One in five Russians is convinced that the Sun revolves around the Earth.

A survey by the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences revealed an alarming trend: a significant portion of Russians confuse basic scientific facts — one in five is convinced that the Sun revolves around the Earth, and many young people believe in witches, sorcerers, and psychics.

Rosstandart denied reports that requirements for chocolate candies had been lowered.

Rosstandart said it is neither considering nor approving new GOSTs that would allow candies with a minimal cocoa content to be called "chocolate."

The incidence of acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) in Kirov Oblast remains at seasonal levels.

Rospotrebnadzor for the Kirov Region reported that, according to the results of week 46, no exceedance of the epidemic threshold for acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) was recorded in the region. Influenza viruses are not yet circulating.

Authorities in the Kirov Region want to extend the period for granting tax benefits under the simplified tax system.

The Legislative Assembly committee considered the initiative.

Ministry of Natural Resources: Bears in Kirov are going into hibernation

The Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Kirov Region explained how the bears are preparing for winter hibernation.

A "cooling-off period" for SIM cards has come into effect in Russia: what it means and what subscribers should do

The press service of the Ministry of Digital Development explained how the "cooling-off" period for SIM cards introduced in Russia works and what subscribers should do if mobile internet and SMS are suddenly blocked.

The State Housing Inspectorate commented on the situation with the "orphan" house in Novovyatsk.

The State Housing Inspection of the Kirov Region commented on the situation involving the apartment building at 16B Rukhladyeva Street in Novovyatsk, where the technical crawl space has recently been flooded again with sewage.

In Kirov, a butter plant was punished for producing products "out of thin air."

In Kirov, a butter plant was punished for producing products "out of thin air."

The "orphanage" in Novovyatsk has been flooded with feces again.

Residents of the orphanage at 16B Rukhlyadyeva Street in the Novovyatsky District have once again been confronted with a long-standing utility problem — a new "lake" of sewage effluent has appeared beneath the building.

A man from Kirov stole a bicycle from the entrance of an apartment building.

A criminal case has been opened against a resident of Kirov.

They plan to punish public-order offenders using algorithms from Kazan.

Over nine months in Kirov, hundreds of violations of urban improvement rules were identified, but only 194 people were held accountable.

Beeline has started paying its customers for incoming calls.

Beeline has launched a new promotion that changes the operator's usual relationship with its customers. Now customers will have "real" money credited to their accounts for incoming calls from mobile numbers of other operators.

Additional tax breaks will be introduced in Russia.

The State Duma adopted a law in two readings for owners of taxable property.

Nikita Belykh proposed placing a horse in Kirov.

Former governor of Kirov Oblast Nikita Belykh proposed erecting a monument to the Vyatka horse in Kirov — he wrote about it on his VKontakte page.