The travel agency “Tours to Pocket” posted on its website images of the mascots of the Olympic Games in Sochi and the verbal designation “Sochi2014”. The Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service for the Tomsk Region declared the use of symbols illegal. The press service of the department reports this. The Olympic mascots - Polar Bear, Leopard and Bunny - are registered trademarks, the copyright holder of which is the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee.

Governor of the Tomsk Region Sergei Zhvachkin took part in the VI Congress of Teachers of the Tomsk Region, which was held as part of the XIII Siberian Education Forum. Sergei Zhvachkin said that taking into account demographic growth, by 2020 there will be 24 thousand more students in the region’s schools. At the same time, the elimination of second shifts will require the introduction of an additional 36 thousand school places.

The driver of route bus No. 30 the night before at the controlled intersection of Frunze Ave. - st. Kulagin hit a 70-year-old woman, reports the Traffic Police Department for the Tomsk Region. The incident occurred at 21.20. According to preliminary data, a 28-year-old minibus driver ran over a woman while she was crossing the road at a red light. The victim was taken to the hospital with injuries. Let us add that in just the past 24 hours, 70 accidents were registered on the city’s roads.

On March 29, at the MiraMix shopping center, Tomsk residents will be treated to the “Spring Mood MIX” program . The organizers promise new spring collections, a performance and a theatrical play program from the Skomorokh theater. In addition, visitors to the shopping center will enjoy a spring photo spot from the Raspberry Cat studio, a scientific master class from Professor Zvezdunov, a colored sandbox, a performance by the Fingers dance school and a raffle!

Billions of people around the world will celebrate Earth Hour tomorrow: at 20.30 they will turn off the lights for one hour as a sign of concern for the future of the planet. In turn, Tomsk residents will be able to take part in an evening bike ride, the participants of which will decorate their bicycles with LEDs. The organizer of the project in Tomsk, Nikolai Gurkovsky, told the TV2 news agency about this.

In the village of Bely Yar, Verkhneketsky district, the construction of a secondary school building with a kindergarten building has been completed. The grand opening of the school is planned for Monday, March 31, the press service of the regional administration reports. Construction of the building began in 2012 and cost a total of 276.5 million rubles, of which 245.5 million came from the regional budget.

Photo: Anatoly Kuznetsov. User neider8534 told the TV2 news agency that the underground pedestrian crossing in the second microdistrict was flooded with water the day before. “Yesterday it was flooded, there is practically no lighting, there is nowhere else to cross the road, you can only swim or wear rubber boots. Moreover, the steps are slippery, you can either kill yourself or drown there,” wrote neider8534. Read comments from utility services on our website later.

The Siberian Chemical Plant celebrates 65 years since its founding. The ceremonial meeting brought together production leaders, guests and partners of the plant. The best workers were awarded with insignia. And there turned out to be almost 90 people.

On March 30 at 10 o'clock at the Polytechnic stadium there will be an entertaining musical program for adults and children. According to the regional administration, as part of the holiday, the sponsor of the construction of the “Ski Track of Health” will give away 5 thousand gift certificates with a nominal value of 500 rubles. The gift will be received by those who ski or walk to the final point of the route - the Eagle's Nest. Tomsk residents will also be treated to tea and cookies.

The Kirovsky District Court held the first hearing in a very high-profile case - the murder of 19-year-old Anna Apatchenko. According to investigators, her boyfriend Nikolai Kovalevich first killed the girl, and then dismembered the body and scattered it in different parts of the city.

Good afternoon I would very much like to know the name of the official with whose permission potholes on the roads in our city are “repaired” by filling them with sand and cobblestones. Not only do stones, damaging cars, fly off into the body and windshields, but they also fly towards pedestrians. I believe that this situation and problem is relevant for the residents of our city. I would like to hear comments from experts working in this field.

According to forecasters from the Tomsk hydrometeorological center, on Saturday the air in the city will warm up to +4°C, on Sunday to +7°C. Light snow is expected on Saturday night, with light precipitation possible during the day. Forecasters predict no precipitation on Sunday. However, as employees of the Tomsk hydrometeorological center previously reported, unstable weather , accompanied by precipitation in the form of sleet and rain, awaits Tomsk residents in April.

According to the official website of the KinoMax cinema, today the hall is suspending the screening of films. The hall is closed while final finishing work is carried out on the building's façade. It has not been announced when the IMAX theater will be ready to welcome viewers again.

Two modern mobile medical complexes, each worth 8 million rubles, were purchased for regional clinical and children's hospitals. Doctors will use these complexes to receive patients in areas of the region and remote villages, the press service of the regional administration reports. “Policlinic on wheels” is a specially equipped bus with a medical office with a system for screening the condition of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, vision assessment and portable medical equipment.

The relatives of the Great Patriotic War soldier Ivan Fedorovich Merkuryev are wanted. He died in 1942 and there was no exact information about where he was buried. A request came to the Tomsk military registration and enlistment office asking for help in finding his relatives and friends. His grave was found in Belarus. We ask those who know anything about the relatives of soldier Ivan Fedorovich Merkuryev, born in 1908, who lived on Altayskaya Street, 17, to respond.