Russian nuclear death sub 'was due for delivery to India' Nov 11, 2008
The Governor of Khabarovsk region, Viktor Ishayev, disclosed that the Nerpa had been testing an automated system that differed from previous models. The system must be modified. (Times Online)
IIHF looking at Murley move to Russian league Oct 25, 2008
The 28-year-old Murley signed for Amur Khabarovsk of the Continental Hockey League earlier this month and played his first game last Friday. The IIHF believes the former and winger did not have the required paperwork to play. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NHL)
Hockey body investigates Murley move to Russia Oct 24, 2008
The 28-year-old Murley signed for Amur Khabarovsk of the Continental Hockey League earlier this month and played his first game last Friday. The IIHF believes the former Pittsburgh Penguins and Phoenix Coyotes winger did not have the required paperwork to play. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Murley heads to Russia Oct 10, 2008
"I decided (Tuesday) night over dinner with my family," Murley said by phone before leaving for the eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk. "It was a real tough decision. I loved playing for Albany. I loved the new coach. I wanted to play in front of my family and friends, but this opportunity came out of nowhere. It was just something I can't pass up.". (Albany Times Union)
More tainted Chinese milk products found in Russia, Asia, U.S. Oct 4, 2008
ITAR-Tass quotes Russia's chief epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko as saying the dry milk was seized in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, on the Chinese border. Interfax reports that inspectors have found more than 1,000 items containing Chinese-dairy products around the country. (USA Today -- Money)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
Russia Finds Tainted Products From China Oct 3, 2008
Russia's ITAR-Tass quoted Russia's chief epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko as saying that the 2 tons of dry milk was seized in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, on the Chinese border. Consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor on Tuesday banned all imports of Chinese dairy produce. (Newsmax)
'Dear Leader, get well soon' Sep 13, 2008
Analysts say Kim Jong-il's non-appearance at a parade on Tuesday marking the 60th anniversary of the formal founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea three years after Kim Il-sung returned from near the Siberian city of Khabarovsk aboard a Soviet merchant ship may not in itself be terribly significant; he often fails to show up at huge events. South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS)seems certain, however, that Kim is partially paralyzed after an operation by Chinese doctors... (Asia Times Online)
Facing West's consequences, Russia holds cards of its own Aug 24, 2008
"It's a hell of a lot easier to sit in a warm house in Khabarovsk and watch the national treasury drop by billions than it is to sit in a cold house in France or Germany," he said. Chris Weafer, an analyst with the investment bank UralSib, forecast that Russia may soon try to flesh out plans for a new "Gas-OPEC," highlighting Moscow's determination to boost its power through control of energy. (Khaleej Times)
North Korea wary of Russia's return Aug 23, 2008
The elder Kim was sheltered there as an officer in the Soviet army during World War II while his son was actually born in or near the eastern Siberian city of Khabarovsk, spent much of his childhood there and later studied in Moscow. Paradoxically, however, North Korean leaders may wish to turn to Russia for increasing aid as South Korea's conservative President Lee Myung-bak talks in tough terms regarding the North while attempting to improve relations with the US, somewhat frayed under Lee's... (Asia Times Online)
Obama Nearing a Veep Decision? Aug 11, 2008
Authorities were alerted to the problem after residents of Khabarovsk, a Siberian city became intoxicated from consuming the heroin. Alfa Echo is part of the Russian Alfa group of companies controlled by Mikhail Fridman and Pyotr Aven. (Washington Post)
Chinese students enjoy "Russia Day" in Vladivostok Aug 4, 2008
Fang Xianrong, China's consul general in Russia's far eastern city of Khabarovsk, said the "Day of China" which was held a week ago and the "Day of Russia" opens this Sunday have demonstrated the Russian and Chinese peoples' readiness to further boost exchanges and mutual understandings for deepening the social basis of the two countries' friendly cooperation. Related News. (People's Daily Online, China)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Russia Fights Fuel Oil Spill in Far East Amur River Jul 13, 2008
KHABAROVSK, Russia - Russian rescue services were on Wednesday battling a fuel oil spill in the Amur River which forms part of Russia's border with China ... The slick is expected to reach Khabarovsk, a city of 580,000, in mid-July ... "We initially thought the fuel came from a ship of some sort but that was not confirmed and we are still searching for the source," Yuri Ivanov, deputy head of the local emergency ministry, told reporters in Khabarovsk. (Planet Ark, United States)
Drunk driver takes traffic cop for a ride Jun 20, 2008
The motorist only came to a halt after the policeman on the roof fired eight rounds from his pistol, police in the Khabarovsk region, on Russia's Pacific coast, said in a statement. The driver was unhurt and is in jail awaiting charges, while the traffic policemen only sustained a graze to his right arm, the statement said. (Yahoo News)
Sixty injured in train derailment in Russia Jun 12, 2008
Ten tail coaches of the train No. 326 en route from Neryungri to Khabarovsk swerved off the rails and got overturned near the Shimanovsk railway station in the Amur Region at 8:07 a.m. Moscow time (0407GMT) on Thursday, according to the ministry. Rescuers and an increasing number of ambulance teams are currently at work at the scene of the incident. (Xinhuanet, China)
How he restored a conqueror's dignity Jun 6, 2008
June 28, 1948, Khabarovsk, Russia. FAMILY TRAGEDY. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
West Siberian Raises USD 170 Million at SEK 3.90 Per Share Apr 18, 2008
The proceeds from the private placement, together with operational cash flow and additional debt capital, will be used to finance the reconstruction of the Khabarovsk Refinery, to finance the Company s upstream capital expenditure programme and for general corporate purposes. In the coming years, we aim to invest to increase crude oil production considerably and upgrade the Khabarovsk refinery to significantly improve refining margins. (BusinessWire)
North Korea's quirky Air Koryo survives and, increasingly, appears to thrive Apr 18, 2008
A flight to Khabarovsk, another city in the Russian Far East, stopped in 2005. The airline also had flew to Bangkok and Macau in recent years. (International Herald Tribune)
Cathay Forest Announces Russian Timber Property General Manager Feb 19, 2008
Mr. Vann will be stationed in Khabarovsk, Russia and will oversee the development and harvesting activities of Cathay's recently acquired 270,000 hectare timber property in Russia. In August 2007, Cathay Forest purchased a 51% interest in a Russian company, which owns a 270,000-hectare concession of standing timber in Khabarovsk, Russia. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Early voting underway in Russia's remote areas Feb 17, 2008
Helicopters with election commission members aboard flew out Saturday for Russia's far eastern Khabarovsk territory and Amur region to enable people there to exercise their right to vote, Itar-Tass said. Around 4,500 people have the right to vote earlier in the Khabarovsk territory, said the local election commission. (Xinhuanet, China)
Election monitors' boycott overshadows Kremlin race Feb 7, 2008
Speaking on a visit to Khabarovsk, near the border with China, Dmitry Medvedev promised a major push to combat corruption and to resolve Russia's plummeting population numbers, particularly in the sparsely inhabited far east. But the legitimacy of Medvedev's near certain victory in March 2 poll suffered a major blow when Europe's top monitoring body, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, announced a boycott, citing obstruction by the Russian authorities. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Putin gives up lawmaker's mandate Dec 14, 2007
MOSCOW, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The proposal of Russian President Vladimir Putin becoming prime minister after the end of his presidential term is reasonable, Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said on Wednesday in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk. MOSCOW, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Dmitry Medvedev, nominated as a candidate for next March's presidential election, has proposed Russian President Vladimir Putin as prime minister after he leaves the Kremlin, while vowing to maintain policy continuity. (Xinhuanet, China)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Exiled Koreans return Nov 11, 2007
You need to live where your soul lies"It's very sad that we are not going with children but are heading away from them. It's another separation," Kim said in her apartment in a drab five-story, Soviet-style building, where she packed a box of candy for a final shipment to her grandchildren living in the Far East city of Khabarovsk. Koreans began to return home after the 1991 Soviet collapse. (MSNBC -- International)
Fortress Intercepts Additional High Grade Gold at the Elena Prospect, Svetloye Project, Russia Oct 25, 2007
Samples are prepared on site or at the DalGeophysical Laboratory, Khabarovsk, Russia or the Irgiredmet Laboratory of Irkutsk, Russia (both accredited by the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Standardization and Metrology "Gosstandart" of Russia). Assaying by fire assay and atomic absorption is performed by the Irgiredmet Laboratory, Alex Stewart Labs in Moscow, Russia and by ALS Chemex in Vancouver, Canada. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
'Harsh Back-and-Forth'... Oct 8, 2007
Today's Top Political Stories. Randall Rolph said he came to New Hampton, Iowa, on Sunday to see Sen. (The Drudge Report)
Russia Seizes Half Tonne of Contraband Caviar Sep 25, 2007
Following a tip-off, police intercepted the 460 kg (1,1014 lb) of caviar at Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow, where it was flown from Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East, said Yuri Sinyutin, a spokesman for the ministry's economic safety department. "In order to get this much black caviar, poachers caught and destroyed over 23 tonnes of sturgeon, themselves worth around 10 million roubles (US$400,000)," said Sinyutin. (Planet Ark, United States)
China moves to curb pollution in Songhua River Sep 21, 2007
The official said water quality temporarily reached Class Three, which is drinkable, last month and was "better than the corresponding period last year" in Sanjiangkou, where the Songhua River joins Heilong River before it flows downstream into Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang and the Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk. The improvement in water quality was also attributed to a marked decrease in rainfall this summer. (Xinhuanet, China)
17000 Nevelsk residents on Sakhalin spend night outdoors-official Aug 3, 2007
KHABAROVSK, August 3 (Itar-Tass) - As many as 17,000 residents of the town of Nevelsk on Russias Sakhalin Island that has been stricken by a powerful earthquake have spent the night in tents and in cars. Some residents went to their relatives in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and other populated localities. (ITAR-TASS)
* World News Quick Take Jul 21, 2007
" Aso said yesterday that his remarks had been inappropriate. INDIA Grandma thrown in garbage Authorities in southern state of Tamil Nadu are trying to trace a family who threw a sick 75-year-old grandmother in the garbage. The victim, Chinnammal Palaniappan, told her rescuers that she was taken from her home by her grandsons and woke up on Sunday morning to find herself among a heap of rotting garbage. "We heard some moaning from the dump yard and when we went over we were shocked to find an... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* N Korea to shut down reactor Jun 26, 2007
A statement posted on the Web site of Dalkombank, based in the Russian city of Khabarovsk, said the funds transfer had been completed yesterday. The ministry also said it would start implementing a February disarmament accord, in which it promised to shut down its nuclear reactor in exchange for economic and political concessions. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
North Korea Receives Funds, Says It Will Begin Closing Nuclear Reactor Jun 25, 2007
The funds were transferred to an account held by North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank, Dalcombank, based in Khabarovsk, Russia, said in a statement on its Web site. The problem of the funds' movement has been fully resolved. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Freed DPRK funds transferred Jun 24, 2007
The expected 25 million U.S. dollars have been put into DPRK accounts at the Dalcombank based in Russia's Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, Itar-Tass and Interfax cited sources from the Russian Finance Ministry. "The money was transferred to Russia not directly but by way ofthe Federal Reserve Bank of New York," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. (Xinhuanet, China)
U.S., N.Korea Set Timeline to Shut Reactor Jun 24, 2007
Russian news agencies, citing unnamed finance ministry officials, reported Saturday that the North Korean funds had reached Dalkombank, a bank in the Russian Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk. Bank officials could not be located to comment on the reports, while no one answered phones at the Central Bank or the Finance Ministry. (Newsmax)
DPRK money not in Russian bank yet Jun 19, 2007
The Dalkombank (Far East Commercial Bank), based in Russia's far eastern city of Khabarovsk, however, has not yet received the funds due to technical problems, he told reporters at an investors conference here ... The DPRK's ambassador to Russia, Kim Yong Che, however, said those funds have arrived at the Central Bank of Russia and will be transferred to the DPRK foreign trade bank via a Russian bank in Khabarovsk, Itar-Tass news agency reported. (Xinhuanet, China)
Russian Far East bank denies receiving N.Korean fund transfer Jun 15, 2007
South Korean media said the funds would to go initially to the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and then on to Russia's Central Bank before being transferred to Dalkombank (Far East Commercial Bank), based in Khabarovsk. However, the bank's director general, Andrei Shlyakhovoy, said in an interview with Japan's NHK TV, published on the bank's official Web site: "Dalkombank has received no official requests from the Russian government on this question. We do not consider un-official... (RIA Novosti)
Report: NKorea funds transfer out of Macau to begin Thursday, go through US Fed to Russia. Jun 14, 2007
Japanese conservative newspaper Sankei reported Thursday that the money would go from the Russian central bank to the Far Eastern Commercial Bank, or Dalkombank, which is based in Khabarovsk, where Pyongyang has an account. Dalkombank spokeswoman Yelena Obydennik said the bank had received no official requests from participants in the six-nation talks and was not involved in any official negotiations on the issue. (International Herald Tribune)
North Korea's IT revolution Apr 24, 2007
Most other sources would assert that the older Kim spent the war years in exile in a camp near the small village of Vyatskoye 70 kilometers north of Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East, where the younger Kim was actually born in 1942. The official Korean Central New Agency also has its own website, KCNA.co.jp, which is maintained by pro-Pyongyang ethnic Koreans in Japan, and carries daily news bulletins in Korean, English, Russian and Spanish, but with rather uninspiring headlines such as "Kim... (Asia Times Online)
Russia plans bigger Asian fleet Apr 7, 2007
"Well, who are we going to fight there? Relations with NATO are not so bad, but here the risks are greater," Russian news agencies quoted Mr. Ivanov as saying during a trip to Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East. Of Russia's four fleets, three the Black Sea, Northern and Baltic fleets are designed to cope with Western threats. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Dalnesvostok Mar 6, 2007
He told a meeting in Khabarovsk that these plans involved building four refineries and petrochemical plants, four gas-chemical plants, as well as a steel plant in Yakutiya that can produce 10 million tons per year ... In October 2001, the government tentatively approved a blueprint to build a bridge and rail link between the mainland Khabarovsk region and Sakhalin at an estimated cost of $4 billion. (Ocnus.net)
Tortured state of the Russian Army Jan 30, 2007
Earlier in 2005 in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk, Evgenii Koblov was likewise forced to undergo the amputation of his legs following a brutal beating inflicted by fellow soldiers. Mr. Koblov lay for 23 days in the basement of the officers' quarters before being treated. (Christian Science Monitor)
Maximum fine for China pollution Jan 26, 2007
8 million residents with no access to clean water, and then onwards to the Russian city of Khabarovsk. China announced in March last year that it would spend more than $1. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Russian television journalist found beaten to death Jan 22, 2007
Borovko anchored a morning program on entertainment and cultural events at Guberniya, a major regional channel in the neighboring Khabarovsk Territory, but was in Vladivostok for exams at a university where he studied at the media department, said Inna Perekhozheva, editor of morning programs at the channel. advertisement. (MSNBC -- International)
Russian TV journalist beaten to death Jan 22, 2007
Mr. Borovko anchored a morning program on entertainment and cultural events at Guberniya, a major regional channel in the neighboring Khabarovsk Territory, but was in Vladivostok for exams at a university where he studied at the media department, said Inna Perekhozheva, editor of morning programs at the channel. Colleagues suspect Mr. Borovko was the victim of a random attack or a robbery, said Ms. Perekhozheva, who said his work did not touch on sensitive issues. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Labor shortage feared as tough migration rules come into force in Russia Jan 16, 2007
In the Far East city of Khabarovsk on the Chinese border, Chinese market vendors have been packing up their unsold goods and heading back home. One clothes trader, Li Chen Tsza, said he had marked down his prices by 50 percent to get rid of his inventory. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
