Volgograd allocates billion for four Longitudinal highway repairsThe municipal enterprise 'Komdorstroy' is seeking a contractor to repair several major streets in Volgograd, including Lenin Avenue and Heroes of Stalingrad Avenue, with over a billion rubles (approximately $11 million at current rates) allocated.
Students made to wait in freezing cold for anthem ceremonyThe principal of a gymnasium in Mulino village, Volodarsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Region, did not allow late students into the building during a lineup with anthem performance, leaving them in temperatures as low as -24°C (-11°F).
Nadezhda Shield Clears Kamenka Station on Green Metro LineThe tunnel-boring complex 'Nadezhda' has completed excavation under the 'Kamenka' station, the terminus on the green line of St. Petersburg's metro. Next, it must cover 600 meters to the dismantling site.
Principal Makes Students Stand in Freezing Cold to Respect AnthemA school principal in Russia's Volodarsky district forced students who were late to stand outside in temperatures as low as -32°C (-26°F) during the morning lineup to teach them respect for the national anthem.
Parents complain about cold, porridge-only meals at Chita schoolParents of a school in the Severny microdistrict of Chita have complained of cold classrooms and a canteen menu reduced to only milk-based porridges. The city's education committee will inspect one of the claims.
Ex-Deputy Minister to Handle Far East and Arctic TourismFormer deputy minister of Zabaykalsky Krai's economic development ministry has joined the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation to work on tourism and investment, after leaving her post in August.