(1) SERGEY LUKYANENKO WILL BE WORKING ON THE RAILROAD. Starting tomorrow, Chengdu Worldcon GoH Sergey Lukyanenko will join a whistlestop tour of Russia "Book beacons of Russia. Reading August 2023". The TASS publicity release says: "Reading August" [is] a book expedition from Murmansk to Vladivostok, which will be held for the first time from August
While the counterfeiting of local currency appears to be on the decline, Insp Damian Thomas of the Fraud Squad is still urging the public to pay close attention to the details of the cash they carry and use during daily transactions. Thomas made the suggestion during the weekly police media briefing at the Police Administration