Tomsk is one of fifteen Russian cities where the Days of German Culture will be held in May 2004. In anticipation of them, an unusual seminar was held today at the Institute for Advanced Studies. German teachers and students from the Second Correctional Colony took part in it. The inmates of the colony welcome any opportunity to break free. At least for a few hours. They visited museums, exhibitions, the botanical garden, and jazz.

The ambulance starts working at commercial rates. A regular ambulance call will continue to be free. But if the patient does not require emergency medical care, you will have to pay for medical services. Four hundred rubles per hour - these are the prices for paid ambulance services. To go to see a doctor by ambulance or return home from the hospital by ambulance, you will now have to pay a strict price list. Ambulance teams have previously responded to similar, non-emergency calls for money.

The spring flood did not bring the expected profit to the Tomsk rubber footwear plant. Half of Siberia is flooded with water, and for some reason rubber boots are not being snapped up. On the contrary, the plant's sales volumes fell sharply. Swamp boots. Logically, this is the most popular product this spring. Half of Siberia is literally floating, and gardening work is about to begin. By the season, the Tomsk rubber footwear plant was working at an accelerated pace.