Vladivostok Novosti Company

Issue 590 :: Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Special reports Old sunken vessel found near Nakhodka

The Vladivostok 10/18/07 04:34 PM
In the Bay of Progulochnaya near the Pacific port of Nakhodka local divers have found the remains of an old vessel and even managed to recover two masthead lamps from the sunken vessel.
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Divers inspecting one of two antique masthead lamps found on the sunken vessel in the Bay of Progulochnaya near the city of Nakhodka on October 12.

Photo by Vyacheslav Sadlovsky, specially for The Vladivostok

Divers inspecting one of two antique masthead lamps found on the sunken vessel in the Bay of Progulochnaya near the city of Nakhodka on October 12.

Special reports Oil theft causes spill

Combined reports 10/18/07 04:34 PM
A 50-ton oil spill was spotted near the oil pipeline in Khabrovsky region on Tuesday, with experts blaming unauthorized tapping as its cause.
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Social life Food for life or life for food?

The Vladivostok News 10/17/07 04:54 PM
An old woman searching dairy shelves for affordable foodstuffs in a Vladivostok shop on Tuesday. 94 percent of Russians note that their purses have been hit by this month’s increase in prices for everyday food products, a recent poll revealed.
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Business Governor ratifies construction plan for Russky Island

The Vladivostok News 10/17/07 04:53 PM
A digital aerial rendering of future plans for Russky Island shows the main complex to be used at the 2012 APEC summit.Primorye’s Governor Sergei Darkin has endorsed architectural plans for a business center for the 2012 APEC summit, which is to be held in Vladivostok. The design came off the drawing boards of the St. Petersburg-based Research and Design Institute for the Elaboration of Master Plans and Urban Development.
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Crime watch Bribery crimes on rise in Russian Far East

Combined reports 10/17/07 04:52 PM
A total of 318 bribery-related crimes have been officially registered in the Russian Far East for this year’s first nine months, prosecutors said.
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Social life Bringing Putin’s demographic plan to life

The Vladivostok 10/16/07 04:06 PM
Tatyana Lisenkova carefully measuring the babies’ lunch.The Lisenkov couple from the town of Nakhodka did not plan to fulfill Vladimir Putin’s recent instructions for Russian citizens to increase the country’s birth rate but unexpectedly hit the task 300 percent by giving life to triplets.
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Special reports Dalnegorsk elections make first round safe

The Vladivostok News 10/16/07 04:06 PM
Two of seven candidates for Dalnegorsk’s Mayoral position, both ambitious businessmen, made it into the second round on Sunday with no casualties reported. Exactly a year ago, Dalnegorsk Mayoral elections were halted after one of the running candidates for the post was gunned down near his office three days prior the elections.
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Crime watch Beer for free

The Vladivostok News 10/16/07 04:05 PM
In Vladivostok a man opened fire on pedestrians from an apartment window, demanding beer and vodka to be brought to his place. Police responded to the request with handcuffs.
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