More than 318 thousand Russians infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have died since the disease began to be registered in the Russian Federation, TASS reports. The virus is most widespread in 23 regions of Russia, including the Tomsk region. “Since the beginning of registration of HIV infection, more than 318 thousand HIV-infected people had died by December 31, 2018, including 36,868 HIV-infected patients in the Russian Federation who died from various causes in 2018.

For 17 years now, the “Night of Museums” event has been taking place in Russia - on approximately the same dates in all cities, museums and cultural centers create an entertainment program and invite city residents to touch science and art. The “Night of Museums” event did not let Tomsk sleep. On May 17, all Tomsk museums presented new exhibitions, expositions and excursions. Tomsk State University did not lag behind.

Seven apartment owners in the building on Belinskogo 82, where a fire broke out on May 16, contacted the district administration with a request to provide flexible housing, the city administration reported. “Before the fire, 26 people lived in the building, including three children. Over the past weekend and on Monday, 7 apartment owners turned to the Kirovsky district administration with applications for the provision of flexible housing.

The Taiga.info publication received a notice from Roskomnadzor for using obscene words. The reason for the accusations against the Taiga editors is not clear—the journalists replaced swear words in articles with asterisks.

The Tomsk Regional Oncology Center announced the campaign “ONCOwatch: check the mole!”, reports the press service of the regional administration. Now doctors will be able to study “suspicious” moles from photographs. The electronic diagnostic service began operating on May 20, the national Melanoma Diagnosis Day. To consult a doctor, patients need to fill out a form and upload a photo of their birthmark to the service.

In Buryatia, a man lit two fires in the forest to keep warm and started two forest fires. According to the press service of the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs, the area of ​​one fire was 280 hectares. On the evening of May 16, a 41-year-old resident of the village. Tokhoy went into the forest in his personal vehicle, says the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Buryatia. — Due to a car breakdown, the man decided to walk home.

On June 1, residents of 59 Russian cities will be united by Sberbank’s Green Marathon. Run together, with all your heart and with meaning - these are the main messages of the big race. Anyone can join the marathon team. The Green Marathon is an annual event. Sberbank organized the first such race in 2012, in support of the Olympic Games in Sochi. This year’s marathon will be the eighth. Over the entire period, over 700 thousand people took part in it.

The memoirs of the former NKVD escort in Kolpashev Ivan Starikov were recorded 30 years ago , in 1989, an employee of the Tomsk branch of Memorial, Sergei Devinin. Ivan Starikov worked in the NKVD from 1935 to 1939 with the rank of sergeant. An employee of the convoy platoon talks about those who were in the Kolpashevskaya “shot” team and about the executions they held.

The Accounts Chamber criticized the too slow disbursement of money for national projects. Auditors believe that for a number of national projects, the implementation of expenditures is at zero. The report of the Accounts Chamber states that the level of execution of expenses for the implementation of national projects amounted to only 221 billion rubles, or 12.8% of the annual volume, writes RBC.

It took firefighters more than 16 hours to completely extinguish the fire at the 2nd LPK. The fire started the day before, May 20, in the afternoon. “The fire in the village of the 2nd LPK was completely extinguished at 08:10. In total, 28 units of equipment, a fire train, a boat of the Tomsk Shipping Company and 86 personnel were involved,” reported the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Tomsk Region. No one was injured in the fire.

Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the authorities of Tomsk cannot find out who owned the timber and equipment that burned in the fire in the village of the 2nd Timber Plant. The Tomlesdrev company, whose production site is located in close proximity, told TV2 that the fire did not occur on their territory. “The area where the fire occurred is located outside the plant,” Tomlesdrev representative Nadezhda Botsman told TV2.

The owners of route No. 3 ask not to close them, as passengers will face inconvenience: they will have to make transfers to get to the desired location. And employees of the Emerald City shopping center risk being left without public transport. The owners sent appeals with a request not to close route No. 3 to the Tomsk mayor's office and the deputy governor for industrial policy Igor Shaturny (the letters are at the disposal of the editors - editor's note).

The ministry allocated 8,712 budget places for admission to full-time education in 2019-2020 to all Tomsk universities, the regional administration reported. Of these, 4055 are allocated for bachelor's degrees, 1381 for specialist courses, and 3276 for master's degrees. This is 268 places more than last year (for bachelor's and specialist's programs). In addition, in the next academic year, new full-time study programs will open at Siberian State Medical University - “Social work”, “Management”.