Vladivostok Novosti Company

Issue 154 :: Thursday, November 13, 1997

Special reports Stalking the mayor

by Nick Wadhams 11/13/97 01:33 PM
When I went to the hospital on a whim to interview Vladivostok’s mayor, who’d recently fallen ill after a court appearance, I expected hospital defenses to be impenetrable. After all, Victor Cherepkov is a man who lives in fear of his own assassination at the hands of arch-enemies in the krai government.
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Special reports Radio days

by Russell Working 11/13/97 01:24 PM
Crowds gather around a Vladivostok wire radio loudspeaker in 1941 to hear that the nation was at warIt was once a broadcast Big Brother, the voice of the state chattering in every household. But now wire radio may be crowded out by hard times and the newer stations that fill the airwaves.
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Special reports News in Brief

The Vladivostok News 11/13/97 01:22 PM
Governor finds cash to pay Vladivostok doctors Gov. Yevgeny Nazdratenko recently allocated 10 billion rubles to pay Vladivostok doctors. The money will be taken from federal funds earmarked for the krai that came through Nov. 3. Physicians from 15 children and four maternity hospitals, as well as several other medical institutions, will receive salaries thanks to the newly arrived funds.
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Special reports On the border

The Vladivostok News 11/13/97 01:19 PM
The border agreement between Russia and China is only the latest in a 300-year history of accords between the two eastern powers. Here is a timeline of contacts between the Russian bear and the Chinese dragon.
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Special reports Thousands march

by Nick Wadhams 11/13/97 01:20 PM
A weary Revolutionary restsWorkers of all political stripes took to the streets twice in a little over a week, demanding that officials address their problems – and calling for the resignation of President Yeltsin.
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Special reports Mayor says he`ll quit

by Nick Wadhams 11/13/97 01:16 PM
Politics has been a headacheValentina Cherepkova sat next to her husband in the Naval Hospital and sobbed. Vladivostok’s mayor, Victor Cherepkov, had just been rushed from the krai court to the hospital complaining of heart problems, and the stress of his illness, as well as the political pressure of his job, was too much for her to take.
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Special reports Duma may give cash to papers

by Russell Working 11/13/97 01:13 PM
The Primorye Duma is considering providing billions of rubles to the 32 newspapers in the krai that are either all or partly owned by city governments.
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Special reports 12 mines blow up north of city

The Vladivostok News 11/13/97 01:11 PM
Soldiers clean up mines at a site 10 km north of Vladivostok, where mines detonatedTwelve Pacific Fleet mines blew up at an arsenal in a dense forest ravine in the village of Rybachy about 10 km from downtown Vladivostok recently.
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