According to information provided by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), Russians spent an average of 64,439 rubles on New Year's celebrations.
Two regions of the Russian Federation, the Krasnodar Territory and the North Caucasus, have requested 30 billion rubles in preferential loans for the development of the tourism industry from Dom RF Bank.
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.