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Issue 596 :: Tuesday, November 27, 2007

A girl feeding and stroking camels at a petting zoo in Sadgorod, a suburb of Vladivostok, where more than 130 animals reside in a home-like atmosphere. Foxes, camels, snakes, raccoons, lynx, rabbits, monkeys and even ostriches were brought to the zoo by its director Sergei Asnovin. A former engineer for refrigerator ships, Asnovin left the sea to breed animals on land. He created the little farm and now organizes events for children in the towns and villages of Primorye.

Photo by Vasily Fedorchenko

A girl feeding and stroking camels at a petting zoo in Sadgorod, a suburb of Vladivostok, where more than 130 animals reside in a home-like atmosphere. Foxes, camels, snakes, raccoons, lynx, rabbits, monkeys and even ostriches were brought to the zoo by its director Sergei Asnovin. A former engineer for refrigerator ships, Asnovin left the sea to breed animals on land. He created the little farm and now organizes events for children in the towns and villages of Primorye.

Special reports South Korean native, Russian heart

By Valeria Fedorenko 11/30/07 06:02 PM
“I love Russia as I love my homeland, S. Korea. Russia for me is home,” shared Bek Guen Seok, a S. Korean Christian missionary woman who arrived in Russia in the late 90s, started a Presbyterian church for the deaf in Vladivostok, was admitted to Russian citizenship and married a Russian man.
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Bek Guen Seok (left) teaching psalms to the parishioners at the Presbyterian church for the deaf and partially deaf in Vladivostok on Wednesday.

Photo by Nina Petrukhina

Bek Guen Seok (left) teaching psalms to the parishioners at the Presbyterian church for the deaf and partially deaf in Vladivostok on Wednesday.

Social life Vladivostok announces efforts to fight AIDS

The Vladivostok News 11/29/07 05:40 PM
On Saturday, when World AIDS Day will be observed all around the world, Vladivostok bands will participate in the ‘Musicians against AIDS’ concert in the city’s Underground concert hall, the event held with the assistance from the regional Center for Prevention AIDS.
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Crime watch Mayor to stand trial in custody

The Vladivostok News 11/29/07 05:39 PM
Vladivostok Mayor Vladimir Nikolayev is being escorted into the building of the Leninsky court on Wednesday to stand trial on charges of abuse of office. Despite the fact that hearings were declared open to the press, Nikolayev was driven to the back entrance of the building to escape reporters and cameras.Vladivostok’s Leninsky court on Wednesday announced that the city’s Mayor Vladimir Nikolayev, who is facing trial on charges of abuse of office, will remain in custody for the duration of the trial to prevent him from escaping prosecution or pressuring witnesses.
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Special reports Traffic jam on rails near Nakhodka

The Vladivostok News 11/29/07 05:38 PM
Some 20 wagons of oil are standing idle on the rails near the port town of Nakhodka due to an absence of tankers into which the fuel can be unloaded, railway officials reported Wednesday.
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Business Yakutia auctions mammoths

The Vladivostok News 11/28/07 06:55 PM
The Yakutia Republic, one of Russia’s remote Far Eastern regions, will stage an international auction of mammoth tusks and other remains on Friday, the fourth event of this kind there.
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Business Trade turnover between Russia, northern China jumps 70%

Combined reports 11/28/07 06:54 PM
Russia has seen a boosted $9.5 billion trade turnover with China’s northeastern Heilongjiang Province in the first ten months of this year, news reports said.
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Special reports Cherepkov’s bloc banned from city Duma elections

The Vladivostok News 11/27/07 04:33 PM
Vladivostok’s Leninsky court on Monday revoked the City Duma electoral registration of Viktor Ivanovich Cherepkov’s bloc, barring the group from participation in this Sunday’s elections.
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Social life Green water in drinking taps in Nakhodka

Primorye Television 11/27/07 04:32 PM
Residents of several buildings in the Primorye town of Nakhodka have recently been unpleasantly surprised to find greenish water running from their cold water taps. The explanation was simple – the green-colored water from central-heating radiators got into the drinking water pipes.
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Business North Korea invited to participate in summit

The Vladivostok News 11/27/07 04:31 PM
In an effort to boost economic ties and improve the political climate in the region, Primorye Governor Sergei Darkin has invited officials from the North Korean Province of Hamgyong-Pukto to participate in a summit of administration officials of Northeast Asian countries to be held in Vladivostok in 2008.
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