No. 014 Russia Update: Friday, December 27, 2002 // Saratov Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility Opens Amid Controversy

No. 013 Russia Update: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 // Ambassador Vershbow Visits Kaliningrad: Meet Governor Yegorov

No. 012 Russia Update: Monday, December 23, 2002 // Ambassador Vershbow Visits Kaliningrad: Opening the American Corner

No. 011 Russia Update: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 // Siberia's "Aluminum Wars" Continue: Krasnoyarsk Prosecutor Calls for Expulsion of Metals Baron Anatoliy Bykov from Regional Duma

 

No. 010 Russia Update: Monday, December 9, 2002 // Ambassador Vershbow Visits Saratov -- Part Three: Meet Governor Ayatskov

No. 009 Thursday, December 5, 2002 // Russia Update: Ambassador Vershbow Visits Saratov -- Part Two: World AIDS Day

 Missing Number. 

No. 008 Russia Update: Thursday, December 5, 2002 // Ambassador Vershbow Visits Saratov -- Part One

No. 007 Russia Update: Friday, November 29, 2002 // 1. Putin’s Motorcade Reportedly Diverted by Bomb Threat // 2. Lukashenko Says He “Can Get Along Without” America

No. 006 Russia Update: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 // Chechen Commander “Titanic” Sentenced to Sixteen Years Imprisonment

No. 005 Russia Update: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 // FSB Raids Offices of Irkutsk Environmental Group

No. 004 Russia Update: Monday, November 25, 2002 // Moscow Communists Demonstrate in Front of Embassy

No. 003 Russia Update: Thursday, November 21, 2002 // Moscow Court Convicts Five in Tsaritsyno Rampage

No. 002 Russia Update: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 // Putin’s Brussels Outburst: A Fit of Pique and Something Deeper

 

No. 001 Russia Update: Wednesday, November 6, 2002 // Russia Repeats Its Own History: Has a New Era of Political Killings Begun?

 

No. 255 Primorye Update: Saturday, August 17, 2002 // Vladivostok Farewell

No. 254 Primorye Update: Friday, August 16, 2002 // Kashin Lawyer Gallagher Gives Press Conference in Vladivostok

No. 253 Primorye Update: Thursday, August 15, 2002 // 1. Primorye Prepares for Putin and -- Apparently -- Kim Chong-il // 2. VBTRF Workers Plan Putin Protest // 3. And, Not to Be Outdone, Darkin Buys a Yacht

No. 252 Primorye Update: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 // Seventh Fleet Commander Interviewed by "Krasnaya Zvezda"

E-Gram No. 251 Primorye Update: Monday, August 12, 2002 Seventh Fleet Commander and USS Blue Ridge Visit Vladivostok

 

No. 250 Russian Far East Update: Tuesday, August 6, 2002 // RFE Governors Bracing for President Putin's Late August Visit

No. 249 Primorye Update: Friday, August 2, 2002 // New Vice Governor Korolyov Reportedly Sacks Economic Security Chief Gromov

No. 248 Primorye Update: Thursday, August 1, 2002 // "Studio Coffee" Proprietor Andrey Chunyak Victim of Contract Killing

No. 247 Primorye Update: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 // U.S. and Primorye Authorities Cooperate on Anti-Terrorism Conference

July 2002: Final Exchange of Letters with State Personnel on Re-Entering the Foreign Service

 

No. 246 Primorye Update: Monday, July 29, 2002 // Navy Day in Vladivostok Marred by Death of Parachutist

No. 245 Primorye Update: Thursday, July 25, 2002 // "The Spaniards:" How Supertrawler Schemes Helped to Bankrupt Two of Primorye's Largest Fishing Companies // VBTRF Takes a Dive // Next, It's Dalmoreprodukt's Turn

No. 244 Primorye Update: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 // 1. Fish Wars: Nazdratenko and Darkin Battle for Influence in Primorye // 2. Darkin Shuts Off Kozhemyako's Oxygen, But Mashkovtsev and Nazdratenko Ride the Rescue // 3. Kozhemyako Takes Out an Insurance Policy -- He Runs for the Kray Duma

No. 243 Primorye Update: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 // Governor Darkin Says Chinese May Be To Blame for Primorye Flooding

No. 242 Primorye Update: Monday, July 22, 2002 // 1. Primorye's Fishing Industry Suffers Through Another Bad Year -- As Poachers Run Rampant // 2. Nazdratenko Weighs In With His Own Advice -- Eliminate the Competition // 3. Let's Close the Sea of Okhotsk -- On Second Thought, Let's Not!

No. 241 Primorye Update: Friday, July 19, 2002 // Feeling the Heat, Mayor Kopylov Seeks to Mend Fences -- And Chop Down a Few More Trees

No. 240 Primorye Update: Thursday, July 18, 2002 // PKP versus EAIH: Local Media Take Opposite Sides On a Notorious American Investment Dispute

No. 239 Sakhalin Update: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 // 1. Sakhalin Organized Crime Leaders Arrested for Ordering Gamov Killing // 2. Vladimir Yefremov Elected as Sakhalin Duma Chairman

No. 238 Primorye Update: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 // Vladivostok's Sports Mafia Leader Severely Wounded in Contract Hit

No. 237 Primorye Update: Monday, July 15, 2002 // Pulikovskiy Inspects Primorye: Praise for Darkin, Scorn for Kopylov

 

No. 236 Magadan Update: Friday, July 12, 2002 // New Duma Speaker Elected in Magadan

No. 235 Primorye Update: Thursday, July 11, 2002 // Consul General Meets with Galina Pasko

 

No. 234 Primorye Update: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 // Protestors Demonstrate Against Closure of Vladivostok's "Shopping Street"

No. 233 Primorye Update: Monday, July 8, 2002 // Consul General Appears on Vostok TV's "Navstrechu" Interview Program

No. 232 Primorye Update: Saturday, July 6, 2002 // July Fourth Celebrated Aboard the USS Chancellorsville

No. 231 Primorye Update: Friday, July 5, 2002 // Consul General Featured on Primorye TV Program about Lend Lease Anniversary

No. 230 Primorye Update: Thursday, July 4, 2002 // U.S. Ship Visit to Vladivostok Gets Major Media Attention

No. 229 Primorye Update: Tuesday, July 2, 2002 // Governor Darkin Announces Leadership Changes

No. 228 Primorye Update: Friday, June 28, 2002 // Primorye Update: Friday, June 28, 2002

No. 227 Primorye Update: Thursday, June 27, 2002 // Local Media Magnate Oleg Sedinko Killed in Contract Hit

No. 226 Primorye Update: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 // Governor Darkin Evaluates His First Year in Office

No. 225 Primorye Update: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 // 1. Polls, Polls, and More Polls // 2. Upcoming U.S. Ship Visit Featured in Local Media, as American Image in Primorye Improves

No. 224 Primorye Update: Monday, June 24, 2002 // Sergey Sopchuk Elected Speaker of Kray Duma

No. 223 Primorye Update: Friday, June 21, 2002 // 1. Kashin Supporters Demonstrate in Front of Consulate General Building // 2. Dalenergo Runs a Lottery, But For Paying Customers Only

No. 222 Primorye Update: Thursday, June 20, 2002 // Primorye's Forests Rapidly Vanishing Due to Illegal Timber Exports

No. 221 Primorye Update: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 // Vladivostok's Ship Graveyard Just Keeps Growing...But Relief May Be On the Way

No. 220 Primorye Update: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 // 1. Karaulov Fires Back at Darkin // 2. Third Suspect Sought in Gamov Assassination

No. 219 Primorye Update: Friday, June 14, 2002 // 1. Election Commission Certifies Kray Duma Election Results, Unseats Terentyev // 2. Vladivostok-Artyom Unification Poll Postponed // 3. US Coast Guard Condolence Letter over Gamov Killing Gets Wide Press Play

No. 218 Primorye Update: Thursday, June 13, 2002 // Vladivostok Marks 60th Anniversary of Lend-Lease Agreement

No. 217 Primorye Election Update: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 // 1. Trouble May Be Brewing For Governor Darkin in New, Pro-Nazdratenko Duma // 2. Regional Election Commission Reviewing Allegations of Election Fraud // 3. Knyazev Mulls More Kray Duma Elections; Vladivostok City Duma Quorum Tightens

No. 216 Primorye Election Update: Monday, June 10, 2002 // Primorye Duma Finally Elected

No. 215 Primorye Update: Thursday, June 6, 2002 // 1. Darkin Blasts "Moment Istiny" Tape, Calling It a Fake // 2. Primorye Prosecutor Moving Against Darkin Administration

No. 214 Primorye Update: Wednesday, June 5, 2002 // 1. Suspect in Gamov Killing Apprehended // 2. Darkin Fires Tokulenko in Battle to Control Primorye Property

No. 213 Primorye Update: Tuesday, June 4, 2002 // "Moment Istiny" Shows Video of Darkin Socializing with Local Mafia Leaders

No. 212 Primorye Update: Monday, June 3, 2002 // 1. Another Contract Hit With a Kopylov Connection // 2. Vladivostok + Artyom = Russian Far East Capital? We Think Not.

No. 211 Primorye Update: Friday, May 31, 2002 // May 8, 2002: A Day in the Life of the Consul General

No. 210 Primorye Update: Thursday, May 30, 2002 // 1. Dalenergo Pulls the Plug on Vladivostok TV // 2. The "Flying Father" Finally Takes Wing As

No. 209 Primorye Update: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 // Svetlana Goryacheva Blasts Russian Communist Party

No. 208 Russian Far East Update: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 // Gamov Succumbs to His Injuries as Russia Commemorates Border Guards Day

No. 207 Primorye Update: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 // Tsushima Anniversary Passes in Vladivostok with Barely a Ripple

No. 206 Primorye Update: Friday, May 24, 2002 // Yet Another Summit Salvo on Kent-Kashin -- This Time from Vostok TV

No. 205 Primorye Update: Thursday, May 23, 2002 // Officials Label Primorye as the "Crime Capital" of the Russian Far East ….But the News Isn't All Bad

No. 204 Russian Far East Update: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 // 1. Sakhalin Border Guards Chief Severely Burned in Assassination Attempt // 2. Tolstoshein Fired, Changes in Darkin Administration Begin

No. 203 Primorye Update: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 // 1. Vladivostok GIBDD Chief Suspended over Role in Dalmoreprodukt Incident // 2. Dalmoreprodukt Bankruptcy Hearing on Thursday

No. 202 Primorye Update: Monday, May 20, 2002 // 1. Demonstrators Scuffle with Police in front of Dalmoreprodukt Main Office // 2. Scrap Metal Exports Banned from Russian Far East Ports

No. 201 Primorye Election Update: Friday, May 17, 2002 // Primorye Legislative Assembly Elections: The Candidates Emerge

No. 200 Russian Far East Update: Friday, May 17, 2002 // E-Gram Index

No. 199 Primorye Update: Thursday, May 16, 2002 // New Media Campaign on Kent-Kashin Case in Advance of Bush-Putin Summit

No. 198 Primorye Update: Thursday, May 16, 2002 // 1. Rumors Grow of Impending Personnel Changes in Darkin Administration // 2. AIDS Cases Growing Geometrically in Primorye

No. 197 Primorye Update: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 // 1. Last Ship from Cam Ranh Bay Arrives in Vladivostok // 2. Pacific Fleet Celebrates 70th Anniversary of 165th Red Banner Brigade

No. 196 Primorye Update: Friday, May 10, 2002 // Victory Day in Vladivostok

 

No. 195 Primorye Update: Tuesday, May 7, 2002 // 1. Vladivostok Celebrates Palm Sunday and Easter // 2. Dinner with the Darkins

No. 194 Primorye Update: Friday, May 3, 2002 // Vladivostok Celebrates May Day

No. 193 Primorye Update: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 // Tolstoshein vs. Kopylov at the Frunze District Court, Or a Day at the Circus

No. 192 Primorye Update: Monday, April 29, 2002 // 1. Dalenergo Cuts Electricity to the Fleet …. // 2. … As Primorye Makes Grandiose Oil and Gas Energy Plans

No. 191 Primorye Update: Friday, April 26, 2002 // Yabloko and Environmentalists Demonstrate On Chernobyl Anniversary

No. 190 Primorye Update: Thursday, April 25, 2002 // Vladivostok City Duma Fiddles While Kopylov Burns

No. 189 Primorye Update: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 // Naval Accident at Dunay Kills One Sailor, Wounds Three

No. 188 Primorye Update: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 // Vladivostok's Dwindling Faithful Observe Lenin's Birthday

No. 187 Primorye Update: Monday, April 22, 2002 // Vladivostok City Duma Elections Held Amid Monumental Voter Apathy

No. 186 Primorye Update: Friday, April 19, 2002 // The "Kanatnaya Doroga:" Vladivostok's Latest Dead Albatross

No. 185 Primorye Update: Thursday, April 18, 2002 // OTV Prim Taken Over by Darkin Public Relations Firm "Image-Contact"

No. 184 Primorye Update: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 // 1. Vladivostok Observes Fifteenth Anniversary of "Musson" Disaster // 2. Japan Softens Position on Trawling for Toyotas

No. 183 Primorye Update: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 // 1. Pasko Lawyers Count over 900 "Inaccuracies" in Prosecution Case // 2. OTV Prim Gets New Management, Will Drop All Local Programming

No. 182 Primorye Update: Monday, April 15, 2002 // Organized Crime Battle Shaping up over "Zelyonyy Ugol" Open Air Car Market

No. 181 Primorye Update: Friday, April 12, 2002 // Japan Enacts New Measures Against Russian Trawlers, as Vladivostok's Once-Thriving Japanese Car Market Comes Under Threat

No. 180 Primorye Update: Thursday, April 11, 2002 // 1. Kray Duma Says Governor Darkin Should Be Given Sole Discretion over Fish Quota Allocations; Nazdratenko-Gref Dispute over Quotas Worsens // 2. Demonstrators Protest at Grey House against Utility Price Rises // 3. Rumor on the Street: Dust Storm Was Caused by Chinese Nuclear Test

No. 179 Primorye Update: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 // Navy Corruption Continues – FSB Prevents Sale of Explosives to OC Groups

No. 178 Primorye Update: Tuesday, April 9, 2002 // 1. Blue Sun, Pink Snow – Just Another Spring Day in Vladivostok // 2. Nazdratenko Comments Caustically on Primorye Politics

No. 177b TFR 23 Demarches on RB-50 shootdown 29 June 1953

No. 177c Primorye Update: Monday, April 8, 2002 // Vladivostok's Dimly-Remembered Memorial to Victims of "American Air Piracy"

No. 176 Primorye Update: April 5, 2002 // Vladivostok Observes Naval Aviation Day

No. 175 Primorye Update: April 5, 2002 // Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for Primorye Children’s Cancer Center

No. 174 Sakha Update -- Thursday, April 4, 2002 // Sakha Media on Tenth Anniversary Meetings, CG Visit to Yakutsk and Oymyakon // 1. Newspaper “Yakutia”, March 23, 2002 // 2. Newspaper Polyarnyy Krug, April 4, 2002 // 3. Newspaper “Yakutia,” March 23, 2002 // 4. NVK Excerpt Film Clip of Shtyrov Meeting

No. 173 Primorye Update -- Wednesday, April 3, 2002 // 1. Rumors of a Rift Between Darkin and Linetskiy // 2. “Dalpress” Once Again in the Kray Administration’s Crosshairs?

No. 172 Primorye Update -- Tuesday, April 2, 2002 // April Fool’s Day1 in Vladivostok

No. 171 Russian Far East Update -- Monday, April 1, 2002 // Dramatis Personae: The Cast of Characters in the Russian Far East

No. 170 Chukotka Update -- Monday, April 1, 2002 // Abramovich Announces New Bering Tunnel Plan

No. 169 Primorye Update -- Friday, March 29, 2002 // Darkin Continues to Maneuver against Nazdratenko and His Allies

No. 168 Sakha Update -- Thursday, March 28, 2002 // Consul General Meets With Sakha Northern Forum Head Nakhodkin

No. 167 Sakha Update -- Wednesday, March 27, 2002 // Consul General Meets With Sakha Foreign Minister Migalkin

No. 166 Sakha Update -- Tuesday, March 26, 2002 // Consul General Meets with ALROSA Executives // Mining Operations and Reserves // International Marketing is a Big Problem // Shtyrov Weighs In

No. 165 Sakha Update -- Sunday, March 24, 2002 // To Oymyakon and Back: A Journey to the Coldest Inhabited Spot on Earth // And Now for a Little History // Kaydybyt!

No. 164 Sakha Update -- Saturday, March 23, 2002 // Sakha Celebrates Tenth Anniversary of Establishment of Foreign Relations // Meeting with Shtyrov

No. 163 Primorye Update -- Thursday, March 21, 2002 // Primorye’s “Chernobyl” Slowly Being Cleaned Up

No. 162 Primorye Update -- Wednesday, March 20, 2002 // Vladivostok Observes “Submariners’ Day”

No. 161 Primorye Update -- Tuesday, March 19, 2002 // “Zakazukha” Wars: Nazdratenko Expatiates on Fishing Quotas, Perfidious Darkins, the Sad State of Primorye and Pretty Much Everything Else

No. 160 Primorye Update -- Monday, March 18, 2002 // Darkin Administration Closes OTV Prim, Introduces New Media Man Surshkov // Nazdratenko “Zakazukha” Campaign Continues – But What For?

No. 159 Sakhalin Update -- Friday, March 15, 2002 // U.S. Trade Mission to Sakhalin Receives Excellent Reviews

No. 158.2 Primorye Update -- Thursday, March 14, 2002 // Consul General Meets With Vladivostok Duma Chairman Boris Danchin

No. 157 Primorye Update -- Thursday, March 7, 2002 // Heads Roll as Darkin and Linetskiy Make Media Leadership Changes

No. 156 Primorye Update -- Wednesday, March 6, 2002 // “Zakazukha1 Wars”: Nazdratenko Strikes Back (Part Two)

No. 155 Primorye Update -- Wednesday, March 6, 2002 // “Zakazukha1 Wars”: Nazdratenko Strikes Back (Part One)

No. 154 Primorye Update -- Tuesday, March 5, 2002 (corrected)// Committee to Protect Journalists Holds Press Conference to Support Pasko // South Korean CG Beaten Up By Darkin Security Guards

No. 153 Russian Far East Update -- Monday, March 4, 2002 // GosDuma Deputy Alleges that Pacific Fleet is Hiding Nuclear Accidents

No. 152 Primorye Update -- Friday, March 1, 2002 (Part 2) // Komsomolskaya Pravda on Kent-Kashin Case

No. 151 Primorye Update -- Friday, March 1, 2002 // Vlad Avia Escapes Serious Financial Penalties in Lawsuits Over Tu-154 Crash

No. 150 Primorye Update -- Thursday, February 28, 2002 // Nakhodka’s Municipal Assets Seized By Energy Creditor //

No. 149 Primorye Update -- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 // Zolotoy Rog Publishes CG’s Letter on Kent-Kashin Case, Plus Goryachev Reply

No. 148 Russian Far East Update -- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 // Vladivostok First Deputy Mayor Sherengovoy “Temporarily” Relieved of Duties // Energy and Water Crises Continue in the Russian Far East

No. 147 Primorye Update -- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 // Vladivostok Observes “Defenders of the Fatherland” Day

No. 146 Primorye Update -- Tuesday, February 26, 2002 // “Stalker” Features Exposé on Kent-Kashin Case

No. 145 Primorye Update -- Friday, February 22, 2002 // Darkin Administration Puts Local Media On Notice: Cooperate, Or Else

No. 144 Russian Far East Energy Update -- Thursday, February 21, 2002 // Primorye Feeling the Energy Pinch // Amur Oblast in Even Worse Shape // Sakhalin Railway Workers Refuse to Deliver Coal // Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy Faces Power Cutoff // Koryak Autonomous Okrug Starving for Fuel

No. 143 Primorye Update -- Thursday, February 21, 2002 // FSB Briefs the Press on Efforts to Halt Illegal Chinese Migrants

No. 142 Primorye Update -- Wednesday, February 20, 2002 // Zolotoy Rog Accuses State Department of “Double Standard” on Kent-Kashin Case

No. 141 Primorye Update -- Tuesday, February 19, 2002 (Part 2) // Primorye Prepares for the September 4-12 APEC Meeting

No. 140 Primorye Update -- Tuesday, February 19, 2002 // Vladivostok Observes 13th Anniversary of Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan

No. 139 Primorye Update -- Friday, February 15, 2002 // PolPred Pulikovskiy Makes a Memorable Visit to North Korea

No. 138 Primorye Update -- Thursday, February 14, 2002 (Part 2) // Pasko Defense Committee Holds Press Conference; Retired FSB Attendee Accuses Consul General of Running an “American Spy Center”

No. 137 Primorye Update -- Thursday, February 14, 2002 // Vladivostok Police Launch Investigation into Beating of Mormon Missionaries

No. 136 Primorye Update -- Wednesday, February 13, 2002 // The “Kanatnaya Doroga:” Mayor Kopylov’s Version of Bread and Circuses

No. 135 Primorye Update -- Tuesday, February 12, 2002 // Nataliya Vstovskaya Resigns as Darkin’s Press Secretary // Tensions Between Darkin and Nazdratenko Reportedly on the Rise // St. Petersburg TV Comes to Vladivostok

No. 134 Primorye Update -- Monday, February 11, 2002 (Part 2) // Pol/Econ Officer Interviewed by “Yezhednevniye Novosti” Newspaper

No. 133 Primorye Update -- Monday, February 11, 2002 // Vladivostok Observes “Varyag” Day – A Russian Pearl Harbor

No. 132 Russian Far East Update -- Friday, February 8, 2002 // Koizumi Statement on “Northern Territories Day” Raises Russian Hackles

No. 131 Primorye Update -- Thursday, February 7, 2002 // City and Regional Water Companies Trade Accusations, Vladivostok Gets Drier

No. 130 Primorye Update -- Wednesday, February 6, 2002 (Part 2) // Pasko to Remain in Prison While Sentence Is Under Appeal

No. 129 Primorye Update -- Wednesday, February 6, 2002 // Chechens Reportedly Planned to Steal Primorye Nuclear Submarine // Top Secret Military Equipment Stolen In Primorye

No. 128 Primorye Update -- Tuesday, February 5, 2002 // Consul General Interviewed by “Zolotoy Rog”

 

No. 127 Primorye Update -- Monday, February 4, 2002 // Funeral Held for Primorye UVD Officers Killed in Chechnya Helicopter Crash //

No. 126 Russian Far East Update -- Friday, February 1, 2002 // Mikhail Glubokovskiy Elected as Primorye’s Second Federation Council Member // Yakutia Picks Nikolayev and Burshanov as its Federation Council Representatives // Far Easterners Elected to Leading Positions in the Federation Council

No. 125 Primorye Update -- Thursday, January 31, 2002 // Water, Water Everywhere – But Not in Vladivostok // Dalenergo Set to Cut Power to Many Primorye Cities

No. 124 Russian Far East Update -- Wednesday, January 30, 2002 // Kuroyedov, Mikhaylov Fly East to Fix the Military’s Power Crisis

No. 123 Primorye Update -- Tuesday, January 29, 2002 // Vladivostok Needy Receive Million-Dollar “Food for Progress” Shipment

No. 122 Russian Far East Update -- Monday, January 28, 2002 // Kuroyedov and Zakharenko Find Pacific Fleet Not Up To Snuff // Power Outages Hit Primorye and Kamchatka Military

No. 121 Primorye Update -- Friday, January 25, 2002 // Sergey Darkin’s Tokyo Adventure

No. 120 Primorye Update -- Thursday, January 24, 2002 (Part 2) // Aum Shin Ri-Kyo Followers Sentenced in Vladivostok

No. 119 Primorye Update -- Thursday, January 24, 2002 // Reports That Pasko Would Accept A Pardon Are In Error

No. 118 Primorye Update -- Wednesday, January 23, 2002 (Part 2) // Darkin Gearing Up for Battle with Kopylov over Control of Primorye Media

No. 117 Primorye Update -- Wednesday, January 23, 2002 // Primorye Diary: Demise of TV-6 Deprives Vladivostok of Its Best Media Voice

No. 116 Primorye Update -- Tuesday, January 22, 2002 // CG Meets with Naval FSB Chief Sotskov

No. 115 Russian Far East Update -- Tuesday, January 22, 2002 // Pasko Lawyer Suggests Putin Could Provide Unconditional Pardon // Vladivostok Once Again Blanketed in Snow // Lensk Residents Suffer through the Winter in Pre-Fab Crackerboxes // And Third Prize is Three Volgas

No. 114 Primorye Update -- Friday, January 18, 2002 // Philharmonic to Aleksey Makarenko: “We Are Not a Discotheque”

No. 113 Primorye Update -- Thursday, January 17, 2002 // Pasko Rejects Putin Offer to Consider Pardon Request // Pasko Lawyers Continuing to Work for Early Release // MFA Criticizes Consul General for “Participating” in Pasko Demonstration

No. 112 Primorye Update -- Tuesday, January 15, 2002 // Nazdratenko’s Vice Governors Coming Home to Roost with Mayor Kopylov

MFA OBJECTS TO AMCONSUL VLADIVOSTOK "PARTICIPATION" IN PRO-PASKO RALLY // January 14, 2002 // per A/GIS/IPS: SBU markings deleted by DoS

No. 111 Russian Far East Update -- Monday, January 14, 2002 // Shtyrov Wins Sakha Presidential Election

No. 110 Russian Far East Update -- Friday, January 11, 2002 // Sakha Elections – The Fix Is In // Cherepkov Lawsuit Reportedly Rejected By Supreme Court

No. 109 Primorye Update -- Thursday, January 10, 2002 // Pasko Supporters Demonstrate at FSB Headquarters

No. 108 Primorye Update -- Wednesday, January 9, 2002 // Primorye Buried Under Massive Snowstorm

No. 107 Orthodox Christmas, Primorye Style – Monday, January 7, 2002 // Welcome to Caesar’s Palace East // A Somber Affair in Nakhodka // Orthodox Christmas with the Darkins

No. 106 Primorye Update: Text of Pasko Appeal -- January 3, 2002

No. 105 Primorye Update: Special New Year’s Edition -- Friday, January 4, 2002 // David Letterman’s Top Ten Events in the RFE for 2001// Primorye Greets the New Year a Little Too Warmly

No. 104 Primorye Update: Thursday, January 3, 2002 // Pasko Defense Committee Meets; Prosecutor Appeals Sentence