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| by Nonna Chernyakova |
10/16/97 03:58 PM |
| “Men will follow your voice!” “Erotic dreams: What do they mean?” “The state duma should pass a law that forces all married men to wear their wedding rings.” |
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| by Heidi Brown |
10/16/97 03:57 PM |
| Lenin’s bas-relief head peeked from the dented metal frieze above the stage, and dried glue shone where it had dripped from lanterns on the walls. But the music – despite a few slips by soloists – was as enchanting as the opening of the Philharmonic Society’s 1997-98 season. |
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| The Vladivostok News |
10/16/97 03:57 PM |
| A mentally ill man axed to death a boatswain who tried to calm the suspect down after he terrorized a Vladivostok apartment building for a week, police alleged. |
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| by Russell Working |
10/16/97 03:55 PM |
| The psychiatric hospital and other medical facilities are receiving no city money. The staff is aware of the problem. By the time all the patients are, it may be too late. |
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| Joseph Hemingway, USA |
10/16/97 03:55 PM |
| It is hard to believe that all the news coming out of the former Soviet Union appears depressing. I enjoy your paper’s honesty, but I sure hate to read all the depressing articles. It sounds like the whole C.I.S. is in turmoil. I was considering traveling to this area, but am not sure now. |
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| Rado Antolovic, General Director, Vostochny International Container Services, Nakhodka |
10/16/97 03:49 PM |
| We were somehow disappointed to read the article "Japan still hesitant about krai" (Issue 150, Sept. 18)1 as it does not disclose the actual situation and recent reforms on the Trans-Siberian Transport. |
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| Art Burch, Hilton Head, N.C., USA |
10/16/97 03:48 PM |
| I read your article on Baley ["Ground zero," Oct. 2]1 with interest. I am very surprised that you could write that; it reflects a side to Russia that is usually deleted from any new stories we get. But the Web is showing off more than the upper side of the beast. China's in for some red faces beside their flag due to the Net. Washington and London are having a taste of it already. |
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| Jason Bitter, Ph.D. Candidate University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
10/16/97 03:47 PM |
| While it is true that the Western media as a whole exaggerates stereotypical views of Russia, I find your paper, as a rule, does not. While you report on newsworthy items concerning the city and Krai, which are often negative, you also have stories concerning other matters of interest and as a researcher specializing in the region, I look forward each week to reading your paper, in addition to the daily Vladivostok. |
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| Scott Gore, Newark, Delaware, U.S.A. |
10/16/97 03:46 PM |
| With regards to the new law restricting religious activity ["New law will limit some faiths," Oct. 2]1, I guess this goes to show that you can take the boys out of communism, but you can't take communism out of the boys. |
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| The Vladivostok News |
10/16/97 03:45 PM |
| In the midst of a crippling economic crisis, we understand why political leaders look for big solutions: defense industry retooling, port development, cutting tariffs on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
But sometimes hope comes in smaller packages. The growth of home businesses such as makeup sales and dietary supplements is one small glimmer in a sometimes gloomy atmosphere. |
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| The Vladivostok News |
10/16/97 03:45 PM |
| Fuel cuts help company, but not customers
Thanks to a 40 percent decrease in the cost of transporting fuel on the Russian railway until March 31, Dalenergo will save 55.5 billion rubles ($9.4 million) in the next six months. One reason for the region’s high electricity rates (up to eight times the level of some Russian regions) is the high cost of fuel transportation. Still, no rate cuts are on the way for consumers. |
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| The Vladivostok News |
10/16/97 03:44 PM |
| The krai will create a commission to protect the rights of foreign investors because officials are counting on overseas funds to restore prosperity in Primorye, Gov. Yevgeny Nazdratenko announced Oct. 7. |
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| by Nick Wadhams |
10/16/97 03:44 PM |
| The krai government has signed legislation allowing a regional tax collecting organization to collect arrears from regional defaulters by “all possible means.” |
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| by Nick Wadhams |
10/16/97 03:43 PM |
| A delegation from the United States Federal Reserve, FBI, and Justice Department discussed cracking down on Russia’s financial crimes at a recent seminar in Vladivostok. |
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| by Nick Wadhams |
10/16/97 03:42 PM |
| Government officials wants beer producers to bring home the 30 billion rubles ($5 million) annually that goes to purchasing barley and malt in the United States. |
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| by Heidi Brown |
10/16/97 03:40 PM |
| In a town with high unemployment, Mary Kay makeup saleswomen often end up as the family breadwinner. |
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| by Nick Wadhams |
10/16/97 03:39 PM |
| As it celebrates its 100th anniversary, the Vladivostok Commercial Sea Port is ready to release more than $10 million in new shares within the next two months, pending a Nov. 5 shareholders’ vote. |
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| Primorsky Krai Governor Yevgeny Nazdratenko |
10/16/97 03:38 PM |
| Angered by his feuds with Vice Premier Anatoly Chubais and the national media, Primorye Governor Yevgeny Nazdratenko recently exploded in a letter to the Federation Council accusing Chubais of orchestrating a smear campaign. Here is the greater part of the letter, dated Oct. 8. |
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| by Russell Working |
10/16/97 03:37 PM |
| Faced with resistance from the krai prosecutor and defiance from the mayor, the Primorye Duma canceled a September decree stripping Mayor Victor Cherepkov of his powers and appointing a deputy to act in his place. |
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| The Vladivostok News |
10/16/97 03:36 PM |
| Boy killed in gun accident
A man target practicing with an illegal gun accidentally shot and killed a 14-year-old boy at a taiga resort 100 kilometers from Nakhodka recently. The boy and a group of other children were looking for bullets from the pneumatic guns scattered behind targets at the resort’s shooting range when a businessman was using the range. The Nakhodka man did not see the teen, and killed him instantly. Police are investigating the death, because the killer was illegally using a non-pneumatic gun on the range, police alleged. |
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| The Vladivostok News |
10/16/97 03:35 PM |
| Time suffers setback
Time will be set back one hour the night between Oct. 25 and 26 to decrease electricity consumption. Throughout the country this saves 2 billion kilowatts per hour at night. It also reduces traffic accidents. |
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| by Heidi Brown |
10/16/97 03:34 PM |
| The chances of an ecological disaster affecting the Pacific Rim grow every year that Russia fails to dismantle its nuclear submarine fleet, a former representative to President Boris Yeltsin in Primorye said. |
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| by Nonna Chernyakova |
10/16/97 03:33 PM |
| For the first time in 275 years, the government will decide how to restructure Russia’s Academy of Sciences and which institutions to close under a decree to take effect in 1998. |
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| by Nick Wadhams |
10/16/97 03:32 PM |
| Maria Marchuk is a fanatic. |
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| by Heidi Brown |
10/16/97 03:32 PM |
| While Jewish people around the world celebrated the New Year on Oct. 2, this year’s holiday has special resonance for the Jews of Vladivostok. |
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