The army begins the transition to a new uniform Starting from 2010, the change in the appearance of the armed forces promised by the leadership of the Ministry of Defense (this is what the army reform is officially called) will take on literal shape - the planned provision of Russian military personnel with new uniforms begins. The military uniform is conservative and not easy to change. Therefore, famous couturiers are invited to invent something new.

Vasily Shandybin died On December 30, 2009, the charismatic politician, State Duma deputy of the second and third convocations Vasily Ivanovich Shandybin died. He himself called himself a “professor of labor sciences.” Voters loved him, considering him a simple, honest man who defended the interests of the working people. Shandybin's biography is very unusual. He worked for more than 30 years at the Bryansk Road Machine Plant, and in 1994 he began his political career.

The cultural Olympics in Sochi starts four years before the sports one The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee presented the program for the Cultural Olympics, which, in accordance with the requirements of the International Olympic Committee, should begin in the capital of the Games exactly four years before the start of the sports competitions, that is, already in February 2010.

The Kaliningrad governor may partially revise the increased transport tax The governor of the westernmost region of the Russian Federation, Georgy Boos, may back down in the story with the transport tax, the increase of which was opposed by a number of politicians, the regional prosecutor's office and local residents who gathered for the largest rally in recent years. Georgy Boos promised to meet with the majority of the regional Duma by the end of January to review tax rates again.

The government unveiled a new anti-crisis program At the last government meeting of the past year, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the “Main Directions of Anti-Crisis Actions for 2010.” It is expected that 195 billion rubles will be spent on priority measures, and given the continuation of the implementation of last year’s anti-crisis measures, the volume of expenditures will reach 428 billion.