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Thieves take the monkey and run

Thieves in Vladivostok stole a 6-month-old monkey Feb. 9.

The monkey’s owners left it unattended in a van for a few minutes while shopping in the Tukhachevskovo Street area. The monkey was in a covered cage, so the thieves didn’t know what they were lugging away.

A young man called a pet search agency the same day wondering if there was an award for a lost monkey.

Boss hides taxes to pay for worker salaries

A company director received a 1 1/2-year suspended prison sentence for concealing 500 million old rubles in taxes.

Andrei Zimin evaded full taxation by submitting false revenue and expense information in 1994 and 1996. He also took money from the sale of goods that went unregistered in the company’s accounting books. Zimin spent the money on extra worker salaries, among other things.

Prosecutor investigates enormous jet fuel theft

The Pacific Fleet prosecutor’s office is investigating the theft of thousands of tons of jet fuel in the last few years. The fuel storage base where the thefts occurred is located near the Vladivostok airport, and Russian air crews would buy cheaper fuel for cash from the military, sources said. The sold fuel was then written off as military expense.