Photo by Nina Petrukhina

A member of Vladivostok’s Society for Krishna Consciousness paints Indian make-up patterns on an eager participant of the second Indian Culture Festival which took place on Naberezhnaya Street on August 11. The annual festival, organized by the Society, this year commemorates India’s 60th anniversary of independence and features Indian dances and songs, as well as a staged performance on ancient Indian epos. On Tuesday, the program was supplemented by the ‘Independent India’ photo exhibition, which opened at the Indian Educational Center of the Far Eastern National University, and on Wednesday an official reception will be held at the Indian Consulate General in Vladivostok as a part of the program.

Photo by Yuri Maltsev

Sailors from Kedah patrol ship of the Royal Malaysian Navy giving a hearty hold to children from Vladivostok’s Orphanage No. 42 on August 9 during their visit to the city. Kedah called at the Far Eastern port of Vladivostok on August 7 with a three-day official visit, becoming the first Malaysian ship to anchor in Vladivostok. The visit was aimed to commemorate the 40th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Russia and Malaysia and held within the program of developing naval and marine relations between the two countries. Pacific Fleet ships visited Malaysia in 1990, 1997 and 2003. During their stay in Vladivostok, Malaysian sailors laid wreaths to the Pacific Fleet Glory Memorial, planted a symbolic tree of friendship and visited the orphanage.