Vladivostok Novosti Company

Issue 600 :: Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Special reports Ten major news events of 2007 in the Russian Far East

Prima Media news agency 12/28/07 03:08 PM
1. The Far Eastern port city of Vladivostok was announced by Vladimir Putin as the host city for the 2012 APEC summit, shortly after Russia was granted the right to host the summit in September. Among the objects planned to be constructed for the summit are two bridges – one to stretch over the city’s Zolotoy Rog bay and another to link Vladivostok with Russky Island. Renovation of the city’s airport and highways as well as construction of new hotels and restaurants is also among the targeted goals. A total of 148 billion rubles ($6.02 billion) is supposed to be allotted for the summit, including 100 billion rubles ($4.07 billion) from the federal budget and 48 billion rubles from Primorye’s budget.
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Special reports Russian crab not for Russians

By Alexei Aronov, The Izvestia 12/27/07 05:12 PM
“By Russian laws, I must unload the cargo in my native country. However, there I will earn a dollar per kilogram at most, while here in Japan the profit is five dollars. That is why I take my ship here,” shares Sasha, a Russian captain sitting and drinking beer in a bar in the Japanese port of Wakkanai. He does not have to watch his money in the bar – yesterday, his vessel delivered a cargo of crab
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