Issue 619 – Mirror of Vladivostok News

Issue 619 :: Tuesday, May 13, 2008


Special reports Vladivostok to exhibit Night of Museums
The Vladivostok News	05/16/08 05:38 PM
As part of the annual worldwide events to celebrate International Museum Day, Vladivostok museums, art galleries and exhibition halls will feature displays for city residents and guests during the ‘Night of Museums’ to start Saturday evening and continue until early Sunday.
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Crime watch Primorye businessman arrested in Kamchatka
The Vladivostok News	05/16/08 05:37 PM
The director of a Primorye-based shipping company ‘VostokTransService’ Vladimir Rebikov was arrested on Wednesday in the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on charges of illegal sales of fuel, border guards reported.
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Special reports Police capture Darkin’s documents
Combined reports	05/15/08 05:34 PM
Police on Wednesday searched the private residence of Primorye’s Governor Sergei Darkin and seized the documents relating to the criminal cases launched against local top officials working for the region’s property department and accused of fraudulent actions and illegal privatization of the state objects, news reports said.
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Special reports Vladivostok celebrates Family Day
Combined reports	05/15/08 05:33 PM
Maternity houses and clinics in Vladivostok will present contests and games for pregnant women as part of the festivities to celebrate Family Day on Thursday, news reports said.
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Opinion Japan and Russia: Common Interests Drive Them Together
The Sakhalin Times	05/14/08 05:05 PM
A thaw in relations makes sense for both countries as a way to balance China. There have been so many false starts in Russia-Japan relations that it is understandable that the recent visit of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to Moscow attracted little international attention.
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Special reports 2 Russian sailors die on board after Shanghai visit
Combined reports	05/14/08 05:04 PM
Two crew members of a Russian cargo ship died on Sunday and one was hospitalized the following day after allegedly consuming tainted alcohol which they bought during the ship’s call at the Chinese port of Shanghai. The vessel is heading to the Far Eastern port of Nakhodka for an investigation.
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Special reports Russian, American navies launch sandwich battle
By Alyona Sokolova	05/13/08 06:15 PM
“People who share food can not be enemies,” asserted Roman Ivanishchev, president of the Far Eastern association of restaurant and hotel businesses, during a battle between military cooks of the US and Russian navies in Vladivostok on May 7.
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Photo by Yuri Maltsev Michael Vira, a cook from the US destroyer Stethem, (left) and Vitaly Razomazov, from the Pacific Fleet of Russia, displaying culinary skills and talents in a sandwich-making contest in Vladivostok on May 7.

Special reports Man attempts bribe, ends up paying 500 times more
The Vladivostok News	05/13/08 06:14 PM
A court in Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region has ordered a driver, who attempted to bribe a road patrol officer with 200 rubles, to pay a fine of 100,000 rubles ($4,200) a statement from the region’s Prosecutor’s Office said Tuesday.
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