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Issue 597 :: Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Hundreds of amateur fishermen dropping lines to catch luck on a frosty weekend on the ice of Amur Bay near Vladivostok. Little fish like smelt or cod can make a nice home-made soup for the family and also serve as a treat for pet cats, they said.

Photo by Vasily Fedorchenko

Hundreds of amateur fishermen dropping lines to catch luck on a frosty weekend on the ice of Amur Bay near Vladivostok. Little fish like smelt or cod can make a nice home-made soup for the family and also serve as a treat for pet cats, they said.

Business Vladivostok to catch on fish market in 2008

The Vladivostok News 12/06/07 04:53 PM
Next year Russia plans to create five innovative seafood markets where fishery companies will be able to sell their products to all interested parties via a centralized database.
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Special reports Tiny town stays powerless

Combined reports 12/06/07 04:52 PM
Some 2,642 residents of Severo-Kurilsk, Kuril Islands, still remain without electricity, four days after a breakdown at the local current generators occurred, news reports said.
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An elderly woman walks along a Vladivostok street littered with leaflets campaigning for the city Duma’s candidates. The elections having taken place on Sunday, the advertising materials still remain on the walls, fences and streets of Vladivostok. The city’s municipal services on Tuesday publicly asked the campaign committees to clean up their promotional materials, a press statement from Vladivostok’s administration said. The municipal services suggested that the candidates and their assistants could hold a major clean-up on December 8, the statement said.

Photo by Vasily Fedorchenko

An elderly woman walks along a Vladivostok street littered with leaflets campaigning for the city Duma’s candidates. The elections having taken place on Sunday, the advertising materials still remain on the walls, fences and streets of Vladivostok. The city’s municipal services on Tuesday publicly asked the campaign committees to clean up their promotional materials, a press statement from Vladivostok’s administration said. The municipal services suggested that the candidates and their assistants could hold a major clean-up on December 8, the statement said.

Special reports Man attempts to cut shell, gets killed

The Vladivostok News 12/05/07 04:21 PM
A scrap metal collector was fatally injured in an explosion while dismantling an armed shell with a gas welder in the settlement of Bira, Jewish Autonomous Region, a press statement from the Russian Far East’s Department of Inner Affairs on Wednesday.
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Crime watch N. Korean tanker halted for fuel smuggling

The Vladivostok News 12/05/07 04:21 PM
Khasan customs officers in southern Primorye detained a North Korean tanker for attempting to smuggle fuel from Russia to the DPRK in a hidden storage area Monday, officials reported.
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Special reports United Russia wins federal, local Duma seats

The Vladivostok News 12/04/07 04:45 PM
A voter turnout for the State Duma elections in Primorye hit 58 percent on Sunday indicating an increase of citizen’s interest in the political life of Russia as well as their loyalty to pro-Kremlin United Russia party which harvested 56 percent of the votes. In the elections held in 2003 the voter turnout reached 46 percent and the ballots cast for United Russia made only 28 percent.
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Vladivostok residents ranging from naval cadets to pensioners cast their ballots in the State and Vladivostok Duma elections on Sunday demonstrating victory over political apathy so common for many Russian people several years ago. The elections had a turnout of 58 percent in Primorye, or 12 percent higher than at the previous elections which occurred 2003.

Photo by Yuri Maltsev

Vladivostok residents ranging from naval cadets to pensioners cast their ballots in the State and Vladivostok Duma elections on Sunday demonstrating victory over political apathy so common for many Russian people several years ago. The elections had a turnout of 58 percent in Primorye, or 12 percent higher than at the previous elections which occurred 2003.

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