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Users have announced a mass boycott of Odnoklassniki
Users of Odnoklassniki are preparing a boycott of the social network over the introduction of a registration fee and other controversial changes, including the Friends…
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Irkutsk hospitals are preparing to switch to an automated work system
Irkutsk hospitals and clinics will begin switching to an automated system in 2010, with computers and electronic patient records appearing in medical facilities. Plans…
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The registry office has summarized preliminary results
In the Irkutsk region, preliminary yearly results were summed up, birth rate rose by 9 percent, and mortality declined, though deaths still slightly exceed births. In 11…
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In Irkutsk, the incidence threshold for acute respiratory infections has been exceeded
In Irkutsk from December 8 to 14, the epidemic threshold for ARVI was exceeded, the incidence rate was about 83.7 cases per 10 thousand people with a threshold of 77.2…
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The budget of the Irkutsk region for 2009 has been adopted
The Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk region approved the regions 2009 budget in second and third readings. Revenues will be 60.4 billion rubles, expenses 61.7…
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The air bridge from Irkutsk to neighboring Mongolia may be reopened again
Flights between Ulaanbaatar and Irkutsk have been suspended for almost six months, and hundreds of passengers on both sides of the border are waiting for them to resume…
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The Pension Fund of the Russian Federation will increase the basic part of pensions
Next year the Pension Fund of Russia plans to raise the basic part of pensions by 37.2 percent to bring it to the pensioners subsistence minimum. In Irkutsk Region new…
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A lynx was caught in central Irkutsk
In the Oktyabrsky district, after a week of searching, they caught a lynx seen on city streets since December 3. The predator had been to a cemetery, ran through yards…
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A decisive victory was again won by Irkutsk BaikalEnergy
Baikal Energy confidently beat Krasnoturyinsk Mayak on home ice in the national bandy championship, 9 to 1. Former Mayak players Pavel Dubovik and Andrey Gerasimov stood…