People's Artist of the USSR Lev Durov arrived in Tomsk. He is called one of the most popular film actors. Lev Konstantinovich has more than 40 roles to his name, in films known and loved by many viewers: “The Three Musketeers”, “Seventeen Moments of Spring”, “Don’t be afraid, I’m with you!”, “Tango over the Abyss”. Journalists and actors from Tomsk theaters gathered in the foyer of the Skomorokh theater. Lev Konstantinovich Durov came to the meeting almost from an airplane.

The presentation of diplomas, unique for Russia, took place in Moscow at the residence of the British Ambassador. Tomsk Polytechnic students received diplomas from Edinburgh Harriot-Watt University. Robes were brought to the residence from Foggy Albion especially for presentation. The diplomas were presented personally by the ambassador and the head of Harriot-Watt University.

The number of registered road accidents is also growing because participants in accidents, even the most minor ones, are increasingly calling traffic police inspectors to the scene. In order to, based on the received certificate, demand compensation for damage from the insurance company. Participants in one of the accidents waited on the road for an hour for a representative of the insurance company. They wanted the damage to their cars to be assessed on the spot. The insurer never showed up.

A new social movement has appeared in Tomsk. Pensioned nuclear workers of the Siberian Chemical Plant decided to fight for their rights. For two years now they have been fighting for the right to a pension supplement. The fact is that in 2002, Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which workers in hazardous production are entitled to an impressive additional payment. But not all retired nuclear workers can receive it.

Apparently, this is the first case of human-to-human transmission of the bird flu virus. Experts from the World Health Organization, studying the circumstances of the death of two sisters in Vietnam, found that they most likely became infected from their brother. He died earlier and also had bird flu symptoms. Until now, it was believed that the virus was transmitted to people only from chickens and ducks. An outbreak of bird flu has been reported in a number of Asian countries.