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Issue 155 :: Thursday, November 27, 1997

Special reports The execution of Malania X
The Vladivostok News	11/27/97 01:46 PM
In 1955, during Khruschev's thaw, an 80-year-old Vladivostok woman wrote a letter. Eighteen years ago, the NKVD arrested her daughter, who was never heard from again. These three documents released by the Federal Security Bureau tell a story of a conviction rammed through by the secret police, and of a dark retribution that befell the investigator as the Soviet maw began devouring its own.
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Special reports News in Brief
The Vladivostok News	11/27/97 01:54 PM
Kondratov awarded for FSB management skills President Yeltsin recently awarded local presidential representative and Lt. Gen. Victor Kondratov the Order of Fighting Merit for managing a highly successful FSB operation in the Far East, according to federal officials. Kondratov also earned kudos in 1995, when Yeltsin named the Primorye FSB one of the best in the country.
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Special reports Mob more influential than Duma, poll says
by Nonna Chernyakova	11/27/97 01:54 PM
Vladivostok residents say the Primorye Duma has less influence on life in the krai than organized crime, other political leaders and the mass media.
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Special reports Politicians clash when buffet`s cleared
by Nick Wadhams	11/27/97 01:52 PM
Vladivostok’s political circus reached farcical proportions recently when arch enemies Victor Cherepkov and Yevgeny Nazdratenko reportedly squabbled during a ceremony at which they were the most important guests.
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Special reports Duma finally packs its bags
by Russell Working	11/27/97 01:52 PM
The mood was sentimental as the Primorye Duma held its last its session Nov. 19, and when Chairman Nikolai Litvinov stood to speak, he acknowledged that not all of the 35 members would return.
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Special reports Arsenal was selling mine parts
The Vladivostok News	11/27/97 01:50 PM
An arsenal where 12 mines exploded Nov. 7 was operating as a wholesale military parts store, selling mine stabilizers illegally, according to the Pacific Fleet prosecutor investigating the case.
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Special reports Killings heighten fears for some
by Nonna Chernyakova and Nick Wadhams	11/27/97 01:49 PM
On Nov. 18 an unknown hit man wielding an AK-47 shoots and kills 34-year-old businessman Sergei Visitov in his Land Cruiser. A girl with Visitov is injured, while another escapes unharmed.
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Special reports Lebed flexes weakening political muscle in Primorye
by Nonna Chernyakova	11/27/97 01:48 PM
Alexander Lebed, leader of the People's Republican party and "Honor and Motherland" movement paid a one day visit to Vladivostok Dec. 1 to promote his party's candidates for upcoming krai Duma elections. Though Lebed has gradually lost influence in Russian political circles and possesses no official rank except as party leader, he was cordially met by the first vice governor Konstantin Tolstoshein and stayed at the four-star Hyundai hotel.
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