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Banks are not ready to review problem loans
AIZhK has expanded the circle of borrowers who can count on help when restructuring a mortgage. Now support is available not only to those whose incomes have sharply…
The city and the lake in writing
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History, architecture, Baikal, food and the seasons — writing that helps you see more than meets the eye.
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Roofs of Irkutsk houses began to be cleared of snow
In Irkutsk, a raid checked snow removal from apartment building roofs in the Right Bank district, where resident and pedestrian safety is especially important…
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Poverty is choking Russians
The Ministry of Economy said that by the end of 2008, 18.6 million people in Russia, or 13.2 percent of the population, lived below the poverty line, and poverty…
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Hackers hacked the website of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation
The official website of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation was hacked on Sunday, unknown people posted radical Islamic slogans and videos on it. Alexander Brod…
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Major fire in Irkutsk
In the morning in Irkutsk a wooden house on Dekabrskikh Sobytiy Street 69 caught fire. The fire spread quickly, and residents had to leave their apartments in a hurry…
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Russian films at the Berlin Film Festival
The 59th Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale, has opened in Berlin, where 18 films will compete for the top prize, the Golden Bear, this year. The festival…
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Gas from the Chikanskoye field to consumers in the Irkutsk region
In 2009, settlements in the Zhigalovsky district and several other areas of the Irkutsk region are planned to be supplied with gas from the Chikan gas condensate field…
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Space cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan continues
Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed in Moscow with Vladimir Putin the creation of Kazakhstan's second satellite KazSat 2 and asked to improve the reliability of the joint…
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490 illegal migrants were identified in Irkutsk markets
In the Irkutsk region, the Market operation results were summed up, 490 migration law violations were found in several days of checks. Most were linked to violations of…