On Saturday from 14.00 Moscow time, a rally “For Fair Elections” is taking place on Sakharov Avenue in Moscow. The online broadcast can be watched on the website of the TV2 news agency. Attention! During the broadcast, technical problems may occur due to reasons beyond the editor’s control! WATCH BROADCAST

According to the press service of the regional administration, today 56 young Tomsk residents went to Moscow for the Kremlin Christmas tree. “Children from orphanages, children from socially vulnerable families, excellent students and winners of regional Olympiads will attend performances of the Moscow Nikulin Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. On the morning of December 25, the main event for the children will be the New Year tree at the State Kremlin Palace.

At 2 p.m., according to various estimates, from one thousand to one and a half thousand people gathered near the building of the SPTI. A wide variety of people - students and retirees, entrepreneurs and teachers.

On December 24, the second rally “For Fair Elections” was held on Novo-Cathedral Square. According to various estimates, from one thousand to one and a half thousand people gathered in front of the SFTI building. Students and retirees, entrepreneurs and teachers came to express their civic position, to show the authorities that there are people who do not agree with the current policy and want to be heard. “I voted against everyone because I have no confidence in anyone.

Photo: Roman Unashev. On December 24, a repeat rally “For Fair Elections” was held near the SFTI building on Novo-Cathedral Square. According to the organizers, about 1.5 thousand people took part in it. At 13:00, a demonstration took place from building 10 of TPU to the square near the SFTI building, and at 14:00 a rally began. According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Tomsk region, there were no violations of public order at the event.

This was reported by the press service of the Tomsk district administration. The idea of ​​turning a rural skating rink into an ice arena came to the mind of a young entrepreneur, a deputy of the local Council. Funds for equipment of a site with an area of ​​1.8 thousand square meters. m allocated by the regional department for socio-economic development of the village and the settlement budget. Today the first friendly matches are taking place in Kislovka.

The guest of the Chas Rush Saturday studio is a famous Russian journalist, former head of the special information programs department of Channel One and now a journalist at the Kommersant publishing house, Pavel Sheremet. “Central Russian channels have long been operating under the control of the authorities. And traditionally, on ordinary days, not only during elections, they receive weekly instructions.

Tomsk found itself at the center of an international scandal. The Leninsky District Court resumed the trial of the book "Bhagavad Gita. As It Is." This story began six months ago. Then the Tomsk prosecutor went to court to recognize this book as extremist. According to the prosecutor, the process was initiated by an inspection by the FSB Directorate for the Tomsk Region. True, the FSB denies this fact. Initially, an examination of the texts was ordered by scientists from Tomsk University.

According to the department's press service, there were no violations of public order during the rally. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 400 Tomsk residents took part in the event. “At 13:00, a demonstration took place from the 10th building of the TPU to the square near the SFTI building, and at 14:00 the rally “For Fair Elections” began. The events were coordinated with the administration of the city of Tomsk,” the press service reports.

Christmas Eve is the day before the Nativity of Christ. The name “Christmas Eve” is believed to come from the word “sochivo” - this is a special grain porridge, usually with honey and fruit. Traditionally, one should eat “sochivo” on the eve of the holiday only after the liturgy, which is combined with Vespers. The tradition of not eating food until the first evening star is associated with the memory of the appearance of a star in the East, which announced the birth of Christ.

There is complete uncertainty in Tomsk politics. Governor Victor Kress sent his first deputy as speaker to the regional Duma, and thereby provided food for lengthy discussions about the future - his own and that of the entire local political elite. Kress himself joked a lot when answering questions from journalists about his own political prospects. Regional deputies supported this sentiment.