Issue 533 – Mirror of Vladivostok News

Issue 533 :: Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Photo by Vasily Fedorchenko Russian director Nikolai Karandashov cheerfully holds awards for his movie ‘Strannik’ (The Wanderer), which won the Grand Prize at the fourth International Pacific Meridian International Film Festival. The movie, which is Karandashov’s debut in major cinema, was also recognized with the special award of Primorye’s Governor Sergei Darkin. The festival bid farewell to Vladivostok on Thursday.
Arts and Ideas Russian movie crops awards at Vladivostok festival
The Vladivostok News	09/01/06 01:51 PM
A Russian movie ‘The Wanderer’ directed by Sergei Karandashov captured the Grand Prix of the fourth International Pacific Meridian Film Festival for the first time in the festival’s history.
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Special reports Meningitis outbreak strikes Khabarovsk
The Vladivostok News	08/31/06 02:59 PM
Khabarovsk region’s Governor Viktor Ishayev on Wednesday appealed for help to Russia’s Academy of Medical Science due to an outbreak of viral meningitis, with over 400 children currently hospitalized in Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk-on-Amur, news reports said.
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Crime watch Crimes up in Far East region
The Vladivostok News	08/31/06 02:58 PM
The Russian Far East district holds the highest crime level compared to other federal districts showing a 35 percent increase in the first seven months of 2006 compared to 16.8 percent growth in other Russia’s districts over the same period, presidential envoy to the district Kamil Iskhakov reported on Thursday, opening the meeting of the regional law enforcment in Khabarovsk.
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Photo by Vasily Fedorchenko Musicians from the American Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, guests of the fourth International Pacific Meridian Film Festival, are arriving on the red carpet during the festival’s opening ceremony in the Far Eastern city of Vladivostok on August 25. The seven-day festival attracted many visitors as well as Russian and foreign cinema professionals. The festival is screening 125 films of various genres from 21 countries, such as Australia, S. Korea, China, USA, Japan, Thailand, Canada, Singapore, New Zealand, India, Germany and others. More pictures can be viewed at Photo Gallery.
Business Russian fish stakes on secondary processing
by Alyona Sokolova	08/30/06 03:04 PM
Unwise fish resources exploitation should not be used as a means to push ahead the country’s economy. Fish catches should not be increased but processing of seafood products should be developed, Primorye’s Governor formulated as the main focus of the two-day international fishery forum in Vladivostok when addressing the participants on August 24.
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Special reports Candidates ready to run for Duma elections
The Vladivostok News	08/30/06 03:03 PM
Twelve political parties and 170 individual candidates will run for 40 deputy seats in Primorye’s Duma at the upcoming elections this October, a press statement from the regional election committee reported Monday.
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Business Defense Minister attends to Far East economy
The Vladivostok	08/29/06 04:15 PM
With the economic and politic centers drifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific in the 21st century, it is important to develop Russia’s Far Eastern territories by improving the quality of living and stimulating the economy, Russia’s Defense Minister and Vice Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov stressed during his one-day working visit to Primorye on August 26.
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Photo by ‘Nasha Strana’ youth organization U.S. Ambassador to Russia William Burns conveys his empathy and support to a Russian invalid Alexander Kashin during Saturday’s picket at the building of the US Consulate General staged by ‘Nasha Strana’(Our Country) youth organization. Kashin was partially paralyzed in a 1998 car accident involving former U.S. Consul General to the Russian Far East Douglas Kent, and since then has been unsuccessfully attempting to sue Kent in U.S. courts for financial liability.
Special reports US Ambassador heartens Russian invalid
The Vladivostok	08/29/06 04:18 PM
Showing concern to the fate of Alexander Kashin, U.S. Ambassador to Russia William Burns expressed his personal sympathies over ‘the sad incident’ and promised to forward an official request to the US State Department on Kashin’s case.
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