Issue 538 – Mirror of Vladivostok News

Issue 538 :: Wednesday, October 4, 2006


Special reports Primorye readies for elections
by Maria Shimanskaya	10/06/06 06:56 PM
Ten Primorye parties seeking seats in a local Duma on this Sunday’s voting have injected $2.7 million into their election campaign, yielding only to one of another eight Russian regions holding Duma elections this weekend.
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Photo by Nina Petrukhina Parachuters from Novonezhino air club, based about 150 kilometers northeast off Vladivostok, performing training jumps on October 1

Special reports Administration allots bridge money
The Vladivostok News	10/05/06 03:27 PM
Primorye’s administration has recently assigned 16 million rubles ($601,503) to start compilation of a feasibility study for a projected bridge across the Golden Horn Bay to connect Vladivostok with the Island of Russky.
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Environment Vladivostok coastal waters remain contaminated
The Vladivostok News	10/05/06 03:26 PM
The recent check of Vladivostok’s coastal waters revealed that the city’s Zolotoy Rog Bay, Amursky Bay and the Bosfor Vostochny Strait are deeply contaminated with mercury and oil hydrocarbon posing a major threat the city’s environment.
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Crime watch Official found shot dead
The Vladivostok	10/04/06 02:14 PM
Nakhodka’s administration official in charge of the city’s architecture issues Oleg Shashelev was found dead in his apartment on Sunday, a suicide note and a gun were found on the scene, police said.
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Environment Diesel oil leakage pollutes Chuguyevka
The Vladivostok	10/04/06 02:13 PM
Some 3,000 tons of diesel oil leaked from a storage facility in the village of Chuguyevka, about 200 kilometers northeast from Vladivostok, on early Sunday. As of Wednesday 2,425 tons of the spilt grease have been collected by rescuer services.
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Special reports Truck with mines blasts in Amur region
The Vladivostok News	10/04/06 02:13 PM
A military truck carrying mines caught fire and blasted on Tuesday in the Amur region, news reports said. No injuries are reported.
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Business Primorye, U.S. to extend trade links
The Vladivostok News	10/04/06 02:12 PM
Cooperation perspectives between Primorye and the United States topped the agenda at the meeting of Primorye’s administration officials with Pamela Quanrud, Counselor for Economic Affairs for the US Embassy in Moscow, on September 29.
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