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A tiger in the house
By Russell Working
A Vladivostok businessman has adopted a rare Siberian tiger cub - raising questions about how best to protect the endangered animal.
Aid effort halts threat of starvation in far north
By Russell Working
Western aid organizations have launched a massive relief effort to provide food and medical supplies to the frozen northern reaches of the Russian Far East, where the Red Cross has announced that starvation threatens many residents.
Governor crows over Kondratov ouster
By Nonna Chernyakova and Russell Working
The Feb. 23 dismissal of Viktor Kondratov - the only regional presidential representative in Russia who also served as a Federal Security Service general - leaves Governor Yevgeny Nazdratenko as the unrivaled center of political power in the Primorye region.
Dad bombs youth after son's suicide
The Vladivostok
The father of a student who committed suicide after his fellow students assaulted him confessed recently to a parcel bombing that killed an 18-year-old youth in his Vladivostok apartment last month, police announced this week.
February 26, 1999
LETTER FROM VLADIVOSTOK
Lethal booze lifts blues at defenders' celebration
Russell Working
On Tuesday, all the men in at work trekked upstairs to the newsroom of the Vladivostok - the daily that publishes my on-line newspaper - for the annual Day of the Defenders of the Fatherland celebration.
Regional deficit may reach 80 percent
By Anatoly Medetsky
The Primorye Duma passed the 1999 budget in its first reading Feb. 24, increasing projected deficit to 23.6 percent from last year's 21. But a regional administration speaker said the real deficit will reach a whopping 80 percent.
 Most poachers are Russians, guards say
Combined reports
Contrary to popular opinion that Japanese and other fishermen are the main culprits in depleting Russian fisheries, 90 percent of the poachers in Russia's economic zone are Russians, a top border guard official reported.
Customs corruption reaches the Kremlin
By Nonna Chernyakova
The Far Eastern Customs Security Service has launched a new fight against corruption and to increase money to the state budget, customs chief Sergei Murashko said Feb. 25.
News and Crime Briefs
New N. Korean consul arrives ... Residents find live shells ... Investigator wins award ... Three found dead in house fire ...
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