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.

04.03.2009, 06:38    BP, Rosneft back out of Sakhalin-4
BP pulled out of exploration at a facility near Sakhalin Island in Russia when drilling failed to reveal natural resource reserves.

20.02.2009, 08:58    Medvedev Opens LNG Plant on Sakhalin
Sakhalin Island — Russia’s first plant to supply natural gas by tanker opened Wednesday on Sakhalin Island, marking the country’s foray into a new market both by product and location.

23.12.2008, 04:10    Protests Erupt in Russia Over Raising of Car Tariffs
Small demonstrations occurred in several Russian cities over the weekend in reaction to the government’s plan to raise tariffs on imported automobiles, and the riot police broke up one protest on Sunday in Vladivostok in the country’s far east, briefly detaining scores of people, news agencies reported.

28.11.2008, 08:34    Russia to partake in joint naval exercises with Indian Navy
A task force from Russia's Pacific Fleet will leave its main base in Vladivostok on December 9 to take part in joint naval exercises with the Indian navy in the Indian Ocean, a fleet spokesman said.

13.11.2008, 09:13    Medvedev to discuss new security architecture at EU-Russia summit
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will outline his proposal for a new "Euro-Atlantic security architecture" at an EU-Russia summit in Nice on Friday, a top Kremlin aide said Wednesday. Medvedev first revived the Perestroika idea of a new security system "from Vancouver to Vladivostok" in his first foreign policy address in June. Western diplomats say they are open to the idea, but that the concept remains vague.

13.10.2008, 08:50    Vladivostok will be developed after the example of Hakodate
October 7, there was a summit meeting of Igor Pushkarev, the mayor of Vladivostok and Nishio Masanori, the mayor of Hakodate (Japan). Since 1992 Vladivostok and Hakodate are twin cities.

23.04.2008, 08:52    Japan, Russia to begin using fiber-optic link
NTT Communicationsand TransTeleCom of Russia said they will start using a 570-kilometer optical fiber cable connecting Hokkaido and Sakhalin in June to respond to rising demand for fast data transmissions between Japan and Europe as well as Japan and Russia, a Kyodo News report said.

15.04.2008, 09:03    A new cosmodrome will be built in Russia
The “Vostochniy” cosmodrome that is being created in the Amur region will start its work in 2015.

10.04.2008, 09:33    Airline will link Russian Far East with Anchorage
Vladivostok Avia has announced summer flights between the Russian Far East and Anchorage, according to a recent announcement by International Travel Consultants in Anchorage.

24.03.2008, 15:16    Rosneft to build refinery near Nakhodka port in Far East
Russia's Rosneft has decided to construct an oil refinery near the Far Eastern port of Nakhodka, the state-run oil company's head said on Friday.

15.02.2008, 06:41    The tourism in Primorye is decreasing
The number of foreign tourists traveling to Russia’s far eastern region of Primorye in 2007 amounted to 70,000 people showing a 30-percent decrease compared to the previous year, the Zolotoy Rog business weekly reported.

29.01.2008, 08:59    Far Eastern customs sum up year
In 2007, the total trade turnover through Russia’s Far Eastern Customs amounted to a total of $26.3 billion indicating a 62 percent growth as compared to 2006, a press statement from the Far Eastern Customs Department reported on Thursday.

10.01.2008, 09:01    Indonesia`s Setdco, Russian partners to build giant oil project
Setdco Oil & Gas of the Setdco Group has agreed with Primosky Oil & Gas to build a giant Vladivostok Oil and Gas Complex in Russia estimated to cost up to 18 billion euros (US$26.5 billion).

22.11.2007, 13:15    Russia to use new cosmodrome for manned launches from 2018
Russia will start manned launches from the new cosmodrome Vostochny in the Far East Amur Region from2018, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Wednesday.

21.11.2007, 15:57    Sakhalin-1 gas field designed primarily for Russia's domestic needs -Medvedev
Russia will be able to export gas from the Sakhalin-1 gas field only after it provides gas supply infrastructure in all of its regions, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said.

21.11.2007, 14:13    Transaero reduces tariffs on flights to Far East by 10 %
Russia’s air carrier Transaero has reduced by ten percent tariffs for flights between Moscow and cities of the Far East, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

30.10.2007, 11:17    Japan, Russia agree to expand cargo routes
Mitsui & Co, Japan’s second biggest trading company, concluded in mid October a cooperation agreement with Russian Railways and Russkaya Troika to launch a Trans-Siberian freight service, a press statement from Russian Railways said.

17.10.2007, 16:12    India eyes Sakhalin-III role
India plans to pitch for projects in the Russian Far East during a visit by Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora, news reports said.

11.10.2007, 11:58    Exhibitions, theater plays to promote Putin’s popularity
An exhibition ‘Putin - A Portrait of President’ opened Wednesday on Sakhalin to mark the 55th birthday anniversary of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile Vladivostok gets ready to release a play called Putin’s Holiday devoted to serve the same goal.

09.10.2007, 14:43    Five Firms Short-listed for Russian 3G Rollout
Russia's Megafon is reported to have short-listed five companies as suppliers for its US$1 billion 3G network rollout. Local tech publication, CNews names Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, NEC, Nokia-Siemens and Huawei as the five companies which have been invited to submit formal tenders.

02.10.2007, 15:23    Natural resources minister plans inspection visit to Sakhalin in November
Russian Natural Resources Minister Yury Trutnev plans to visit Sakhalin in November to see how the violations uncovered at the Sakhalin 2 project are being dealt with. He announced the plans at a Monday news conference in Moscow.

24.09.2007, 13:00    Russia to build new space launch site for manned missions
Russia's space agency chief said the country is planning to build a new space launch site in the Far East by 2020, Russian news agencies reported.

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.

07.09.2007, 14:54    Putin hopes to develop Russian Far East by holding 2012 APEC summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow hopes to develop the Russian Far East through enhanced participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

09.08.2007, 15:25    China, Russia, lead anti-terrorism drills
China, Russia and four central Asian nations began a joint anti-terror military drill in a remote Muslim-dominated Chinese region on Thursday, state press reported.

08.08.2007, 13:42    Crocodile falls to earth in Russia
RESIDENTS in the Russian nuclear research town of Sarov got a jaw-dropping surprise today when a crocodile fell from its owner's 12th storey flat.

03.08.2007, 10:16    Sakhalin would aid Asia-Pacific
Russia says the Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 projects and the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean export pipeline will add to energy security in the Asia-Pacific region.

02.08.2007, 15:44    Japan issues tsunami warning after strong quake in Russia
A strong underwater quake hit near Sakhalin island in Russia's Far East on Thursday, reportedly killing one person and sending small tsunami waves to northern Japan.

27.07.2007, 09:32    Gazprom expansion causing Russia-Britain diplomatic row
Energy giant Gazprom's new role in the Sakhalin II project in Russia's Far East might be the cause for worsening diplomatic row between Russia and Britain.

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.

04.07.2007, 06:12    The Pacific economic congress will take place in Primorye
The First Pacific economic congress will start its work on July 27-29 in Vladivostok.