13 March 2015

Penza springboard diver Alexandra Bibikina takes Russian championship gold 13.03.15 18:05 \| Sport A Penza diver Alexandra Bibikina won gold at the All-Russian springboard diving championship at the “Burtasy” sports palace.
	Pavel Alexandrov stepping down as head of Penza housing and communal services dept 13.03.15 17:47 \| Politics Pavel Alexandrov is stepping down as the head of the department of housing and communal services in Penza city after less than a year in office, Viktor Gvozdev, first deputy head of the city administration, wrote in his Twitter.
	New animals born in Penza zoo 13.03.15 16:16 \| Society Penza zoo workers state that the zoo inhabitants are giving more births with the onset of spring.
	Penza urban amenities provision month begins on March 23 13.03.15 15:54 \| Society The Penza region will hold an urban amenities and sanitary measures month in all settlements of the Penza region, according to the decree of the regional government signed by the governor Vasily Bochkarev.
Fraudsters pose as children’s hospital helpers, embezzle 50,000 from Penza firm 13.03.15 15:42 \| Society Police officers are taking measures to establish the identities of people involved in committing fraud against a commercial company.
	Penza gymnast Alina Zareynik won “Miss Studentship 2015” 13.03.15 13:19 \| Sport Alina Zareynik, 18, a gymnast, a Penza State University Student and a future doctor, has won the regional beauty, grace and arts pageant “Miss Studentship 2015” held on the main state of the Penza Philarmonic Hall.
	“Civil Union” Penza foundation celebrates 13 years in action 13.03.15 13:07 \| Society The Penza regional public charity foundation “Civil Union” founded in 2002 has celebrated its 13th anniversary.
Penza man sentenced to 5.5 years in penal colony for immolating his girlfriend 13.03.15 12:49 \| Incidents A Penza man, 27, who immolated his own girlfriend alive, was sentenced to 5.5 years in a maximum-security penal colony.
	Over 1,000 people to be involved in official Victory Day Penza ceremony 13.03.15 04:42 \| Society The officials plan to involve over 1,000 people in the solemn ceremony on Victory Day in Penza on May 9, said Vera Feigina, head of the Department of Culture of the city.