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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07VLADIVOSTOK113 |
REVERSING VLADIVOSTOK'S WATER QUALITY DECLINE [...] (U) Summary. A recent conference in Vladivostok highlighted the seriousness of pollution in the waters off the city's picturesque coastline. Untreated sewage, a lack of pollution controls, and unchecked dumping not only threaten the region's unique wildlife but also its human inhabitants. Th [...] |
2007-10-09 03:51:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON PGOV RU |
| 07VLADIVOSTOK125 |
AMUR LEOPARD: WORLD'S RAREST BIG CAT AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (U) Summary: On November 8, 2007 the Consulate helped organize and host a film and lecture dedicated to the plight of the Amur leopard, the world's rarest big cat. The event took place at Vladivostok's Arsenyev Museum. The film, roughly translated as "Forsaken Challenge," noted that one of [...] |
2007-11-16 03:51:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON RU |
| 07VLADIVOSTOK127 |
GOVERNMENT TO VLADIVOSTOK: HAVE WE GOT A BRIDGE FOR YOU... [...] (SBU) Summary. A major component of the federal government's program to prepare Vladivostok to host the 2012 APEC summit is construction of a bridge to Russkiy Island, the probable location of the APEC Summit. At a recent public hearing, government officials and bridge designers reviewed te [...] |
2007-11-21 07:57:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON RU |
| 07VLADIVOSTOK135 |
VISALESS IN SEATTLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Vladivostok Consul General Tom Armbruster's trip to Seattle last week provided a chance to encourage American companies to take advantage of an improved business climate and new opportunities in the Russian Far East. Seattle is already deeply involved in Russia through trade, [...] |
2007-12-11 04:16:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON RU |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK102 |
ADDICTION, SMUGGLING, AND CRIME IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST [...] Summary. Speakers at a drug prevention conference discussed the challenges involved in fighting drug use and trafficking in the Russian Far East, an area with higher-than-average drug use and drug-related crime, and that is rife with smuggling. A predominant theme throughout the conference w [...] |
2008-09-18 10:20:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK103 |
WHAT'S RUINING FISHING AND WHY LEGAL CATCH DOESN'T PAY [...] Summary. Industry experts gathered in Vladivostok for the 2008 Fishery Congress to discuss problems facing Russia's fishing industry. Participants outlined several problems which include an obsolete fleet, confusing regulations, lack of processing facilities, and dwindling fisheries. An ev [...] |
2008-09-18 10:20:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV ECON RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK106 |
AIRLINES IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST SKIDDING TO A STOP [...] Summary. The airline industry in the Far East continues its downward trajectory. Dalavia has become the latest in a series of bankruptcies in the industry. Vladivostok Avia remains relatively strong, but may become a tempting takeover target. Ticket prices will remain prohibitively expensiv [...] |
2008-09-26 06:59:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV ECON RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK109 |
SOUTH KOREA TO IMPORT RUSSIAN GAS THROUGH NORTH KOREA [...] Gazprom and Korean Gas Corporation signed a letter of understanding outlining a thirty-year, USD 90 billion deal to bring Russian natural gas to the Republic of Korea via a pipeline through North Korea. Construction of the pipeline is scheduled to begin in 2011 for completion in 2015. North [...] |
2008-10-08 06:56:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EPET KS KN RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK110 |
SAKHALIN-KHABAROVSK-VLADIVOSTOK PIPELINE PLANNED FOR 2011 [...] Gazprom has announced plans for a pipeline from Sakhalin to Vladivostok that will begin pumping natural gas from the island to the Asia-Pacific region in 2011. The pipeline will also provide gas to the Khabarovskiy and Primorye regions, and may connect with the proposed trans-Korean gas pipel [...] |
2008-10-09 06:53:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ECON RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK111 |
ECONOMIC FORUM: RFE'S PROBLEM? DEMOGRAPHICS, TRANSPORTATION, [...] Summary. Participants gathered at the third annual Far Eastern International Economic Forum in Khabarovsk to discuss economic development in the Russian Far East. The most widely discussed topics were the region's ever-decreasing population and the high cost and inefficiency of transportatio [...] |
2008-10-09 07:57:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK116 |
FAR EAST ELECTIONS: RESULTS AS PREDICTED [...] Elections completed in five Far East jurisdictions on October 12 yielded no surprises, with Yedinaya Rossiya and incumbents prevailing (reftel A). Roman Abramovich and his team handily won three seats in the Chukotka Duma, Yedinaya Rossiya won 12 of 14 Sakhalin seats, and incumbent mayors Pec [...] |
2008-10-14 06:57:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK120 |
THE PROBLEM WITH THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST'S MORIBUND AGRICULTURE [...] Primorye is no longer the prosperous and productive agricultural region it was during Soviet times. In hopes of improving the region's stagnant rural economy, Moscow announced a new regional agriculture promotion plan last March. The new plan replaces the largely unsuccessful national plan t [...] |
2008-10-22 04:48:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PGOV RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK122 |
GUBERNATORIAL MACHINATIONS AND BANK PANIC IN KHABAROVSK [...] Thousands of customers in Khabarovsk began a run on the Dalkombank, withdrawing almost 2.4 billion rubles in cash -- four times the usual monthly amount. The withdrawals between October 8 and 12 were fueled by rumors of the bank's impending collapse. The rumors appear to have been started by [...] |
2008-10-23 04:20:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK123 |
'AMBITIOUS WORKAHOLIC' KOZHEMYAKO TAKES OVER IN AMURSKAYA [...] The Amurskaya Oblast Duma approved Oleg Kozhemyako as new governor of the region on October 20. He replaces unpopular Governor Nikolay Kolesov, whom the Kremlin forced to resign after allegations of corruption and mismanagement. Kozhemyako is a popular figure known for his crisis-management [...] |
2008-10-27 08:15:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK124 |
POLITICIAN USING TRAFFIC INCIDENT AS POLITICAL STEPPING [...] About a dozen demonstrators from Molodaya Gvardia -- the youth wing of Yedinaya Rossiya (YR) -- picketed in front of Congen Vladivostok October 27 to mark the tenth anniversary of the traffic incident that left Vladivostok resident Aleksandr Kashin paralyzed from the chest down (reftel A). Tr [...] |
2008-10-28 07:44:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK125 |
CAN A NEW MAYOR WITH FEW ALLIES AT LEAST FIX THE ROADS? [...] Igor Pushkaryov took over as Vladivostok mayor on May 20. The new mayor seems to have few allies -- he avoids media attention and the public, has set up an administration of outsiders, and appears headed for a major conflict with Primorye Kray Governor Darkin. With campaign promises unfulfill [...] |
2008-10-30 02:27:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK127 |
TIGHTER CREDIT, CURRENCY SHORTFALL MAY SLOW ECONOMY IN [...] Although Russian politicians generally refuse to acknowledge the possibility of financial crisis in here, signs of financial distress have emerged in the Russian Far East. Banks have significantly tightened credit terms, many areas are experiencing a shortage of hard currencies, and companies [...] |
2008-11-10 06:49:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK129 |
APEC 2012, U.S. BUSINESSES, CULTURAL TIES FOCAL POINTS OF [...] (U) There were many highlights of Amb. Beyrle's November 16-19 trip to the Russian Far East -- a hike through leopard country, jazz concert, trip to the port of Vladivostok and a youth protest to name a few -- but if there was an underlying theme to the trip it was anticipation. The Ambassad [...] |
2008-11-22 03:48:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SENV RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK130 |
PRO-RIGHT HAND DRIVE RALLIES TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT EASTERN [...] On November 22, demonstrators throughout the Russian Far East (RFE) staged rallies to protest the National Duma's proposal to ban the import and limit the use of right-hand drive vehicles from Japan. The largest demonstration -- which took place in Vladivostok -- attracted seven thousand part [...] |
2008-11-26 08:53:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK134 |
NEW "OPPOSITION" PARTY ANNOUNCES KHABAROVSK LEADER [...] On November 25 the government-approved "opposition" party Pravoye Delo announced its appointment of Georgiy Podkolodniy to a four-year term as its Khabarovsk regional leader. Podkolodniy, who was the former head of the defunct Democratic Party in Khabarovskiy kray, edged out his main rival for [...] |
2008-12-09 08:25:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK135 |
LARGER PROTESTS IN FAR EAST AGAINST INCREASED AUTO TARIFFS [...] Ten thousand demonstrators took to the streets in Primorye on December 14 to protest the upcoming increase in used car import tariffs, blocking main roads in Vladivostok and smaller cities for up to eight hours. Several thousand cars from Vladivostok, Ussuriisk and Nakhodka also organized a b [...] |
2008-12-15 06:38:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK136 |
TAIGA NATIVE VILLAGE KRASNIY YAR: EVERY DAY IS A CRISIS [...] (U) Summary. In the 1930's Stalin relocated many indigenous minorities of Primorye and Khabarovskiy Krai to remote northern areas. One such town is Krasniy Yar. The remote town is an eleven hour drive from Vladivostok, the last four hours over a rough snow road (zimniki) cut through the woo [...] |
2008-12-15 07:16:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PHUM RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK139 |
VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT LATEST VLADIVOSTOK DEMONSTRATION [...] Vladivostok citizens' third protest against proposed tariff increases on imported used cars turned violent and resulted in large-scale detentions. Though past demonstrations were peaceful and ended without incident, it was clear from the beginning of this December 21 rally that the Kremlin wo [...] |
2008-12-23 06:37:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK3 |
RUSSKIY ISLAND: FROM ICE FISHING PARADISE TO APEC HOST? [...] (U) Summary. Consulate staff chose the coldest day of the season at minus 21 centigrade to visit Russkiy Island, the purported site of the 2012 APEC summit. It is immediately apparent that the island has a long way to go before it is ready to accept many international visitors, let alone ho [...] |
2008-01-15 03:24:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL SENV RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK31 |
SUPERJET READYING FOR TAKEOFF IN KOMSOMOLSK [...] (U) Komsomol'sk-na-Amure is the third largest city in the Russian Far East and home to the Sukhoi Superjet, a multinational project that involves Boeing and a half a dozen other U.S. firms, as well as German and French aviation companies. At the Sukhoi assembly plant, CG saw one Superjet th [...] |
2008-03-26 06:36:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK64 |
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: LOCAL FIRM WINS TENDER TO BUILD LANDMARK [...] Summary. A local company has won a tender to build a landmark bridge across Vladivostok's picturesque Zolotoy Rog Bay. Tikhookeanskaya Mostostroitelnaya Kompaniya (TMK), based in the southern Primorye town of Ussuriysk, won under suspicious circumstances, however: all of the other firms drop [...] |
2008-06-20 08:26:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN PGOV KCOR ECON RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK67 |
DIRECT FLIGHTS RESUME BETWEEN RUSSIAN FAR EAST AND ALASKA [...] Despite high prices, uncertain schedules and a good deal of behind-the-scenes wrangling between U.S. and Russian officials, direct flights between the U.S. West Coast and Pacific Russia have resumed, courtesy of the Russian carrier Vladivostok Avia (VladAvia). On July 7, the first flight from [...] |
2008-07-08 05:32:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN ECIN ECON RU |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK68 |
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: CHUKOTKANS WORRY AS THEIR "HERO," [...] Summary. On July 3, President Dmitriy Medvedev agreed to accept the voluntary resignation of longtime Chukotka Governor Roman Abramovich and appointed Vice Governor Roman Kopin as acting Governor until a permanent replacement is named. Under billionaire Abramovich, Chukotka has gone from bei [...] |
2008-07-09 07:21:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK7 |
FIRST VICE GOVERNOR OF PRIMORYE SHOT IN VLADIVOSTOK [...] (U) On January 28, Primorye's First Vice Governor Sergey Sopchuk was shot as he was leaving home for work. The apparent assassination attempt failed and Sopchuk is reportedly recuperating in a Vladivostok hospital in satisfactory condition with wounds to his shoulder and hands. Police have [...] |
2008-01-28 06:01:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK8 |
GOLD, GULAG AND GEOGRAPHY DEFINE MAGADAN [...] (U) Summary: With a region half the size of Alaska and a population of only 170,000, the Magadan region has big challenges. First is finding enough skilled labor to exploit the gold, silver and other mining riches of its vast territory. The mines operate year round, even when temperatures hi [...] |
2008-01-28 06:20:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK82 |
RUSSIAN FAR EAST FISHING: THE NORTH KOREAN CONNECTION [...] (U) Summary. Fishing is often said to be the most criminalized industry in the Russian Far East. After several months of planning, one small fishing company in Zarubino agreed to allow the CG and one FSN to accompany the trawler MPC 254 on a fishing trip in Peter the Great Bay. While the Aug [...] |
2008-08-06 00:15:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SENV |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK83 |
HIGHWAY THREATENS ENDANGERED LEOPARD HABITAT [...] Last weekend, CG paid a visit to the World Wildlife Fund's "Leopard House," a visitors' center dedicated to educating residents and tourists about the plight of the Amur leopard, the world's rarest big cat and one of the most endangered animals overall (reftels). The center, located in the ha [...] |
2008-08-06 11:09:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO PGOV RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK89 |
A HIKE THROUGH LEOPARD TERRITORY [...] (U) Consulate staff hiked through World Wildlife Foundation's (WWF) leased forest in Barabash on August 17. The trail takes about two hours and includes information on the leopard habitat and how the forests of the Far East have changed. The forests are much more diverse than in northern Ru [...] |
2008-08-18 02:52:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO PGOV RS |
| 08VLADIVOSTOK94 |
RUSSIAN-NORTH KOREAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION: DISTANT TRAIN [...] (U) Summary. Russian and North Korean officials have signed an agreement to renovate the railroad linking the two countries and to jointly develop the North Korean port of Najin to handle major container cargos. The move, which has been anticipated for years, is seen as the first step in upg [...] |
2008-08-22 06:21:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK10 |
YAKUTSK: PRESERVING THE PERMAFROST [...] Summary. Yakutsk is the largest inhabited area in the world built upon permafrost, and as a result the city is presented with a unique set of challenges. Increasing temperatures have thawed the top layer of frost and building foundations are beginning to shift, causing damage to structures a [...] |
2009-02-10 22:43:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK100 |
NAKHODKA LOOKS TO OIL AND GAS FOR GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Nakhodka city officials, the financial crisis has not hurt the city's economic potential. Unemployment is low and the construction of oil and gas infrastructure, as well as housing for the expected influx of (mostly Russian) workers, is expected to increase Nakhodka [...] |
2009-09-26 01:29:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG EINV ETRD ELTN ELAB EWWT PGOV |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK103 |
EUR/RUS DIRECTOR KYLE SCOTT VISIT TO VLADIVOSTOK [...] During his visit to Vladivostok on October 2, Primorye Region authorities gave EUR/RUS Director Kyle Scott an economic overview of the region, pointing out: the continuous youth out-migration; complicated transportation routes between the RFE, Primorye in particular, and the USA; and "non-fa [...] |
2009-10-14 06:44:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ECIN RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK105 |
VLADIVSOTOK MAYOR ACQUIRES ANOTHER NEWSPAPER, BLOW TO PRESS [...] Summary: (U) The editorial staff of Moskovskiy Komsomolets vo Vladivostoke (MKV), one of the most aggressive independent newspapers in Primorskiy Kray, has received a note that Moscow owners of Moskovskiy Komsomolets (MK) have sold the franchise for publishing the Vladivostok edition to a comp [...] |
2009-10-23 03:04:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SCUL RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK106 |
KHASAN, RUSSIA: ON NORTH KOREA'S DOORSTEP [...] (U) Summary: After months of meetings and diplomatic notes, the Consulate received permission for a day trip to Khasan, Russia's only border crossing point with North Korea. Khasan is a small settlement where North Korea, Russia, and China meet. The permission for the October 22 trip did ext [...] |
2009-10-23 04:18:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON RS KN KS CH |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK107 |
SENIOR COP LANGUISHES IN JAIL FOR WORK ON US-FUNDED [...] This is an Action Cable. See para 8. 2. Summary. Aleksandr Astafyev, anti-corruption crusading militia colonel and long term U.S. Consulate contact, is still in jail after his arrest last June on trumped up charges. There has been no progress in his case. Now on his second lawyer, neith [...] |
2009-10-27 02:05:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK109 |
SAKHALIN GOVERNOR PUSHEDS FOR MORE COOPERATION WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Sakhalin Region Governor Khoroshavin would like to strengthen business and cultural ties with the United States. U.S. businesses such as Exxon Mobil employ hundreds in Sakhalin, and many local students speak English, but Khoroshavin said that U.S. foreign direct investment (FDI [...] |
2009-11-16 00:21:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAIR EPET ETRD CMGT RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK11 |
YAKUTSK LENDING INSTITUTION OFFERS SNAPSHOT OF CREDIT [...] Summary. Though the effect of economic crisis has not hit Yakutia strongly yet, securing credit from financial institutions is becoming increasingly difficult for entrepreneurs and consumers there. Poloff visited a prosperous, privately-run credit association in Yakutsk that offers an acces [...] |
2009-02-10 22:44:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK110 |
SAVE THE TIGER NEXT SEPTEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph two. Declining habitat, increased international awareness, and a star studded film festival create the "perfect storm" for a State Department program to help save the endangered Siberian tiger. Tigers were recovering in the Russian Far East for a [...] |
2009-11-16 02:22:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL SCUL RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK111 |
KAMCHATKA - A REGION STRUGGLING [...] During a visit to Kamchatka Pol-Econ officer met with a good cross-section of local political leaders, businessmen, and commentators to catch the pulse of this, one of the naturally most spectacular regions of Russian, or anywhere. Like so many other places in the Russian Far East, the lack of [...] |
2009-11-24 05:37:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV ECON EINV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK114 |
ANNUAL RUSSIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (RAPP) SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Fourteenth Annual Russian American Pacific Partnership (RAPP), entitled "A Meeting of Shared Interests," took place in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk September 29-30. USG and GOR officials touted the benefits of such fora and the strengthening of U.S.-Russian ties that they fostered. GO [...] |
2009-12-02 03:07:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECIN EAIR KDEM RS US |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK117 |
CORRUPTION FIGHTER ASTAFYEV REPORTEDLY TO ACCEPT PLEA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-03 06:05:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SCUL RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK12 |
DCM DONS A YARMULKE IN BIROBIDJAN [...] A highlight of DCM Eric Rubin's trip to the Russian Far East was a February 5 visit to the capital of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO), Birobidjan. The Jewish Autonomous Region was established in May 1934 as a homeland for Soviet Jews. It was a social experiment that some historians contend [...] |
2009-02-11 05:00:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK121 |
PORNOGRAPHY ON ICE: VLADIVOSTOK SENDS MAYOR A MESSAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. "Have you seen the newspaper?" was the question of the day in Vladivostok on December 17. The front page of the Pacific Komsomolets newspaper featured a shocking photo of, what shall we call it, a snow phallus erected by residents outraged with the city's lack of snow and ice r [...] |
2009-12-17 04:07:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK13 |
AMCIT RABBI ORDERED DEPORTED FOR VISA VIOLATION [...] On February 12, a district court in Vladivostok declared American citizen Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein to be in violation of his visa status and ordered him to leave the country. The rabbi had been in Russia for several months on a cultural visa and had been working at the Jewish Religious and C [...] |
2009-02-12 18:25:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CASC KIRF PHUM RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK2 |
REGIONAL MEDIA TAKES A HIT IN PRIMORIYE [...] Summary: (U) On January 1, Vladivostok's citizens learned that OTV Prim, the region's largest television company with two million viewers, stopped broadcasting. OTV Prim is known locally as "the Governor's TV." Several days later, Sergey Bulakh, an Editor-in-Chief of the only daily newspape [...] |
2009-01-16 04:01:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK21 |
DCM FAR EAST VISIT COMES AMIDST TURMOIL AND PROMISE [...] (U) DCM Eric Rubin's February 2-6 visit to the Russian Far East came at a time of economic turbulence and discontent, but also high hopes that the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit will lift the region's fortunes when it is held in Vladivostok in 2012. The DCM visit was a chan [...] |
2009-02-13 07:18:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SENV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK23 |
SALMON POACHING BY THE TON IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST [...] Summary. Salmon poaching remains a serious concern for environmentalists in the Russian Far East. Salmon stocks are in danger of complete depletion, and law enforcement agencies have been ineffectual at stopping over-fishing. The federal government has developed various programs designed to [...] |
2009-02-19 06:18:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV ECON PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK25 |
RADIOACTIVE SUBS: MORE CORES TO THE FORE [...] The Deputy Director of a Primorye shipyard recently conducted a media interview to warn the public about the potential danger of ten nuclear submarines scheduled for dismantling at his facility. The subs are at various stages of dismantlement, but currently there are no sufficient facilities [...] |
2009-02-25 07:25:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG MNUC PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK30 |
CAPTAIN OF SUNK CHINESE VESSEL IN HOSPITAL, AWAITING [...] Russian Border Guard Patrol boats on February 19 fired upon a Chinese cargo vessel making an unauthorized departure from the Far East Russian port of Nakhodka. The ship, which was involved in a trade dispute with a local company, was damaged and sank when caught in rough weather. Border Guard [...] |
2009-03-02 05:37:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK34 |
ECONOMIC CRISIS: WHAT'S WORSE, GLOBAL DOWNTURN OR OFFICIAL [...] Though Primorye's government has reported 6 percent growth in gross regional product (GRP) in 2008, the economic situation in the past few months is showing signs of trouble. Evaluating the situation is complicated by the fact that most official economic data is not publicly available, and me [...] |
2009-03-12 05:54:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK35 |
RUMORS BEGIN AROUND FUTURE APEC SUMMIT [...] Summary. In 2006, federal authorities announced plans to hold 2012's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Vladivostok. Plans were made for several large-scale infrastructure improvements to prepare the city for the international event, which would bring world attention to Vladivostok [...] |
2009-03-13 04:57:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK36 |
PROTESTORS IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST DO NOT PUSH THE ENVELOPE [...] (U) This weekend's protests in Primorye Kray's major cities, including Vladivostok, took on the more festive atmosphere of the first protests in December. Members of the Communist party, TIGR, and trade union and other public organizations had balloons and banners on hand, but they did not blo [...] |
2009-03-16 01:04:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK37 |
RESOLUTION EXPLAINS VLADIVOSTOK DEMONSTRATION AND DEMANDS [...] (U) Summary and comment: Post has informally translated highlights of the joint resolution by members of the Intiative Citizens of Russia Organization, "TIGR" and the Primorye Branch of the Communist Party of Russia that was made public at the March 15 demonstration in Vladivostok. Comment: [...] |
2009-03-18 04:14:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK38 |
CHINESE STILL SMOLDERING OVER FREIGHTER SINKING IN RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) In an introductory meeting with the new Chinese representative to Vladivostok, Lu Jingo told CG that the sinking of a freighter with Chinese crew by Russian Border Guards that resulted in the deaths of eight Chinese merchant sailors was an excessive use of Russian force. Jingo would not [...] |
2009-03-20 04:54:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK39 |
WHO IS FEEDING THE TIGER OPPOSITION GROUP? [...] (U) On March 18, State Duma Deputies Sergey Belokonev (Yedinaya Rossia) and Sergey Ivanov (LDPR) called upon colleagues to pay closer attention to the activities of "TIGR," the Community of Initiative Groups of Russia. This loosely organized opposition group continues to organize rallies in th [...] |
2009-03-20 06:05:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK41 |
KAMCHATKA-ALASKA FLIGHTS CANCELLED FOR 2009 [...] Russian air carrier Vladivostok Avia has announced that it will not fly direct trans-Pacific flight service between Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy and Anchorage, Alaska this summer. The carrier operated the route for over two months in 2008 with 13 flights between July 7 and September 15, apparently [...] |
2009-03-25 05:15:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN PREL PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK44 |
SAKHALIN'S PAPER FISH PROBLEM [...] Econ Officer met with Environmental activist Dmitriy Lisitsyn of Ecological Sakhalin Watch to discuss environmental problems on the island, the effect of oil and gas projects on wildlife, the use of "paper fish" by poachers to circumvent fish quotas, and even some environmental improvements th [...] |
2009-04-08 08:06:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ENRG RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK47 |
DISGRUNTLED MILITARY OFFICERS TO JOIN FAR EAST PROTESTS [...] Summary. A new group has thrown its hat into the ring of Far East protests and will join Communists in organizing a demonstration this weekend. The Vladivostok Officers Union will be latest group in the growing number voices upset with recent Kremlin policies. This coming weekend will be a [...] |
2009-04-10 05:22:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK48 |
OVERVIEW OF JAPANESE BUSINESS ON SAKHALIN [...] Summary. Vladivostok Political Officer met with members of the Japanese community on Sakhalin to discuss the region from the Japanese perspective. Though the number of Japanese citizens living on the island has dwindled in recent years, many remain as part of the Sakhalin II oil and gas proj [...] |
2009-04-13 07:34:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK5 |
FOREST MAFIA ADAPTS TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] Despite lower demand for wood products due to the global economic crisis and implementation of the Lacey Act Amendment, illegal logging in Russia continues at critical levels. Approximately 70 percent of Russia's forests are concentrated in the Russian Far East and Siberia in close proximity t [...] |
2009-01-29 08:34:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL ECON EAGR RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK50 |
YOUTHS DANCE, SEVEN PROTESTERS DETAINED AT VLADIVOSTOK [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-13 07:34:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK51 |
FEWER RUSSIANS MAKING CROSS-RIVER TRIP TO CHINA [...] During a trip to Blagoveshchensk on the Amur River border with China, two mission Russia FSNs -- one from Vladivostok and one from Moscow -- made a boat trip to Heihe, China to observe cross-border traffic. The excursion provided a unique opportunity to report on activity there, since diploma [...] |
2009-04-17 07:06:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK53 |
JAPANESE CARS: FIFTEEN YEARS OF MOSCOW/FAR EAST [...] Summary. The subject of imported Japanese vehicles has come to the forefront in recent months, but it is not a new issue. The conflict between Far East residents and Moscow over the right-hand drive used cars dates back over fifteen years, and has consistently been one of the few social issue [...] |
2009-04-27 07:39:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK54 |
NEW APEC LAW TO STREAMLINE PROJECTS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-27 07:48:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK57 |
SLAM DUNK IN YAKUTIA [...] (U) Former NBA Coach Tom Newell brought his basketball diplomacy to Yakutia April 22-29 for a week of seminars for coaches, practice sessions for boys and girls, and exhibition games. CG joined Newell for a game with local public officials dedicated to WWII veterans. CG also visited a Yakuti [...] |
2009-04-28 06:46:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK59 |
KHABAROVSK GOVERNOR NAMED NEW RFE POLPRED [...] On April 30, Dmitry Medvedev accepted RFE Polpred Oleg Safonov's resignation and appointed Khabarovsk Governor Viktor Ishayev as his successor. Though most observers had predicted a move for the governor who has held power since 1991, few predicted the move to Polpred. The change in post is [...] |
2009-05-04 07:05:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK6 |
POLITICAL LEADERS PREFER JAPANESE CARS OVER "RIDING ON A [...] Summary. It is clear that citizens of the Russian Far East are strongly against Moscow's effort to encourage the Russian car manufacturing industry by increasing customs fees on imported second-hand Japanese cars. Political leaders in the region, however, are caught between the clear will of [...] |
2009-01-30 11:21:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK61 |
CONFESSIONS OF VLADIVOSTOK USED CAR SALESMEN [...] Summary. The famous Vladivostok marketplace for used foreign cars called Zelyoniy Ugol ("Green Corner") has been experiencing a serious downturn in recent months. New customs tariffs, banks' reluctance to provide consumer credit for car purchases, and the slumping value of the ruble have con [...] |
2009-05-12 04:58:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK62 |
DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: PROTEST SCHEDULED IN VLADIVOSTOK [...] Though the North Korean nuclear test took place less than 180 miles from Vladivostok, reaction in the city has so far been fairly muted. Professors at the Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service announced plans to conduct a small demonstration at noon on May 27 to protest the No [...] |
2009-05-26 07:26:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK63 |
US NAVY SHIP VISIT TO VLADIVOSTOK PLAYS PART IN US-RUSSIAN [...] The U.S. Navy Cruiser USS COWPENS made its contribution in the resetting of U.S.-Russia relations during a May 7-11 ship visit to Vladivostok. The visit was the first to Vladivostok since May of last year and marks the resumption of a tradition interrupted last July after a planned visit was [...] |
2009-05-28 06:41:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK64 |
THE MYTH-BUSTING TOWN ON THE PRIMORYE COAST [...] Vladivostok Consul General and PolOff joined a USAID delegation on a visit to the small timber-producing town of Plastun on Primorye's Pacific coast and discovered an economically thriving town with foreign investment, a stable population, and the only known golf course in the Russian Far Eas [...] |
2009-05-28 06:52:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PGOV ECON RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK65 |
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS CHILD VICTIMS OF FASCISM, BLASTS [...] The international conference "The Second World War in the Eyes of Children: Former Prisoners of Fascist Concentration Camps" was held in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on April 3. The event was attended by about two hundred participants, including former concentration camp prisoners and visitors from the U [...] |
2009-06-08 07:00:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK67 |
WALLS OF DEATH: KAMCHATKA FIGHTS DRIFTNETS [...] Summary. Russia is one of few countries that still allow driftnet fishing in its coastal ocean waters. Most countries have already banned the nets, referred to by environmentalists "walls of death." A proposal by the Federal Fisheries Agency to ban the practice in Russian waters has stirred [...] |
2009-06-10 06:59:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SENV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK71 |
KREMLIN TO DARKIN: PROVIDE JOBS OR LOSE YOUR OWN [...] President Dmitriy Medvedev recently tasked governors in the Russian Far East with settling unemployment and wage arrears locally without Kremlin help, and those who fail to control economic problems and related social unrest will be fired. Demonstrations resulting from the likely demise of the [...] |
2009-06-25 06:52:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK73 |
ANTI-CORRUPTION BOSS JAILED ON TRUMPED-UP CHARGES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-07 04:52:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK74 |
DPRK MISSILE TESTS BARELY A BLIP FOR RUSSIAN FAR EAST [...] The recent North Korean ballistic missile tests a mere 250 kilometers from Vladivostok registered barely a blip on local radar screens -- both literally on military detection equipment, and figuratively in the minds of area residents. Interfax news agency reported that a military source from [...] |
2009-07-09 04:24:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MCAP KN RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK75 |
US NAVY SHIP VISITS VLADIVOSTOK FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY [...] The U.S. Navy Destroyer USS STETHEM made a port visit to Vladivostok July 1-6, marking the second visit by a navy ship to Vladivostok since May. American sailors from the ship participated in a number of community relations events, including a "dragon boat" race, and officers from the ship an [...] |
2009-07-13 07:01:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK77 |
ANTI-CORRUPTION CRUSADER DETAINED IN VLADIVOSTOK [...] Authorities have arrested long-time consulate contact Colonel Aleksandr Astafyev, the Director of Witness Protection Center and deputy head of the Primorye UVD. He was arrested in his office on June 16 on fraud charges, and is currently in pre-trial detention. Astafyev is a close POL/ECON co [...] |
2009-07-16 04:20:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK79 |
ANTI-CORRUPTION CRUSADER DETAINED IN VLADIVOSTOK [...] Authorities have arrested long-time consulate contact Colonel Aleksandr Astafyev, the Director of Witness Protection Center and deputy head of the Primorye UVD. He was arrested in his office on June 16 on fraud charges, and is currently in pre-trial detention. Astafyev is a close POL/ECON co [...] |
2009-07-16 05:10:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PHUM RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK8 |
RIVAL VLADIVOSTOK DEMONSTRATIONS HELD WITHOUT VIOLENCE [...] Summary. Government detractors and supporters held simultaneous demonstrations in Vladivostok on Saturday, January 31. Though police presence was heavy throughout the city, with militia men at nearly every intersection downtown, and despite the Communists' insistence on holding the rally in [...] |
2009-02-02 05:34:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK81 |
A VISIT TO THE TIGRESS OF GAIVORON [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-22 08:01:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK82 |
WIFE OF JAILED ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHTER SPEAKS [...] Consulate FSN met with Natalya Astafyeva, ex-wife of currently detained anti-corruption fighter Aleksandr Astafyev, on July 23 to discuss her ex-husband's case. She informed FSN that a special commission has been sent from MVD headquarters in Moscow to Vladivostok to investigate Astafyev's cas [...] |
2009-07-27 01:22:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PHUM RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK83 |
JAILED CORRUPTION FIGHTER'S LAWYER SPEAKS [...] Polof and FSN met on July 27 with Yaroslav Gerin, the lawyer for jailed anti-corruption investigator Aleksandr Astafyev, who gave an update on his client's case (reftel). He stated that he was denied access to Astafiev on two occasions despite the constitutional guarantee allowing lawyer/cli [...] |
2009-07-30 02:12:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK85 |
CEMENT BUSINESS RECEIVES GENEROUS GOVERMENT SUBSIDIES [...] Summary: In the SpasskCement Co. Inc., the line between public and private is blurred. Although the company is part of the privately owned VostokCement LLC, SpasskCement has regularly received financial assistance from the Primorskiy Krai government, including over 560 million rubles during [...] |
2009-08-10 05:14:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK87 |
MOSCOW POURS OVER 4 BILLION DOLLARS INTO A NEARLY DESERTED [...] Summary. In preparation for the 2012 APEC Summit on Russkiy Island off Vladivostok, Moscow is spending over 4 billion dollars developing the island. As Consulate Staff verified during a site visit, workers have begun constructing a one billion dollar bridge from Vladivostok to Russkiy Island [...] |
2009-08-18 06:24:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | POL ECON |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK89 |
FAR EASTERN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM BLAMED U.S. FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 500 people from 13 countries and 16 Russian regions attended the Fourth Far Eastern International Economic Forum. Few high-ranking GOR officials attended. The low turnout was blamed on the financial crisis. Much of the forum, entitled, "Russian Far East Development Strat [...] |
2009-09-11 05:32:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ELTN PGOV PREL TSPA RS CH |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK9 |
YAKUTSK: DISPATCH FROM COLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD [...] Vladivostok Political/Economic Officer and FSN paid a mid-winter visit to Yakutsk and met with several officials of the Sakha Republic. Officials discussed economic and development plans for the area, including infrastructure development, possible areas of cooperation with United States busi [...] |
2009-02-09 07:57:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ETRD RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK91 |
INTERNATIONAL FISHERY CONGRESS TOUTS STRENGTHS OF RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sixth International Fishery Congress, hosted in Vladivostok September 8-10, has grown in significance. This year's event was attended by over 500 participants from across Russia, including all of the Russian Far East (RFE) regions, as well from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. [...] |
2009-09-14 02:20:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL PHSA RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK93 |
DBS FERRY TO ATTRACT TOURISM TO PRIMORYE? [...] (SBU) Summary: A new, South Korean-owned cruise ferry connecting Vladivostok, Donghae, South Koreia, and Sakaiminato, Japan began operating on July 7. Local officials hope it will help boost tourism to Primorye Region, as it offers an affordable, comfortable, and convenient way to travel betw [...] |
2009-09-17 05:10:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EIND ECIN EINV PGOV PREL PHSA RS JA KS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK94 |
CONSULATE VLADIVOSTOK HOSTS 2009 SYMPOSIUM ON NORTHEAST ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate Vladivostok, in collaboration with the Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service (VGUES), hosted the 2009 Symposium on Northeast Asia Security (SNEAS) on 14-16 September 2009 in Vladivostok, Russia. Participants from Russia, Mongolia, Japan, India, China, S [...] |
2009-09-18 05:49:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OCII OPRC MARR MCAP OIIP SCUL PREL KR RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK98 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF EUR/RUS DIRECTOR KYLE SCOTT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate General Vladivostok warmly welcomes you to the Russian Far East (RFE). You are coming to a region rich in investment opportunities for U.S. firms, especially as Vladivostok builds new infrastructure in the run-up to APEC 2012. Such investment from U.S. firms would b [...] |
2009-09-22 03:00:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EIND ECIN |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK99 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - VLADIVOSTOK [...] Local Conditions: Though Primorye's government reported six percent growth in the gross regional product in 2008, the economic situation in the past few months is showing signs of trouble. The first sector to feel the economic crisis in Primorye was the mining and extracting industry. In lat [...] |
2009-09-23 04:48:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS SPAS CMGT ASEC RS |
| 10VLADIVOSTOK11 |
RUSSKIY ISLAND -- THEY WILL BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME, THEN [...] Summary: Many were surprised when in 2007, then President Vladimir Putin announced that the 2012 APEC summit would be held on Russkiy Island, an empty, undeveloped island just South of Vladivostok. On February 5, 2010, Consular Officer and USAID Representative visited the island, taking the f [...] |
2010-02-16 07:24:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SENV RS |
| 10VLADIVOSTOK12 |
PRISON VISIT TO AMCIT HYO SOON PARK [...] On February 15, 2010, Consular Officer and Consular Agent-Sakhalin visited Park in the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Prison. We spoke with Park for 30 minutes, uninterrupted, in the presence of detention officials and the local MFA representative. 2. Park has serious, ongoing problems with his heart. [...] |
2010-02-18 01:15:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC RS |
| 10VLADIVOSTOK9 |
BEARS FIND A HOME THAT'S JUST RIGHT IN THE FAR EAST [...] Bears and pensioners, both prisoners of the Russian bureaucracy, are trying to survive together. Mr. Ivan Leschenko and his wife, Lyubov, have "inherited" a wildlife refuge for eight Himalayan bears. The regional government considers the Himalayan bear to be property of the state, but it doe [...] |
2010-02-09 04:49:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SCUL PGOV RS |