Amateur artists will be able to participate in the republican festival-competition "Afghan Echo", dedicated to the patriotic song. Among them are songwriters and performers, as well as vocal groups.
Andrey Shimkiv visited two rural educational institutions on the Day of Knowledge. He visited a school in the village of Stepnoy and an educational institution in the village of Preobrazhenka.
St. Petersburg police officers have "shut down" an illegal agency that was importing women from Southeast Asian countries to Russia. They worked as nurses and babysitters.