Vladivostok Novosti Company

Issue 147 :: Thursday, August 7, 1997

Special reports Risky business

by Nick Wadhams 08/30/97 02:14 PM
South Korea could help nudge Primorye into the Pacific Rim economy. But despite investments like Hyundai's new hotel, not everyone thinks Russia is worth the risk.
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Special reports News in Brief

The Vladivostok News 08/30/97 02:03 PM
Committee orders shooting of park's bears Two young Himalayan bears were legally shot and killed in their cage in a city park in mid-July. Misha and Masha, popular with young children, had been living in dirty, cramped quarters for two years in Mingorodok Park after a poacher shot their mother. The federal environmental protection committee ordered the shooting after ruling that the bears were a danger to humans and that their living conditions were intolerable.
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Special reports Political gimmicks on the garbage heap

The Vladivostok News 08/30/97 02:01 PM
After Governor Yevgeny Nazdratenko ended the garbage strike by paying some back wages, Mayor Victor Cherepkov issued an angry response. The statement alludes to krai plans to discredit the mayor and bring down his political rating, which the Federal Security Bureau uncovered in a raid on a krai policy office in June.
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Special reports Cossacks granted federal status

by Anatoly Medetsky 08/30/97 01:57 PM
Cossacks from around Primorye and Kamchatka recently received formal permission to become a part of the federal administration under a decree from President Yeltsin.
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