When they first met, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev played up the common legal background he shares with U.S. President Barack Obama. And despite question marks over the veracity of Medvedev's claim to have studied a "legal reference work" authored by

From Monday, July 21, all post offices in Russia are obliged to provide "special facilities" for members of the security services to inspect - and open - letters and parcels. The move, embodied in an internal memo from the Ministry

Last week, the human rights activist and an employee of Memorial Natalya Estemirova was murdered and buried in her native village. Everyone feels compassion toward the victim and sympathizes with her loved ones; many pose painful questions for themselves and

It's been another bad week for President Dmitry Medvedev's drive to bring an end to legal nihilism in Russia, and introduce fair courts and faith in the legal system among the population. Not that this was ever going to happen

Eighteen rubles to the dollar sounds like a dream to anyone being paid in Russian currency, if not for the country's exporters. And according to the Economist's Big Mac Index, which compares the prices of the ubiquitous burger to workout

Georgia and Ukraine eagerly awaited the arrival of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden this week. They hoped that he would use his visit to signal support for their post-colored revolution yet troubled governments. And, even more importantly, that he would

The last three weeks have been rich in developments in the unfolding "battle of the pipelines" to supply natural gas to Europe. Russia, the EU and the United States are locked in a tough struggle to secure domination over the

Sakhalin Region continues to develop economic and cultural relations with South Korea. VLADIVOSTOK, July 21, vladivostoktimes.com Economic and cultural relations with Republic of Korea are developing on Sakhalin. The Korean party wishes to take part in construction of infrastructural objects

Our 200th oil cargo is clear evidence of Sakhalin's emerging role as a key energy hub for the Asia-Pacific region", says Sakhalin Energy CEO Ian Craig. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 22 July 2009 - Sakhalin Energy announced that it has exported its 200th

A number of traditional drugs from this country had already been licensed in Russia. VLADIVOSTOK, July 23, vladivostoktimes.com The Vietnamese intend to open a doctor's office in Vladivostok. The city Administration is going to support this initiative. This solution was

Chinese partners are interested in the offer of Russians to invest in wood processing industry. VLADIVOSTOK, July 23, vladivostoktimes.com The official delegation of Birobidzhan headed by the vice-Mayor Yelena VASILENKO visited city Yichun (province Heilongjiang) on invitation of the Chinese

There is a decrease in the number of unemployed registered in the region. VLADIVOSTOK, July 23, vladivostoktimes.com "The social and economic development in the Far East is stabilized; there is a decrease in the number of unemployed registered in the

The celebrations are to be held aboard all ships and in all units of the RF Pacific Navy without exceptions. VLADIVOSTOK, July 23, vladivostoktimes.com Vice-Admiral Konstantin SIDENKO, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, approved the program of the celebration of the

The company has many yeas' experience of efficient work with a number of regions of Russia. VLADIVOSTOK, July 24, vladivostoktimes.com Japanese delegation of the Institute of global research of the company Mitsui visited Vladivostok Administration on July 24. The company

Naval vessels of the Pacific Navy came to water area of Amur Bay. VLADIVOSTOK, July 23, vladivostoktimes.com The pre-final rehearsal of Navy Day took place on July 23 at Water Station of the Pacific Navy in Vladivostok. The final rehearsal

The head of the research institute that designed the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile resigned after a series of unsuccessful test launches, a defense industry official said on Wednesday.