The scheme for calculating the population with Gorelektroseti has become even more complicated. Now not everyone can figure out on their own what tariff to pay and what benefits to deduct. That’s why today there are queues again at the Gorelektroseti ticket offices. People ask how to get benefits for the 30-kilometer zone and how to prove that the house has an electric stove. People are standing in line. They have documents, receipts, passports for electric stoves and a lot of questions.

Of the 17 people who declared their desire to compete for the mayor's seat, only 13 will participate in the election race. The rest, including regional deputy Grigory Shamin, did not provide signature sheets in their support to the City Election Commission. And after summing up the results of today at the City Electoral Commission, the number of officially registered candidates for the post of mayor has increased.

Starting today, fares on suburban and intraregional routes have increased. The decision to increase tariffs was made by the Regional Administration due to inflation and increased costs for bus repairs. The last time fares changed was in May 2002. Prices on suburban routes have increased by about 5 rubles. On average, fares on intercity routes within the region increased by 16 percent. The fare to Zyryanka and Krivosheino has increased by 10 rubles. It’s five minutes to Moryakovka and Samuski.

A picket took place near the walls of the regional prosecutor's office. Entrepreneurs of the market on the Irkutsk Highway gathered in defense of the trade pavilion. It was recently declared an illegal development. Now the prosecutor's office is demanding the demolition of the almost completed two-story building. It must be said that so far the city has seen many pickets, although more and more against various construction projects.

Another series of scandals surrounding the flower market on Dzerzhinsky Square. Today the police showed up there. She tried to force several entrepreneurs to leave their jobs. The flower girls accuse the market owners of selling two trade pavilions without warning. Entrepreneurs say that they will leave their outlets only by a court decision. This small flower market is one of the loudest in the city. Income from live goods here is small, but there has been a war for space for several years now.

In Tomsk, river and railway stations were inspected by police officers with a specially trained dog. In connection with the explosion in the Moscow metro and until the presidential elections in Russia, another operation “Whirlwind-anti-terror” has been announced. The Tomsk transport police department also received a corresponding order. Tomsk-II, river station and the last point for today - Tomsk-I station - for the shepherd dog Tera - this is not the first operation “Whirlwind-anti-terror”.

The regional prosecutor's office is already considering three complaints about the course of the election race. And during the investigation into the complaint of deputies Eremin and Deev, prosecutors continue to seize documents from the Real Estate Department. A paper about violations during the privatization of municipal facilities ended up in the prosecutor's office on the eve of the elections.

The issue of providing housing subsidies to Tomsk residents has been resolved. The temporary suspension of subsidy payments was caused by a breakdown in inter-budgetary relations between the city and regional authorities. Now the discrepancy has been eliminated, and residents of Tomsk will continue to receive partial reimbursement of costs for housing and communal services. Huge queues at housing subsidy centers often occur.

Russia and China want to jointly develop Russian forest resources. The Tomsk region is also included in these plans. Well, while those at the top are planning, Chinese entrepreneurs are already exporting Tomsk timber privately. We were able to find Chinese forest workers on the territory of the former forestry complex. The specialist who controls the density of stacking logs on the platform is an employee of the private company “Bovyisin”, also known as the company “PokhU” in the recent past.