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Galina Morozova, Grigory Pasko's wife, answers press questions outside the courtroom.

State lays out case in Pasko trial
By Russell Working
Prosecutors began laying out a treason case Thursday against military journalist Grigory Pasko, a day after he was boosted by the news that Amnesty International had named him a prisoner of conscience.

Vladivostok mayor gets new power base
By Russell Working and Nonna Chernyakova
Ousted Mayor Viktor Cherepkov and a bloc of candidates loyal to him swept into office in City Duma elections, guaranteeing the man fired last month by President Boris Yeltsin a power base in local politics.

Moscow mayor's party split in Primorye
By Anatoly Medetsky
Primorye leaders are wrangling over who should represent Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov's newborn but already influential nationwide political organization in the region.

Duma rejects budget with whopping deficit
By Anatoly Medetsky
The Primorye Duma that so impatiently waited for this yearÒs budget said it didnÒt want such a budget when it finally got to review the bill Jan. 21.

LETTER FROM VLADIVOSTOK
1/25/99
Ice-Anglers Be Warned: Minivans Do Not Float
By Russell Working
In a northern suburb of Vladivostok, next to a forlorn little amusement park where carnival music blares over the empty skating rink even on the bitterest of days, the Sanatornaya Rescue Station overlooks the frozen Sea of Japan.