Ugra Governor Alexander Filipenko and head of Sredneuralsk interior board of railway, water and air transport Valery Aleshin discussed today results of transport militia work in 2007. 

It was mentioned that the number of crimes has decreased, more facts of narcotic drugs portage are revealed, situation in long-distance trains and electric trains is improved.

Alexander Filipenko and Valery Aleshin planned the prospects of cooperation between Ugra Government and Sredneuralsk interior board of railway, water and air transport for 2008 as well.

Ugra Governor Alexander Filipenko held working meetings with the heads of three municipal entities of the Autonomous Okrug Sergei Manenkov (Beloyarsky District), Sergei Udintsev (Sovetsky District) and Vladimir Maltsev (Beryezovsky District).

Issues of social and economic development of the territories in 2007, objectives for the next year, results of RF State Duma deputies' election campaign were discussed.

Issues of patriotic education of youth were discussed today by the head of the region Alexander Filipenko, head of interdepartmental interactions department of federal service of drugs circulation control Alexander Mikhailov and head of the drugs circulation control board of the Autonomous Okrug Dmitry Visyashchev.

The Govenor was informed about the way of federal program realization on narcotic addiction preventive measures and events, planned in the frameworks of this program. Visit of cadet class of school #8 (Khanty-Mansiysk) and 10 participants of the group "Young jurist" from Novoagansk (Nizhnevartovsky District) during January holidays to the youth camp "Young spetsnaz member" will be one of them.

Today Interregional scientific and practical conference on the theme "Innovation technologies, forms and methods of youth's patriotic consciousness upbringing" was opened in Ugra.

Representatives of state authority bodies, religious confessions, military departments, public associations, mass media, teachers, students and pupils of higher and secondary educational institutions, members of military and patriotic centers and clubs take part in the event.

Work will be resulted and prospects of civil education and young generation patriotic upbringing activity will be marked at the conference.

Since January 1, 2008, the size of insurance payments to people suffered during production job will raise.

Since new year maximum size of monthly insurance payment will amount to 38.5 ths. rubles, average - 10398 rubles. Over 500 million rubles are provided for these purposes by regional department of Social Insurance Fund.

The size of insurance payments to people suffered during production job or those who received professional diseases depend on the size of salary, but it can not exceed the sum adopted by law, this year it account for 36 ths. rubles.