15% and no more! This is exactly what the maximum weight of a school bag should be in relation to the weight of its owner. Textbooks, notebooks, pencil cases, preparation kits—the kilograms of study load on your back must be distributed correctly. So that it doesn’t hurt excruciatingly later - in the literal sense of the word. A package in your hand, a bag on your shoulder or a briefcase under your arm does not benefit your posture.

August 19 is the 25th anniversary of the attempted coup in the Soviet Union. AN TV-2 correspondent spoke with ex-governor of the Tomsk region Viktor Kress about this important event for the history of the country. Victor Kress - 25 years ago, Chairman of the Regional Council, recalls how everything happened. If 25 years ago it was possible to predict what would happen today, could your position on August 19, 1991 have been different? Victor Kress, ex-governor: Difficult question.

The “Chobolnye-2” event will be held at the Camp Garden for the third time. The organizers report this on social networks. “What can I say, it seems like the madness is becoming an annual occurrence. We are waiting for everyone this Saturday at 13.00 in the Camp Garden. It doesn’t really matter what you ride on, skis, sleds, snowboards, buns. No meldonium, just adrenaline and loperamide!” the organizers say.

There is a putsch in Moscow. Central TV channels are broadcasting “Swan Lake” and the press conference of the Emergency Committee. And in Tomsk, the newly created TV-2 channel is broadcasting live about Moscow events. TV-2 editor-in-chief Viktor Muchnik recalls how it was a quarter of a century ago. The first thought when you look at these twenty-five-year-old footage is about how the world in which we all live has changed since then. In a technological sense.

In Tomsk, the winner of the bidding for the right to transport passengers on route 26 was determined. It became the Tomsk LLC "Perevozchik", reports the press service of the mayor's office. The company offered an amount of 15,669,325 rubles at the auction for the right to operate on this route. Now the company and the Tomsk administration have to conclude a municipal contract, after which the carrier’s funds will be credited to the city budget.

The ship made its way through the morning fog along the wide but calm fairway of the Ob River. The smells of damp vegetation reached the passengers and crew of the ship from the invisible river banks. The sun, rising higher and higher, broke the veil of water vapor, revealing the outlines of the coastline.

The Election Commission has completed the process of registering candidates for the Legislative Duma of the Tomsk Region. A total of 103 candidates were registered out of 111 who were nominated earlier, of which seven were self-nominated, according to the official press release of the commission.