Novosibirsk's TSUM closes, top stories for January 31
Events occur every day in the Novosibirsk region that make the news. Some of them cause widespread public resonance, while others remain in the shadows. In this digest, we have collected five news stories that attracted the attention of NGS readers on January 31.
«He sat and waited for what would happen»: Novosibirsk finds a home for a chubby-cheeked cat. The story of Magadan
Novosibirsk is looking for owners for a large cat with big cheeks named Magadan.
He was caught in Iskitim, and the cat appears to be about 7 years old.
Next after «Zaeltsovskaya»: what is known about the construction of the «Botanicheskaya» metro station in Novosibirsk
Several years ago, the Novosibirsk authorities determined the location for a new metro station.
According to plans, one is to appear on Krasny Prospekt and will become the next after «Zaeltsovskaya». NGS collected everything that is known about the station«s construction.
«They come with tears». Novosibirsk«s TSUM works its last day: sellers remember the best years of the emptied department store
On January 31, TSUM in the center of Novosibirsk is working its last day. On February 1, it will be closed, after which they want to demolish it and build two houses and a business center with underground parking in its place.
NGS visited TSUM in the last hours of work and spoke with those who have worked there for decades.
«That»s how we were all taught«. A Novosibirsk lawyer is tried for his appearance on a TV show — his colleagues call the case an alarming precedent
The magistrate court of the Dzerzhinsky district entered the final stretch in the high-profile case about a lawyer«s appearance on the TV show »Male and Female«. Investigators believed that by showing a recording of his client»s interrogation, the well-known Novosibirsk lawyer Vladimir Buzurgin violated the secrecy of the preliminary investigation, which caused confusion in the entire legal community of the country. By the time the program was recorded, let alone broadcast, the investigation had already ended, and the materials were being considered in an open trial.
NGS journalists closely followed the truly Kafkaesque trial: according to the defendant, it could become an alarming precedent not only for lawyers but for any person.
Seven apartments on an official«s salary: two cases against a former tax employee are being considered in a Novosibirsk court
The Leninsky District Court of Novosibirsk is considering two cases at once against former tax inspector Yulia Fokina.
The prosecutor demands to transfer to the state income the property that, according to the department, was purchased with unconfirmed income.
