Today we had to urgently evacuate the residents of house 3/1 on Bering Street. In the morning, an alarmed man called the police and told them about a suspicious package on the 5th floor of the building. The package, according to the caller, contained a clock mechanism. Rescuers, police and firefighters responded to the call of a vigilant citizen. The house on Bering Street was immediately cordoned off. An explosives team went up to the 5th floor and inspected the package.

By August 25, the facades of two dozen buildings in the city center should be completely restored. Regional and city officials set this pre-anniversary task to house owners. Today, a commission headed by Vladimir Gonchar assessed what the facades look like after renovation. Three buildings out of 19 were not restored by the deadline: the art museum, the regional construction department and the facade of the building on Batenkova, 2.

Residents of Timiryazevo and Tomsk social activists are against the annexation of the village to Tomsk. Today they reiterated this at a picket outside the city administration. The picketers are confident that the pine forest in Timiryazevo will immediately be cut down and the area will be built up with luxury cottages. Timiryazev residents are protesting against the annexation of the village to the city. About two thousand signatures were collected under the appeal to the City Duma.

Today Tomskenergo conducted a new demonstration campaign to combat non-payers. The furniture and mirror factory was cut off from heat and hot water. Energy workers claim that the company owes them more than one hundred thousand rubles. Tomskenergo specialists came together with the police to shut down the mirror factory. They say that there has already been one attempt to cut off the heat and water. But then the power engineers weren’t even allowed into the territory.