19 February 2016

	Penza “Diesel” defenseman Alexander Gromov finishes sports career 19.02.16 21:27 \| Sport The defenseman of the Penza hockey club “Diesel” Alexander Gromov, 33, decided to finish his career in sports and return to Moscow, the player himself told a PenzaNews agency reporter on Friday, February 19.
	Uzbekistan man, woman who contracted hit on another person sentenced in Penza 19.02.16 17:25 \| Crime The sentence to Botirzhon Musazhonov and Feruza Akhmedova, two citizens of Uzbekistan, who contracted a hitman to kill another person, has entered into force.
	Victor Kuvaytsev takes 3rd place in VFD main city administration heads media rating 19.02.16 15:44 \| Politics The Penza mayor Victor Kuvaytsev was placed 3rd in the Medialogia January 2016 media rating of city administration heads in the Volga Federal District.
	Minister: USE new technology tested in Penza without incident 19.02.16 14:12 \| Education The test of the new technology of the Unified State Examination, which took place in Penza on Thursday, February 18, went without any technical incidents or violations, announced Alexander Voronkov, Penza region Minister of Education.
	Media: Oleg Tyugaev granted asylum in Italy 19.02.16 14:01 \| Society Oleg Tyugaev, former Penza city Duma deputy from the United Russia faction, who ran away from the law, has been granted asylum in Italy, the business news agency “Business-Vector” quotes the source close to the law enforcement forces.
	Penza authorities seek to compel alcoholics undergo drug counseling 19.02.16 13:55 \| Medicine The Penza region officials, law enforcement and social services must join forces to help the people suffering from alcoholism, proposed Oksana Chizhova, Assistant Minister of Health in the region.
	“Siyanie” foundation head Zhigansha Tuktarov is 60 19.02.16 11:27 \| Society The board chairman of the charity foundation “Siyanie,” head of the Liberal Democratic Party faction in the Penza city Duma Zhigansha Tuktarov has turned 60 on Friday, February 19.
	Interregional mini-football tournament opens in Penza region 19.02.16 10:49 \| Society An interregional mini-football tournament has started at “Rubin” sports palace on Friday, February 19. It is dedicated to law enforcement officers of the Penza region who lost their lives during thir service in the North-Caucasus region.
	Penza citizen fell victim to fraud trying to buy microscope 19.02.16 10:16 \| Incidents A Penza citizen fell victim to a fraud in an attempt to buy a microscope online through an advertising service.
	Penza platform divers taking part in “Ozero Krugloe” sports training camp 19.02.16 09:36 \| Sport The four athletes from the Penza region sports education center are taking part in the sports training camp of the Russian junior national platform diving team on “Ozero Krugloe” sports base in the Moscow region.