During the quadripartite summit in Istanbul, German Chancellor Angela Merkel either asked or simply noticed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was wearing a “Siberian coat.” Moreover, Merkel spoke in Russian. — Siberian coat. - The German Chancellor said when she saw Vladimir Putin, who was indeed wearing a coat. - No, but I like siberian (No, but I like Siberian). — Putin answered in English. This strange passage was recorded by RT Russian cameras .

Today, October 28, the Varyag bike club (11/1 Suvorova St.) will host a screening of the film “People,” the debut film by Tomsk directors Ivan Kiselev and Andrei Vedernikov. The film tells the story of five heroes whose destinies are unlikely to intersect in ordinary life, but an event occurs that unites them and changes the lives of each. “Heroes are a kind of assortment... A drug addict, a prostitute, an alcoholic, a slacker and an autist...

The Tom football club failed to beat its opponent on the road in Moscow. The 19th round match between FNL club teams and the Spartak-2 team ended with a score of 1:1. In the 52nd minute of the match, Tom midfielder Ilya Kukharchuk scored a goal, but in the 90th minute Spartak’s Vladislav Panteleev equalized the score by scoring a goal against the Tomsk team after a penalty awarded by the referee. “Spartak created pressure, but it didn’t come to any very acute moments.

The authorities have allocated 10 million rubles for the staircase repair project on Tom Embankment The staircase on the Tom Embankment will be repaired next year, said Deputy Governor for Construction and Infrastructure Evgeniy Parshuto. They plan to spend 10 million rubles from the regional budget on the project (yes, not on the construction itself). Earlier, Governor Sergei Zhvachkin noticed that this staircase had completely collapsed and allocated money for its repair.

Two rallies will be held in Novosibirsk on October 30, the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression. First, the procession will pass through Narymsky Square, where a rally will take place at 14:15, organizer and coordinator of the regional branch of Memorial Alexander Rudnitsky reports to Taiga.Info. Those gathered also plan to oppose the installation of a memorial bust of Joseph Stalin, as activists led by Alexei Denisyuk have been demanding for several years.

The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has published a preliminary report on the crash of a UTair Mi-8 helicopter on August 4, 2018 in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Kommersant reports this. The plane crash resulted in the death of 18 people. According to one version, the passenger helicopter caught the cargo of a second helicopter that took off with it in parallel to deliver a metal structure to the Suzunskoye oil field serviced by Rosneft.

The volunteer organization “Lifestyle” of Tomsk Polytechnic University, with the support of the university’s Center for Social Work, held a fair for the distribution of stray animals in the “October” complex. Photo: Daria Danilova In two hours, about ten animals from the Diana's Cradle holding center found a new home. In total, there are about 70 cats and 10 dogs at the holding point, but, as the event organizers note, they brought only socialized, vaccinated and sterilized animals to the fair.