Issue 607 – Mirror of Vladivostok News

Issue 607 :: Tuesday, February 19, 2008


Special reports Disabled man rejects $100,000 US offer
The Vladivostok News	02/22/08 08:08 PM
Alexander Kashin, a disabled man who on Tuesday started a hunger strike after failing for ten years to receive a monetary compensation from the former U.S. Consul General in Vladivostok, has refused to accept $100,000 payment from the US State Department and continues his ‘water-only’ protest.
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Special reports Vladivostok fortress appears in finals
Combined reports	02/20/08 05:10 PM
The Vladivostok fortress, the city’s collection of military batteries, fortifications and bunkers constructed at the turn of the 20th century, and Russia’s unique architectural monument of historical and cultural value, has made it to the finals of the national contest: ‘Russia’s Seven Wonders’.
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Special reports Disabled Russian on hunger-strike against US authorities
The Vladivostok	02/19/08 07:27 PM
Primorye resident Alexander Kashin, who was partially paralyzed in a car accident which involved former U.S. Consul General to the Russian Far East Douglas Kent in Vladivostok in 1998, went on a hunger-strike Monday as a ‘protest against the disregard of law by U.S. authorities’. For ten years, Kashin has been unsuccessful in trying to receive monetary compensation from Kent.
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Special reports Big presidential promises for Far East
The Vladivostok News	02/19/08 07:25 PM
In his last annual press conference before the upcoming March elections Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the country’s economic growth but lamented over the depopulation of the remotest region of Russia – the Far East.
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