Issue 612 – Mirror of Vladivostok News

Issue 612 :: Tuesday, March 25, 2008


Business Aeroflot to launch subsidiary in Far East
Combined reports	04/01/08 01:08 PM
Russia’s largest air carrier Aeroflot will receive the state-owned block of shares of the Vladivostok-based airline Vladavia, aiming to create a subsidiary in the Russian Far East.
Any comments?



Special reports Jet downed by partner’s missile
Combined reports	03/27/08 04:50 PM
An Su-25 military jet aircraft which exploded March 20 in the Russian Far East while performing a training flight might have been accidentally hit by a missile fired from another plane, investigators said.
Any comments?



Crime watch Hypnotized man swindled
Combined reports	03/27/08 04:49 PM
A Vladivostok resident, who was robbed of 4,500 rubles ($188) in the street by two Gypsies in what he claims to be a result of hypnosis, later came across them and reported them to the local police.
Any comments?



Special reports 2 killed by avalanche in Yakutia
Combined reports	03/26/08 06:09 PM
Rescuers have evacuated a group of tourists by helicopter in the Far Eastern region of Yakutia after an avalanche struck, leaving two people dead and one injured on Tuesday, emergency officials reported.
Any comments?



Crime watch Ex-traffic officer kills 3 people on road
The Vladivostok	03/26/08 06:08 PM
Vladivostok police are investigating the criminal case launched against former deputy head of Primorye Traffic Police Vasily Goncharuk who killed three people in two separate traffic accidents but so far has not taken any responsibility.
Any comments?



Special reports Rotten caviar confiscated
The Vladivostok News	03/26/08 06:07 PM
Specialists from Russia’s agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor seized five tons of caviar with expired shelf-life in Vladivostok, a statement from Primorye’s Department of Rosselkhoznadzor reported Wednesday.
Any comments?


Photo by Vladimir Pavlov Vladivostok residents choose to buy cheaper bread from a food truck arriving from the town of Ussurisk after the Vladivostok bread monopoly Vladkhleb increased the cost for the most popular sort of bread, Podolsky, by 25 percent. On Monday, Primorye’s Governor Sergei Darkin signed a swift agreement with the region’s major trade and food companies to freeze prices for first-necessity food products such as bread, milk, vegetable oil and eggs.
Special reports Far East envoy demands intensive crime efforts
The Vladivostok News	03/25/08 07:37 PM
Law enforcement organizations have not applied all their resources to make anti-crime efforts in the Russian Far East systematic and active, the presidential envoy to the region Oleg Safonov told reporters in Khabarovsk on Tuesday.
Any comments?



Crime watch Drug transporter detained
The Vladivostok News	03/25/08 07:37 PM
Russian Far East transport police detained a female drug courier who was carrying 18.3 kilograms of heroin to Primorye on a passenger train, the biggest batch of the drug seized in Russia so far this year.
Any comments?



Crime watch International smugglers charged
The Vladivostok News	03/25/08 07:36 PM
On March 31, Primorye’s regional court will begin hearings in the case concerning a Russian-Chinese criminal group which attempted to smuggle the skin and bones of an Amur tiger and an assortment of bear claws, prosecutors said.
Any comments?



Special reports Street snack sends students to hospital
The Vladivostok News	03/25/08 09:37 PM
Primorye’s Department of Russia’s consumer watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, has begun inspections of Vladivostok’s fast food street outlets, after 34 people were hospitalized with salmonella infections after consuming shaverma at one of the local kiosks.
Any comments?

←

Issue #611
March 18, 2008

Issue 612

Issue #613
April 1, 2008

→

Recent comments:

[1] 07/14/08 06:57 PM
China’s Vice Consul robbed in...
Steve Aguilar

[1] 07/04/08 12:09 PM
Man steals 40 rubles, gets 7 years in...
Nick

[1] 06/25/08 08:34 AM
Russians name reasons for happiness
kaveh yousefzadeh