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Issue 614 :: Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Crime watch Bank manager steals 20 million rubles

The Vladivostok News 04/11/08 08:45 PM
The manager of the ‘Primorye’ bank branch in the town of Ussurisk faces charges on fraud and embezzlement of 20 million rubles ($833,000), prosecutors reported Thursday.
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Special reports Military news in brief

The Vladivostok News 04/11/08 08:41 PM
On Sunday Primorye’s anti-aircraft formations will organize a display on the city’s central square to demonstrate their equipment for Vladivostok residents and guests. The demonstration is organized to celebrate Anti-Aircraft Defense Day and will show an S-300-PM missile TEL (transporter erector launcher), a long-range missile system Granit, summer military equipment, radar stations and other equipment. The day’s festivities will also feature a performance by the brass band of the Pacific Fleet. Vladivostok residents and guests will also see a documentary on Primorye’s anti-aircraft forces shown on a large TV screen on the central square
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Radio-technical brigades of the anti-aircraft defense division perform operations in southern Primorye, in the area close to the border territories of China, Japan, North and South Korea.

Photo by Vasily Fedorchenko

Radio-technical brigades of the anti-aircraft defense division perform operations in southern Primorye, in the area close to the border territories of China, Japan, North and South Korea.

Special reports Vegetables stay in traffic jam

Combined reports 04/11/08 08:40 PM
About 50 train cars with fruits and vegetables from China have been stuck at the Grodekovo railway station in southern Primorye since April 1. Railway officials blame private entrepreneurs for the hold up.
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Special reports One chance to get out of marsh

The Vladivostok 04/10/08 05:07 PM
“Efforts to hold the APEC Summit in Vladivostok resemble the pains of Baron Munchausen to pull himself by the hair out of a marsh. He failed while we are obliged to succeed since there is no way back,” audit Chamber head Sergei Stepashin said at a meeting in Vladivostok on Tuesday analyzing the preparation works.
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Special reports Businessmen starve for market

Combined reports 04/10/08 05:04 PM
As of Wednesday, 16 entrepreneurs continued their week-long hunger strike protesting the decision of the local authorities to close a market in the town of Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Khabarovsky region.
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Special reports Election commission bans candidates

The Vladivostok News 04/09/08 05:03 PM
Only 6 of the 26 candidates who registered for participation in Vladivostok’s mayoral elections this May will be considered by the city’s election commission for approval to get onto the ballots. All of the rest were refused further consideration due to the absence of the entrance fee or its ‘incorrect submission.’
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Crime watch Bribery scandal hits Primorye administration

The Vladivostok News 04/08/08 03:58 PM
The head of the Alcohol Trade Licensing Department for the regional administration Leonid Beltyukov on April 3 was detained by police on charges of accepting a bribe. Two days later Beltyukov was placed under arrest.
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Arts and Ideas French photographer presents her art in Vladivostok

The Vladivostok News 04/08/08 03:58 PM
The exhibition of a French photographer Annie Assouline, ‘Mains d’ecrivains’ or ‘Hands of writers’ opened in Vladivostok on Monday in the ‘Arch’ Gallery.
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Crime watch Crime briefs

The Vladivostok News 04/08/08 03:57 PM
Baby, woman killer gets 24 yearsOn April 4 the Primorsky regional court sentenced an Uzbekistan citizen to 24 years and nine months in prison for the brutal murder of a Vladivostok woman and her 10-month-old granddaughter which he committed in order to rob the apartment.
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