No. 103 Primorye Update: Thursday, December 27, 2001 // Meeting With Mayor Kopylov

No. 102 Primorye Update: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 // “Nam Zdes Zhit”

No. 101 Primorye Update: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 (Part 2) // Pasko Sentenced to Four Years in Jail; Defense Will Appeal

No. 100 Primorye Update: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 // Primorye’s Criminal Classes Celebrate Christmas With Car Bombs

No. 099 Sakha Election Update: Monday, December 24, 2001 // No Winner in First Round; Second Round Set for January 13, 2002 // Sakha's Voting Districts

No. 098 Russian Far East Update: Saturday, December 22, 2001 (Part 4) // “Red Kamchatka:” Governor Mashkovtsev Asserts Control Over Legislature // Sakha Elections: Kolmogorov on the Griddle // Sakha Elections: One Vote, One Toaster // Sakha Elections: Early Signs Point to Turnout Problems

No. 097 Russian Far East Update: Saturday, December 22, 2001 (Part 3) // Meeting with Border Guards Commander Tarasenko

No. 096 Russian Far East Update: Saturday, December 22, 2001 (Part 2) // Meeting with Pacific Fleet Commander Fyodorov

No. 095 Russian Far East Update: Saturday, December 22, 2001 // Pasko Verdict Due on Christmas Day

No. 094 Russian Far East Update: Thursday, December 20, 2001 // Sakha: Kolmogorov Withdraws; Shtyrov Reinstated // Primorye Duma Delays Second Round of Elections Until June 9, 2002 // PolPred: Don’t Blame You, Don’t Blame Me, Blame That Fellow Behind the Tree // Veshnyakov Throws a Spanner in the Works

No. 093 Sakha Election Update: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 // Shoygu Endorses Shtyrov // Kolmogorov Continues to Procrastinate

No. 092 Sakha Update: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 // Sakha and De Beers Sign Diamond Deal; Citizens Protest over Elections //

No. 091 Sakha Update: Monday, December 17, 2001 // Sakha’s Presidential Election: Candidates Dropping Like Flies, and Popping Back Up Again

No. 090 Khabarovsk Update: Monday, December 17, 2001 // Nothing Going on Here in Khabarovsk: Another Docile Duma Elected // U.S. Relations with the Khabarovsk Duma – Good Up Top, But Problems Below // The New Khabarovskiy Kray Duma

No. 089 Sakha Update: Thursday, December 13, 2001 // Yakutia President Nikolayev “Voluntarily” Withdraws from the Race

No. 088 Primorye Update: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 // Ceremony of Remembrance Held in Vladivostok

No. 087 Primorye Election Update: Monday, December 10, 2001 // Primorye’s Voters Stay Away in Droves: No Quorum for Regional Duma // Winnie the Pooh Tastes Victory // Election Results

No. 086 Sakha Update: Friday, December 7, 2001 // Sakha’s Presidential Election: Battling for the Jewel in the Crown

No. 085 Primorye Update: Wednesday, December 5, 2001 // Primorye Prepares for Regional Duma Elections //

No. 084b Vershbow Vladivostok Reception Guest List December 4, 2001

No. 084a Vershbow Schedule December 4, 2001

No. 084 Primorye Update: Tuesday, December 4, 2001 // Ambassador Vershbow Visits Russian Far East