A detachment of 31 volunteers today went by bus from Tomsk to the Lugansk region. Some will be scouts, others will be attack aircraft, and others will provide rear support. The shipment was organized by the All-Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans. As the volunteers told the Rush Hour correspondent, no one knows how long the detachment will stay in the LPR.

Eyewitnesses reported a fire in the warehouse building at 5, Kirova Ave. to the TV2 news agency. Information about the fire was confirmed by the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations. According to the department, a report of a fire at the warehouse of the Tomsk Lighting Engineering Plant (formerly an electric lamp plant) was received at 13:10. Firefighters arrived at the scene. Let us add that the area of ​​the fire is now being determined.

From January 1, 2015, the television company TV-2 may not voluntarily stop broadcasting. At the end of November, the management of the television company received a letter from the Tomsk regional radio and television transmission center about the unilateral termination of the broadcasting contract. RTRS stated that the shutdown was due to the hype around the spring feeder breakdown at ORTPTS.

Foreign companies are raising prices for their products. The IKEA company, a chain of furniture and home goods stores , said that price increases are also coming in their stores in Russia. There is no IKEA store in Tomsk, but many people go to neighboring Novosibirsk to buy goods or order home delivery.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 49 people and 14 pieces of equipment worked at the fire in the warehouse of the former electric lamp plant. The fire was extinguished in 20 minutes. The total area was 30 square meters. Let us remind you that a report of a fire at the warehouse of the Tomsk Lighting Engineering Plant (formerly an electric lamp plant) was received today at 13:10.

The message from Tomsk Polytechnic University scientists in the form of information plates went into orbit on a launch vehicle with the Glonas-K satellite, the university said in a statement. “One of the interesting traditions existing in the global space industry is associated with sending various messages into space,” says the corporate publication of JSC Information Satellite Systems named after. Academician M.F. Reshetnyova.

Deputy Mayor Vladimir Khan and the management of Spetsavtohozyaystvo, together with journalists, went out on a night raid and checked how the streets were being cleaned. Representatives of the mayor's office and SAKh assured that this year the city is clearing snow much better than in previous years. However, cleaning is hampered by cars parked along the streets.

Telecom operator Dom.ru and the Amedia Premium HD TV channel will delight fans of modern cinema with excellent prizes on the eve of the New Year. True TV series connoisseurs will own one of 5 speaker systems and 5 players. Every day until December 12, at 11.00 Moscow time, a list of 10 TV series appears in the Dom.ru group https://vk.com/domru_ru , five of which are also presented in the form of images.

The website kommersant.ru published an article “TV-2 is blocking the airwaves”: The private Tomsk television company TV-2 must stop broadcasting from January 1, 2015.

The Tomsk mayor's office agreed to hold a picket in support of the TV - 2 television company. Event organizer Ivan Shevelev told TV2 News Agency about this. The picket will take place on December 14 from 14:00 to 15:00 on the square in front of SFTI . Let us remind you that from January 1, 2015, the television company TV-2 may not of its own free will stop broadcasting.

The first group of volunteers set off today from Tomsk to the Lugansk region. 31 people aged from 23 to 50 years old, many went through Afghanistan and Chechnya. The shipment was organized by the All-Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans. They say that now such groups of volunteers are sent to Ukraine from all over Siberia. We equipped the Tomsk detachment with sponsors' money. We will not show the faces of those who went to fight in Ukraine. We were allowed to film only under these conditions.

Tomsk police stopped the illegal activities of a bakery. According to the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs , the production of the bakery shop was carried out with violations. “ The workshop operated without running water or electricity and was unsuitable for the production, storage, and sale of food products. The workers of the workshop baked baked goods in unsanitary conditions without observing personal hygiene measures, ” the report says .

Another bankruptcy in the tourism services market almost cost Tomsk tourists their vacation. The other day, the Tomsk company Universal Holidays received a letter from colleagues from Novosibirsk: “To Mrs. Diaghileva: We hereby notify you of the impossibility of the tour operator CJSC AKRIS-Intourist fulfilling its obligations to tourists - clients of your company...”.

Photo: instagram.com Tomsk resident Polina shared on social networks a photo of a car that was parked in one of the city courtyards. The owner of the car carefully wrapped the car in a blanket. “ Tuning in Tomsk style , ” commented the author of the photo.

A 45-year-old unemployed Tomsk resident was detained while receiving a parcel from Central Asia. The box contained 13 plastic bottles filled with marijuana, the press service of the Federal Drug Control Service reported. “ As the examination showed, the marijuana turned out to be of high quality, ” the department said in a statement. Now the detainee is in a pre-trial detention center and is confessing.