A native of Bratsk Alexander Zubkov won the gold medal of the Winter Olympic Games 2014 in the competitions of bobsleists in two crews. © Ria.ru Zubkov and his dispersal Alexei Voivoda were ahead of the crew of the bat and Alex Bauman from Switzerland and Americans Stephen Hill and Stephen Langton ahead. In all four races, the Russians showed the best time, setting two track records at once. The Gold Medal Sochi-2014 became the first Olympic victory of Zubkov.

The Gorisbirk of Novosibirsk did not accept signatures in support of the State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev, recognizing 27% of the invalid ones proven. The politician himself considers the claims “conscious nit -picking” and, in case of refusal to register, is ready to take advantage of the extension option from the party Fetisov and Gudkov. © Kirill Kanin. Ilya Ponomarev To verify the Gorizbirkom, I chose 1162 signatures - 20% of the total number of adopted by Ponomarev.

Andrei Ksenzov submitted documents to the election room of Novosibirsk to participate in the mayor’s early elections. The former vice-governor said that he had already encountered administrative pressure until he decided how to cooperate with the opposition, and still supports the authorities, despite the exit from United Russia. © Kirill Kanin.

The department of psychological and pedagogical support "Lekotek", which opened in the Oktyabrsky district, became the sixth similar institution in Novosibirsk. Over the year, more than a hundred families raising children with developmental disabilities will be able to help here, the press service of the city administration said.

At the Novosibirsk hydroelectric power station, the hydraulic unit No. 2 was commissioned, which has been on the repair since mid-January, the press service of the station reports.

The Siberian Federal University took 10th position among Russian universities and 1028 positions in the world in the new ranking of university sites according to the Webometrics research organization. Compared to the previous rating, which was published in July 2013, the SFU rose immediately by 272 points. © press service of the Siberian Federal District Note that the Webometrics international rating has been published since 2004 twice a year.

Altai Uprdor intends to equip the emergency sections of its roads with autonomous lighting systems. Electricity in them is produced by solar modules and wind generators. © uprdoraltay.ru “This year, it is planned to install an autonomous electric lighting at sections of an accident concentration of such as pedestrian crossings and bus stops.

Activists of the Grouped Novosibirsk group prepared the Urban Policy section for the Public Program project. (The first published part was devoted to public transport.) Taiga.info reprints their proposals related to point development and construction standards.

Former vice-governor Andrei Ksenzov submitted documents in the city of Gorizbirk to participate in the elections of the mayor of Novosibirsk on February 17, becoming the twenty-seventh participant in the election campaign. Politics was nominated by the Rodina party, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin is considered its informal leader. © Kirill Kanin.

The employees of the Novosibirsk Zoo condemned the Danish colleagues for the murder and “demonstrative autopsy” of Giraffe Marius. The Copenhagen Zoo did not use “all ways to preserve the life of this beautiful animal,” they say. "It's just terrible!" - The official statement says. © Kirill Kanin.

The organizing committee on the preparation of the "Public Program for the Development of Novosibirsk" held a public presentation of its second part dedicated to urban planning policy. The discussion was attended by candidates for mayor Anatoly Lokot and Ilya Ponomarev. © vk.com/kaleka_nsk. Novosibirsk, st. Koshurnikova, 13 Activists of the Kraatered Novosibirsk group Olesya Valger and Mikhail Ryazantsev spoke before the audience on February 16.

More than 200 young residents of the Novosibirsk region took part in skiing, which took place in the 2014 Olympics. Already the traditional sports festival "Olympic Starts" took place on the ski base of the Youth Sports School in Berdsk. Its participants became schoolchildren of four age categories, the youngest of them turned 10 years old. “We live in harsh climatic conditions. The Siberian, by definition, should be a skier - this is a family sport.

Rosselkhozbank for the first time entered the rating of the largest banking brands in the world according to the international financial publication The Banker and the consulting agency Brand Finance (Great Britain). According to the publication, JSC Rosselkhozbank ranks seventh among Russian banks with a total brand value of $283 million. The bank's brand corresponds to the level "A", which, by analogy with credit ratings, means a strong position in the market.

Doctors of the Novosibirsk Institute. E.N. Meshalkina successfully operated on a 74-year-old man with pulmonary artery thromboembolism. He became the oldest patient of the medical institution with such a diagnosis, the clinic press service said. © Meshalkin.ru This pathology can lead to death if the thrombus completely blocks the main barrel or large branches of the arteries. If the thrombus is small, the deterioration of the condition occurs gradually.

Prokopyevsk is threatened with a technogenic disaster due to the situation around LLC Shakhta Koksovaya-2. The police and Rostekhnadzor are pursuing the arbitration manager who was able to pay debts on the salary of workers of the bankrupt mine and is engaged in extinguishing fires on coal layers. © Kirill Kanin Emergencies on Koksova-2 The bankruptcy procedure of LLC Shakhta Koksova-2 was introduced in July 2012.