In Tomsk, vandals are dismantling an unused elevated pedestrian crossing on Pushkin Street, 37, our reader reported. “Several glasses are missing in the passage; it’s clear that everything inside is broken. No one is guarding the crossing, millions are wasted,” the Tomsk resident wrote.

The traffic police duty station received a report of the incident on Ugryumov Street, 5 at 8:30. “The body of the Dong Feng truck was lifted without permission. As a result, the body demolished the gas main,” said the city traffic police propaganda department. Currently, traffic police and gas service officers are working on site to ensure safety.

The Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia decided to issue Bank of Russia banknotes in denominations of 200 and 2000 rubles. The 200-ruble banknote will feature symbols of Sevastopol - an image of the monument to sunken ships and a view of Tauride Chersonesus, and the 2,000-ruble banknote will feature famous places in the Far East - the bridge to Russky Island in Vladivostok and the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur region - the official website reports Bank of Russia.

The Foundation for Assistance to the Development of Mass Communications and Legal Education “Tak-Tak-Tak” is included in the register of “foreign agents,” according to the official website of the Ministry of Justice. In the photo is the director of the human rights network "Tak-Tak-Tak" Viktor Yukechev.

Competitions in snow sledding disciplines “Snow Dogs” will be held on February 4 at the Yantar ski resort. Dog owners will take part in them and take part in races and races with their pets. According to the organizers, the competition will be the third stage of the Siberian Cup. “This year, athletes from Krasnoyarsk, Omsk, Barnaul, Kemerovo, Altai Territory, Novosibirsk, Melnikovo, Bely Yar and of course Tomsk will take part in our competitions.

According to the director of Lyceum No. 8, Alina Cholokogly, it would have been possible to avoid the rush around enrollment in first grade if the parents themselves had not played it safe and started lining up overnight. To avoid crowds, the lyceum management posted a schedule for accepting applications to the school in advance and additionally identified people who would receive parents of first-graders for 3 days - February 1, 2 and 4.

Deputy Head of the Tomsk Department of Education Maxim Savenkov commented to TV2 on the situation with the 8th Lyceum. In his opinion, parents of future first-graders worry in vain and there will be enough places in Tomsk schools for everyone. We preliminary analyzed the situation for all schools. We have data from clinics for school districts and have data from kindergartens on the number of graduates.

Zhdun came on a short visit to Tomsk. For reference: Margriet van Breefort from the Netherlands, inspired by people sitting in line at the doctor and in waiting rooms, created a sculpture in the spring of 2016. In January 2017, the sculpture became the most popular meme on the Russian Internet. An incomprehensible creature, similar to a seal and an elephant at the same time, was nicknamed Zhdun. We warn you that Zhdun’s opinion may not coincide with the opinion of the TV-2 editorial team.