 No. 184 March 5, 1999
Pasko trial reflects larger problem for press
By Russell Working
Primorye -- the finger of Russia tucked between China, North Korea and the Sea of Japan -- can be a difficult place for a reporter to work.
Rangers kill Siberian tiger
The Vladivostok
Rangers recently killed a Siberian tiger that had twice attacked loggers in the taiga. They had been searching for the cat in Sikhote-Alin mountains for more than three weeks.
 International air terminal opens
The Vladivostok News
It only took five years - but Vladivostok airport has finally opened its $10 million international airport terminal.
Cops investigate Chinese timber firms
By Anatoly Medetsky
Police and customs officials recently launched an investigation of two Chinese lumber exporters operating in the Russian Far East after Primorye's largest timber company complained its rivals were illegally dumping lumber in Japan.
March 5, 1999
LETTER FROM VLADIVOSTOK
When newspapers won't publish, try a Xerox
By Russell Working
Anna Yuryevna, a professor at the university where I study Russian, likes to talk politics. Whenever I mention some vain or thuggish act by anyone in local government, she loses her stern teacher's expression and demands, "Is that true?"
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