Vladivostok Novosti Company

Issue 543 :: Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Arts and Ideas Vladivostok tunes up for jazz fest

by Maria Shimanskaya 11/10/06 06:08 PM
Various performers from Russia and the U.S, including the big band Far East Edition of the US 7th Fleet and a noted Russian piano player and composer Anatoly Kroll, will deliver their performances at the upcoming third International Jazz Festival scheduled from November 16-18 in Vladivostok.
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Special reports 2 die, 30 poisoned by a stringent drink

Combined reports 11/10/06 06:06 PM
Two people died and more than 30 are hospitalized with symptoms of alcohol poisoning in Pozharsky County in northern Primorye, local police officials reported Friday. All victims used cosmetic astringent as an alcoholic drink.
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Special reports Vladivostok Ex-Mayor faces debtor’s prison

The Vladivostok News 11/10/06 02:08 PM
Vladivostok ex-Mayor Yuri KopylovVladivostok’s prosecutor’s office for the Leninsky residential district has passed to the courts the criminal case against the city’s ex-Mayor Yuri Kopylov charging him with abuse of power resulting in the current administration owing $786,000 to a Japanese company.
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Crime watch Japanese skipper charged with illegal fishing

The Vladivostok News 11/10/06 02:06 PM
Kamchatka’s prosecutors on Wednesday launched a criminal case against a skipper of a Japanese fishing boat charging him with illegal fishing in Russian territorial waters with an estimated damage of 8.5 million rubles.
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Business Darkin shares APEC visions

by Alyona Sokolova 11/08/06 10:56 PM
Vladivostok may host the summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in 2012 which means that the city will need at least $5.6 billion in investments to host the international event properly, Primorye’s Governor Sergei Darkin told a press conference on Tuesday.
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Crime watch 3 arrested in mayoral candidate’s slaughter

The Vladivostok News 11/08/06 10:56 PM
The police have detained and arrested three people in connection with the murder of Dmitry Fotyanov, a candidate for Mayor of Primorye’s town of Dalnegorsk who was gunned down on October 19 three days prior to the elections, a press statement from the regional Prosecutor’s Office reported.
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Social life Magadan pilots hungry for wages

Combined reports 11/08/06 10:56 PM
Thirty seven employees of Magadan Airlines, or Mavial, keep struggling through their hunger strike which they started October 22 to demand their back wages.
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Social life Ultranationalists promenade in Vladivostok

The Vladivostok News 11/07/06 08:04 PM
Around 150 ultranationalists staged a so-called ‘Russian March’ in Vladivostok November 4 as part of a nationwide demonstration on People's Unity Day. Police watched the participants closely but did not interfere since no fights were ignited.
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Strongly followed by police about 150 participants of the ultranationalist rally ‘Russian March’ walk along Vladivostok’s central street on November 4 while Russia celebrated People

Photo by Yuri Maltsev

Strongly followed by police about 150 participants of the ultranationalist rally ‘Russian March’ walk along Vladivostok’s central street on November 4 while Russia celebrated People's Unity Day.
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