoka competition - race walking in a creative manner - will be held in Yekaterinburg on December 17, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Ural Federal University, where the event will be held. “You can overcome the distance in any way you like: walk while dancing, replace running with dancing, dance while walking,” the press service said in a statement. Ikanoka was invented by Ural enthusiasts.

The Governor of the Irkutsk Region, Dmitry Mezentsev, submitted a draft law on the calculation of regional standards for financing education for consideration by the Legislative Assembly, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the regional government.

I don't know how and when this happened. Fatigue appeared, and there was no love for the loud “patriotic” statements of politicians. Maybe because those who truly loved their Motherland were exterminated at the beginning of the last century... And where do honest deputies, governors (and further down the list) who are devoted to the Fatherland come from, not in words - there is no vaccination. This mistrust is already in the blood.

During a 4-hour telethon, Putin called all of us g...mi! Well done! He added more supporters before the Presidential elections.

The acting prosecutor of the city of Novocherkassk in the Rostov region is suspected of receiving a bribe in the amount of 1 million rubles. According to the press service of the Investigative Committee, a criminal case has been initiated against the prosecutor under Part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (receiving a bribe on an especially large scale) and Part 5 of Art. 291.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (offer of mediation in bribery).

Here's what I found in a chain store in Saratov:

In 2012, 311 compatriots living abroad will move to the Altai Territory. This is reported on the website of the regional government. The return of Russians is being implemented as part of a program to promote the voluntary resettlement of compatriots living abroad. “In total, 416 applicants submitted application forms for consideration to the relevant department. a positive decision was made against 311 people.

One person died as a result of an explosion at the Apatit OJSC enterprise in the Murmansk region. The explosion occurred in the reagent department of ANOF-2 of Apatit OJSC at 12.10 on December 16. According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Murmansk region , the explosion occurred during installation work. The number of victims is being clarified. A commission is working on the spot to investigate the causes of the incident.