The host of “Russian Lotto”, director and actor Mikhail Borisov, has died, according to the website of the Shchukin Theater Institute. Mikhail Borisov is known to Tomsk residents as the director of the Tomsk Regional Drama Theater, where he worked in the 1980s. “Yesterday we suffered a heavy loss - Mikhail Borisovich Borisov passed away. It’s impossible to believe,” says the theater institute’s website.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the former Minister of Forestry Dimitry Maslodudov was arrested, the Investigative Committee on the region reports. He is suspected of receiving a bribe. A criminal case has been instituted against the former minister under Part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (receiving an official of a bribe for illegal actions).

Four people were poisoned by mushrooms in the Tomsk region in 2020, reports the press service of Rospotrebnadzor. Experts have prepared recommendations for collecting and processing mushrooms. Photo: Julia Faller To prevent mushroom poisoning, we recommend that you follow basic precautions when collecting mushrooms and cooking them. Experts advise collecting mushrooms away from roads, highways, outside populated areas, in ecologically clean areas.

Over the past 24 hours in the Tomsk region, coronavirus infection was confirmed in 62 people, one patient died, and 92 patients recovered within 24 hours. Over the entire period, the number of infected people has reached 6,775 people, the operational headquarters reports. Death from coronavirus occurred in a patient who was at risk due to age and chronic diseases of the cardiovascular system and kidney disease.

In the Kirovsky district of Tomsk, cold water will be turned off for a day, reports the press service of Tomskvodokanal. There will be no cold water on September 21 from 9 am to 12 noon on September 22. Tomskvodokanal crews will repair pipes at the following addresses: - Vershinina passage, 2a, 4, 6; - st. Vershinina, 45, 47, 47a, 68, 76, 47/3, 72, 74; - st. Kyiv, 109/8; - st. Kotovsky, 17, 19, 19/1, 19/2, 19/6, 19/a; - st. Krasnoarmeyskaya, 122/1, 124, 126, 126 p. 2, 126 p. 3, 126/1; - st.

By the end of the year, 11 stationary photo-video recording systems for traffic violations will be installed in the Tomsk region, the regional administration reports. 19 million rubles will be spent for these purposes. Deputy Governor for Industrial Policy Igor Shaturny claims that photo and video recording systems will be placed in places with high accident rates to improve the safety of road users.

After almost a six-month break, journalist and local historian Alexey Bagaev resumed his “Gulevan expeditions.” This time the meeting place was Blue Cliff. Alexey chose this picturesque place thanks to the artist and singer Alexander Vertinsky. “I knew that in 1956 Alexander Vertinsky was on tour in Tomsk,” says Alexey Bagaev.

Today the Tomsk Regional Drama Theater opened to spectators. The head of the literary department of the theater, Maria Smirnova, told the TV2 news agency about this. The theater was closed for 185 days. Before this, theater productions could be watched online. The first performance after the pandemic took place before the official opening of the season. Tomsk residents watched a play based on Oscar Wilde’s comedy “The Importance of Being Earnest.” — 185 days without a viewer.

Opposition candidates won 19 seats out of 27. Results of voting in the Tomsk Duma The voting results for single-mandate constituencies have been published on the election commission's website. In 19 out of 27 constituencies, candidates proposed by the Smart Voting system won. Also, six self-nominated candidates were elected to the City Duma, including from the headquarters of Alexei Navalny.