So says the General Director of the Russian Venture Company Igor Agamirzyan. And forcing him to innovate is useless. It is necessary to create conditions for competition in the market, only then will innovations be in demand. In Tomsk, the capital’s guest noted, there is something to invest money in. Today he visited the TUSUR business incubator, where young innovators presented their business ideas to him. A small capsule is an innovation with great prospects.

The third round of the Siberian Basketball Championship among girls started today in Tomsk. The competitions are held under the auspices of the All-Russian Student Basketball Association. Among the participants are teams from two Tomsk universities - Pedagogical and Polytechnic. They will have to compete for victory with students from Krasnoyarsk, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk and other Siberian cities. According to the results of the first two rounds, Tomsk Pedagogical University takes fourth place.

Today, President Dmitry Medvedev also met with Governor Victor Kress. The head of state and the governor discussed issues of economic development. We talked about creating new jobs. Especially for young people. That university graduates should have a job after receiving their diploma, and not stand in line at the labor exchange. To do this, we need to create new enterprises. Last year, Dmitry Medvedev signed a law concerning small businesses.

Seversk culture came under reduction. The closed city now houses three theaters, a museum, two libraries, a nature park and a zoo. In each institution, ten to twenty people are fired. For example, at the zoo, which is also a cultural object, sixteen people remain unemployed. The scientific department is being reduced. Moreover, at the zoo, the reductions affected not only people, but also animals. Azat Khairov has been working at the Seversk Zoo for fifteen years.