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Issue 540 :: Tuesday, October 17, 2006

A bird’s view of Vladivostok’s southern Egersheld district surrounded by the Amursky Bay on the right and the Zolotoy Rog Bay on the left

Photo by Vasily Fedorchenko

A bird’s view of Vladivostok’s southern Egersheld district surrounded by the Amursky Bay on the right and the Zolotoy Rog Bay on the left

Environment Primorye town among 10 top polluters

The Vladivostok News 10/20/06 06:24 PM
Rudnaya Pristan in the Primorye region was named one of the three Russian cities which are among the 10 most polluted places on Earth, according to a study held by a U.S. environmental institute.
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Crime watch Candidate for Mayor gunned down in Dalnegorsk

Combined reports 10/19/06 03:51 PM
Dmitry FotyanovDmitry Fotyanov, a candidate running in Mayoral elections on October 22 in the small northern Primorye town of Dalnegorsk, was shot dead on Thursday, three days prior to the elections.
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Sports ‘Luch’ forward fails drug test

Combined reports 10/19/06 03:50 PM
A Football player of Vladivostok’s ‘Luch-Energiya’ premier league football club Alexander Tikhonovetsky may face a six-month disqualification for smoking marijuana, The Sport Express reported Thursday.
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Social life Primorsky Krai celebrates 68th anniversary

The Vladivostok News 10/19/06 03:50 PM
Primorye will celebrate its 68th foundation day on Saturday with a display of interesting past events, current economic achievements and perspectives for future development.
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Social life Close to Vladivostok, far from civilization

by Tatyana Grigoryeva 10/18/06 06:56 PM
The Popov Island, located 30 kilometers from Vladivostok and flooded with tourists during summer months, struggles poverty and unemployment the rest of the year
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A local post office worker Lyudmila Vazhova near her residential house on Popov Island on October 4

Photo by Tatyana Grigoryeva

A local post office worker Lyudmila Vazhova near her residential house on Popov Island on October 4

Social life A territory of hardships

by Alyona Sokolova 10/18/06 06:55 PM
Stern life conditions in Russia’s remotest territory of the Far East have led to a 20 percent shrink in population in the recent 15 years, Kamil Iskhakov, presidential envoy to the area, told reporters on Tuesday in Moscow.
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Environment Sakhalin-2 operator to expect sanctions

Combined reports 10/17/06 05:20 PM
Russia may impose serious sanctions on Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project for environmental violations, the national Natural Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev announced Monday.
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Special reports Flights to Kunashir Island banned

The Vladivostok News 10/17/06 05:19 PM
Air flights to the Kunashir Island, one of the four Kuril islets, have been suspended since October 15 due to a crisis condition of a local airport ‘Mendeleyevo’, Sakhalin Airlines press service reported.
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Young activists protesting on October 13 at the building of Consulate General of North Korea in Nakhodka against nuclear test performed by North Korea on Oct. 9. Representatives of the North Korean Consulate did not appear before the rally participants. Similar protests were staged by youth organizations in Vladivostok.

Photo by Georgy Pakin, specially for the Vladivostok

Young activists protesting on October 13 at the building of Consulate General of North Korea in Nakhodka against nuclear test performed by North Korea on Oct. 9. Representatives of the North Korean Consulate did not appear before the rally participants. Similar protests were staged by youth organizations in Vladivostok.

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