On December 28 the winners of the "Lomonosov - the pride of Russia!” crossword contest will be presented with awards - and the event will take place nowhere other than at Lomonosov’s house in Archangelsk.

On December 21, Ust-Labinsk in Krasnodar Krai played host to a regional meeting entitled "Technical creativity: current state and development prospects”.  This meeting was organized under the "Robotics" Programme, in conjunction with the educational authorities of Krasnodar Krai and the Ust-Labinsk district.

Through the efforts of Siberia’s leading scientists and a team of authors from the “Khakassia” State Natural Reserve - and with the support of the Volnoe Delo Foundation - the Ecosystem and biodiversity of the “Lake Shira” area of the “Khakassia” State Natural Reserve, edited by V.V. Nepomnyashy, is finally seeing publication.