Issue 562 – Mirror of Vladivostok News

Issue 562 :: Tuesday, March 27, 2007


Vladivostok by Braille Moscow and Vladivostok: relations through the years
by Celine te Braake	03/30/07 09:41 PM
When you spend some time in Vladivostok, you will notice that many people do not feel a strong connection to their central government in Moscow. Many of them have never visited their own capital, which is not surprising if you consider it takes a nine-hour flight to get there. The newspapers report less than what can be expected about the decisions and policies made in Moscow. I would like to discuss how this can be explained.
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Business Foreign traders to leave markets for good
The Vladivostok News	03/30/07 09:41 PM
According to the federal law limiting the number of foreign workers in Russia’s markets, which was passed mid January, all working migrants should be eliminated from the country’s markets by April 1. Will the prices for food and clothing go up? How will the employers compensate for the vacuum in the working force? Are Russia’s markets prepared for such a change? The questions remain unanswered.
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Crime watch Football fee scores criminal charges
The Vladivostok News	03/30/07 09:40 PM
The Amur Prosecutor’s Office has launched a criminal case against the regional administration’s top officials on abuse of power after the latter illegally increased local energy tariffs to finance a local football club.
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Photo by Yuri Maltsev Vladivostok Mayor Vladimir Nikolayev sits in a courtroom cell attending the hearing on his lawyer’s two appeals to Primorye’s Court on Tuesday. The filed appeals said that Nikolayev’s removal from office and further arrest were unwarranted. The court rejected the appeals saying both actions performed in early March were legitimate. See the latest related story at: http://vn.vladnews.ru/issue559/Special_reports/Vladivostok_mayor_arrested

Special reports Parrot smuggler’s wings clipped
The Vladivostok News	03/29/07 05:19 PM
Amur region customs officers on Wednesday detained a woman trying to smuggle a bunch of parrots from China to the city of Blagoveshchensk, with several birds hidden beneath her clothing.
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Crime watch Railway gauge section stolen in Amur region
The Vladivostok News	03/28/07 04:59 PM
About 50 meters of railway gauge were stolen by unidentified people from a narrow-gage railroad in the town of Svobodny, Amur region, local railway officials reported Tuesday.
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Crime watch 2 Americans assailed in Vladivostok this week
Combined reports	03/27/07 08:01 PM
A US resident was attacked and robbed in downtown Vladivostok early Tuesday, sharing the fate of another American citizen who was robbed of his money and documents six days prior to the second case.
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Special reports Fishermen saved from ice near Vladivostok
The Vladivostok	03/27/07 08:00 PM
About 280 fishermen torn off the shore on a block of ice in Amur Bay were successfully rescued on Saturday.
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Photo by Vladimir Pavlov Rescuers are heading to retrieve the fishermen stranded on break away ice in Amur Bay near Vladivostok on Saturday.

Special reports Pacific Fleet engages maneuvers
The Vladivostok News	03/27/07 08:00 PM
Over 15 vessels and aircraft from Primorye’s formation of the Pacific Fleet are involved in the naval drills which started in the Sea of Japan Monday, a press statement from the Fleet reported.
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