The trial against two Russian citizens in the case of the export of girls from Siberia to Spain for prostitution will be held behind closed doors, a representative of the Central District Court of Novosibirsk, where the first court session took place on Friday, told reporters.

Schoolchildren of the five countries presented their drawings at the competition called "I draw a family", which was held on Friday in Irkutsk as part of the Third International Children's Forum, an employee of the press service of the Department of Education of the Irkutsk Region said. "More than 60 schoolchildren from Russia, Indonesia, China, Mongolia and Japan participate in the competition.

By the end of the year, the first specialized children's cinema "Mechta" will appear in Krasnoyarsk. As reported on August 8 in the press service of the department of culture of the administration of Krasnoyarsk, the opening is scheduled for December. "Dream" will be located in the building of the former cinema "Metallurg". The children's cinema will be technically equipped according to the latest world standards, it is also planned to improve the territory around the cinema.

1228 patients with HIV infection were detected in the Irkutsk region for six months of this year. This figure is higher than last year. More than a thousand HIV-infected people are currently on antiretroviral therapy. Some of them receive treatment under the priority national project "Health", and some - under the program of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis.

The first bell tower with electronic control directly from the altar will appear in Kuzbass, in the Church of the Holy Royal Martyrs in the village of Verkh-Padunsky, Topkinsky District, the official website of the Kemerovo and Novokuznetsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church reports. “This is by no means a whim, but a necessity. The temple is located in a village remote from the city, where it is almost impossible to find a ringer who owns at least three types of ringing.

The police of the Novosibirsk region, together with the prosecutor's office, the Center for Standardization and Metrology and other services, carried out Operation Energia, within which they checked how Novosibirsk gas stations dispense gasoline to consumers.

On September 1, 30 new employees of the public security police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic will come to work in the schools of Khakassia for the first time. The head of the region Alexei Lebed signed a decree of the government of Khakassia on the introduction of the institution of inspectors in educational institutions.

On the streets of Academgorodok there were urns - 300 pieces. Until recently, there was one urn per four kilometers of the road and path network of Akademgorodok. Meanwhile, there are federal standards for the installation of trash cans: they are determined by the Rules and Norms for the Technical Operation of Buildings, approved by a resolution of the State Construction Committee in 2003.

In the Trans-Baikal Territory, as of August 1, 58% of the housing stock, 69% of boiler houses, 71% of heating networks, 67% of water supply networks and 55% of sewer networks were prepared for work in winter conditions. These figures were presented at a recent meeting of the regional emergency commission, where preparations for the 2008-09 heating season were discussed.

Kuzbass investigators of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation (SKP) opened a criminal case in connection with the accident at the Lenin mine in the Kuzbass city of Mezhdurechensk, Nadezhda Ananyeva, press secretary of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Kemerovo region, said on Friday.

Literally in a day, Russia's policy towards "unrecognized autonomies" suffered a complete collapse. As in 1941, we see the frightening effectiveness of the actions of one side, and the confusion and convulsive rushing of the other side. Ours. Literally in a day, Russia's policy towards "unrecognized autonomies" suffered a complete collapse. As in 1941, we see the frightening effectiveness of the actions of one side, and the confusion and convulsive rushing of the other side. Ours.

To understand where the open military conflict between South Ossetia and Georgia will lead, professor, director of the Altai School of Political Studies Yuri Chernyshov suggests considering the arguments of the parties. As Chernyshov said today, on August 8, an open military conflict began and field propaganda kitchens were already in full swing.

According to the statistical reporting of the Economics Directorate and the Administration of the Altai Territory, in general, the cost of the minimum set of basic food products in the Altai Territory remains significantly lower than the average for both Russia and the Siberian Federal District. So, in the Altai Territory it is 2046.3 rubles, while in Siberia - 2174.9 rubles, in Russia - 2173.9 rubles. In some cases, the gap in prices is 30 rubles.

Hot weather - from 30 to 37 degrees - is expected on Saturday and Sunday in the central and southern regions of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the republics of Tyva and Khakassia, and on Monday night thunderstorms will rumble and cold rainy weather will set in, the Krasnoyarsk Hydrometeorological Center reported on Friday. "According to forecasts, on Saturday and Sunday in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Khakassia and Tuva, the thermometers will rise to 30-34 degrees, in some places up to 37.

At the age of 78, a famous Omsk writer, a member of the Union of Writers of Russia, a laureate of the Omsk Region Administration Prize “For Merit in the Development of Culture and Art” and the All-Russian Literary Prize named after M.A. Sholokhov Mikhail Shangin. Shangin, a native of the village of Losevskaya, Isilkulsky district, graduated from the Omsk Agricultural Institute, worked as a foreman, agronomist, accountant, and even a fireman.