16.06.2010, 06:38    Russia builds largest bridge on Kamchatka Peninsula
The Russian government has started to build a bridge over Kamchatka River at the spot of the 168th km of the Milkovo-Klyuchi-Ust-Kamchatsky highway, China's Xinhua news agency quoted local media as reporting on Tuesday.

15.07.2009, 02:29    Russia plans disposal of 2 nuclear subs
Russia announced that it will have disposed of two nuclear submarines by the middle of 2010.

26.12.2008, 07:17    Dalsvyaz to boost 2009 investment program 21%
Dalsvyaz, the incumbent telecom operator in Russia's Far East, plans to increase its investment program for 2009 by 21.4% to 3.4 billion rubles, company General Director Anton Kolpakov said.

08.12.2008, 08:47    Gazprom approves investment program for 2009
Gazprom's executive board has approved an investment program worth RUB 920.44bn for 2009, the Russian gas monopoly said in a statement today. Specifically, Gazprom's capital investment is to amount to RUB 699.88bn, and long-term financial investment to RUB 220.56bn. According to the draft program for cost optimization for 2009, also approved by the board, the effect from the program's implementation is expected to reach RUB 11.3bn.

21.10.2008, 03:41    New governor of Amur Region Oleg Kozhemyako assumes office
Oleg Kozhemyako was sworn in as governor of the Amur region on Monday, an official in the press service of the Legislative Assembly of the region told Itar-Tass.

15.10.2008, 08:44    Vladivostok sea trading port renewed grain export
On October 10, Vladivostok sea trading port finished shipment of 3.500 tonnes of barley to holds of Rich Honor and the ship headed for Japan, according to the media-department of the port.

06.10.2008, 08:30    Russian warships, submarines, aircraft participated in FE exercises
More than ten ships and submarines and also aircraft and marines of the Russian Pacific Fleet have participated in the strategic command and staff exercises Stability-2008.

28.08.2008, 08:54    Russia starts naval exercise off Far East's Kamchatka
Russia's Pacific Fleet, Naval Aviation and coastal defense troops have launched a joint exercise off the Far East's Kamchatka Peninsula, a spokesman for the fleet said on Tuesday.

20.08.2008, 08:37    WWF says walrus deaths in Russian Far East due to natural causes
The World Wildlife Fund said on Monday that over 800 walruses found dead 10 days ago by border officials in Russia's Far Eastern region of Chukotka probably died of natural causes

14.07.2008, 09:38    Kamchatka – Russia’s fishing peninsula – celebrates the Fisher’s Day on Sunday
Kamchatka – Russia’s fishing peninsula – celebrates the Fisher’s Day on Sunday.

10.07.2008, 08:43    Russia's Vladivostok Air tries U.S. flights
Russia's Vladivostok Air began U.S. service yesterday with scheduled weekly charter service between Anchorage and Kamchatka on Russia's East Coast. The direct connection between Alaska and the Russian Far East are being welcomed by corporate travelers in Alaska.

23.05.2008, 06:35    Russia and Japan hold consultations on environmental safety in Far East region
Russia and Japan are going to develop a programme of cooperation in environmental safety in the two country’s adjacent areas ahead of the G8 summit on Hokkaido due in July.

12.05.2008, 09:57    Karymsky volcano on Kamchatka spews ash column to 4,5 km
The Karymsky volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula has spewed an ash column to a height of 4.5 kilometres above sea level. There is no danger to nearby settlements, told the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

12.05.2008, 09:39    Gazprom not to change partners in West Kamchatka offshore project
The possible change of ownership of the license to explore West Kamchatka offshore fields should not affect Rosneft's Korean partner KNOC, RBC Daily wrote today citing a source at Gazprom. Meanwhile, South Korea has already assigned $270m to bore two exploration wells in Kamchatka, and the Korean drilling rig Doo Sung is expected to arrive on the spot soon. It is presumed that the work on the second exploration well will not start until 2009.

11.04.2008, 07:18    Gazprom Meets To Develop Far East
The Headquarters of Gazprom hosted a meeting on issues related to design work arrangement for the Company's major projects. The meeting was headed by Yaroslav Golko, Member of the Company's Management Committee, Head of the Investment & Construction Department.

24.03.2008, 08:23    Rosneft ready to drill Sakhalin-3 exploration wells
Rosneft has completed preparations for drilling at the Veninsky block in the Sakhalin-3 contract territory, Rosneft President Sergei Bogdanchikov said at a press conference in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Friday.

06.03.2008, 03:06    Special economic port zones may appear in Kamchatka
Special economic port zones may appear in Kamchatka too. The Government of the region is preparing the documents for participation in the contest. The possibility of assignment to the port zones of several territories on the coast of the Avacha Bay is being studied.

12.02.2008, 09:03    The pollock fishing season in the Sea of Okhotsk has entered the active phase
Main winter fishing in the Sea of Okhotsk has entered its active phase. Virtually the entire extractive middle-tonnage and large-tonnage fleet of the Far Eastern fishery enterprises is now in the Okhotsk pollock fishing areas, reported the Ministry of Fisheries of Kamchatka territory.

14.12.2007, 15:26    The Geyser Valley has won the “Seven Wonders of Russia” contest
The Geyser Valley of Kamchatka became one of the “7 Wonders of Russia” contest winner that was organized by the “Smena” journal. The contest was being conducted during three months, starting from September, 2007.

11.12.2007, 06:37    Kamchatka crab ban will damage Japanese economy
Russia's new fishing policy aimed at fighting illegal crab catches in Russian waters could seriously damage the economy of Wakkanai, a city on the north Japanese island of Hokkaido, local authorities said.

28.11.2007, 16:10    Russian woman gives birth to quadruplets
A woman from the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far East has given birth to quadruplets, a source in the local administration said on Tuesday.

19.11.2007, 08:41    The consul general of Japan goes to Kamchatka
A delegation of the Consulate general of japan arrives to Vladivostok On the 20th of Kamchatka headed by the consul general Mr. Kamohara.

15.11.2007, 13:20    FE Shipping Co ends Chukotka-Arctic navigation of 2007
The Far East Shipping Company has ended the Chukotka-Arctic navigation of 2007. In the period from June to November the company delivered to Arctic areas 210,000 tonnes of general and bulk cargoes, including 126,200 tonnes of coal, the press centre of the shipping company told Itar-Tass.

06.11.2007, 09:44    Russia's fisheries to get 50 bln rlbs of loans - official
ussian fisheries will receive 50 billion roubles of loans in the near future, head of the State Committee for Fisheries Andrei Krainy told a conference here on Thursday.

03.10.2007, 15:03    Scientific and practical conference “Sea ecology 2007” will be opened on Wednesday
The main goal of the meeting is the generalization of the experience in the solving the problems of coastal-sea environment protection and preservation.

27.09.2007, 14:19    Geysers Re-Emerge in Damaged Russia Valley - WWF
he best-known geysers of a cluster hidden in a remote Russian valley hit earlier this year by a landslide have re-emerged, a leading environmentalist group said on Wednesday.

21.09.2007, 14:57    A festival of educational ideas and innovations has started in Kamchatka
A festival of ideas and innovations in education that is supposed to help practical teachers to orientate in the variety of modern multimedia means to use it effectively in their pedagogic practice has started.

14.09.2007, 09:05    Scientists say ban on Kamchatka crab catch needed
ussian scientists have proposed putting a five-year ban on the commercial crab catch near Kamchatka, in Russia's Far East, where the crab population has fallen by 40% in two years.

13.09.2007, 07:56    The second international festival of marine colleges starts today
The second international festival of marine colleges and universities called ‘Young Captains of the World Ocean’ opens in Vladivostok on Wednesday on the city’s central square with an honor parade.

24.08.2007, 11:42    Archeologists have discovered artifacts of 2000-year antiquity in Sakhalin
An archeological finds of Hermitage-class were discovered on the Kurils on the latest complex scientific expedition.

24.08.2007, 07:32    UNESCO will estimate the conditions of “Kamchatka’s Volcanoes”
From 29th of August till 5th of September the experts of UNESCO delegation headed by the representative of the UNESCO center of world Heritage Guy Dabonnet and expert David Michalic.

22.08.2007, 11:05    Japanese naval ship arrives on unofficial visit in Vladivostok
Haruna destroyer of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces has arrived on an official visit in Vladivostok, the main base of Russia’s Pacific Fleet.

21.08.2007, 16:10    The Monaco prince has called Kamchatka “a region perfect for tourism”
He has visited the Geyser Valley, caldera of Uson volcano, The Nalychev Valley and other unique corners of Kamchatka.

17.08.2007, 11:42    Prince Albert II of Monaco to hunt stag in East Siberia
Prince of Monaco Albert II will hunt Siberian stag and fish in Russia's East Siberian region of Irkutsk, a spokesman for the regional governor said Thursday.

17.08.2007, 11:38    Japanese fishing boat, crew released
A Japanese fishing boat seized by Russia and its 17 crew members have been released and are now heading for Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japanese authorities said Thursday.

09.08.2007, 15:21    Japan seeks release of trawler seized by Russia
apan said on Wednesday it hoped Russia would promptly implement an international maritime tribunal order to free a Japanese fishing trawler it has seized.

06.08.2007, 12:20    Vladivostok welcomes International Festive of Marine Colleges
Twelve Russian and foreign universities have confirmed their participation in the International Festive “Young Captains of World Ocean” that will pass in Vladivostok on 12-13 of September.

03.08.2007, 11:44    Grand Duchess arrives to Vladivostok for public prayer
The head of Imperial House Her Imperial Highness Sovereign Grand Duches Maria Vladimirovna will visit Vladivostok for the first time.

02.08.2007, 13:01    Russian police seize 100 metric tons of illegally-caught salmon
Police in Russia\'s Far East have seized in the past 24 hours more than 100 metric tons of salmon illegally caught in the Pacific, a police spokeswoman said Tuesday.

05.07.2007, 10:06    Primorye deputies support creation of equal conditions for fishery enterprises
Deputies of fish policy and wildlife management committee of regional parliament have refused to support amendments to federal law “Of fishery and preservation of water biological resources” and suggest the State Duma to examine a new law conception developed in Primorye.

03.07.2007, 14:23    "The Eastern Ring of Russia" will be created for tourists
The governor of Kchabarovsk region Victor Ishaev has suggested to create “The Eastern ring of Russia” to attract Russian and foreign tourists.