Delegation of Netherlands Navy led by its Commander, Gen. Lt. Robert Zuiderwijk will visit Northern Fleet on Nov 26.

French combat ship Mistral will conduct maneuvers with participation of Russian helicopters.

The grey whales population is on the brink of extinction because of oil and gas extraction on the Sakhalin Shelf. VLADIVOSTOK, November 26, vladivostoktimes.com The Inter-Agency Task Group on preserving of the Okhotsk-Korean population of the grey whales was formed

Putting chip for concrete forming on the extending part of the runway has started. VLADIVOSTOK, November 25, vladivostoktimes.com Collector and drainage works will be continued in construction of Vladivostok airport airfield in winter. The objects will be prepared for spring

The district court of Warsaw postponed till December 18 the process in case of accusations of Poland's President Lech Kaczynski by Lech Walesa, the Solidarity founder and the former President of Poland, news agencies are reporting today. Walesa is suing

Newest ships and boats will maintain security of South Ossetian and Abkhazian borders.

Activists from the Right Cause party held a mock funeral for democracy after the Nizhny Novgorod city duma introduced a measure that would have a selection of deputies choose the mayor, who was previously elected by popular vote.

Human rights advocates discussed a number of controversial issues with the president in hopes that some concrete measures would be taken in result.