The president of Russian federation Vladimir Putin has made personnel changes in the direction of the Far Eastern federal region, informed the Kremlin press-service.

China welcomes the second inter-Korean summit and the achieved positive results, declared the representative of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Liu Zianchao.

The second round of the mayoral elections is held in the Primorsky territorial city of Dalnegorsk on Sunday. The director of a mine belonging to the Dalpolymetall enterprise, Grigory Krutikov and businessman Alexander Terebilov qualified for the mayoral runoff. Grigory

Russia said Friday that it wants to resolve a dispute with Japan over the Kuril islands, which has prevented them signing a treaty to end World War II.

Russia's military Sunday started a week of large-scale exercises in fighting illegal militias and terrorist groups.

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.

The chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Primorye Territory Victor Gorchakov has met the minister-advisor on the press, culture and education of the USA Embassy in Moscow Mr. James Kinny.

A delegation of the Consulate general of japan arrives to Vladivostok On the 20th of Kamchatka headed by the consul general Mr. Kamohara.

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda met with the leaders of China and South Korea on Tuesday on the sidelines of the ASEAN gatherings in Singapore.

Sergey Darkin will take part in the circuit session of the presidium of state commission on the questions of the economic and social development of Far East, Republic of Buryatiya, Irkutsk and Chita regions.

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).

A private U.S. intelligence agency, Stratfor, said Russia is now more powerful than it has been since the fall of Communism.

Russia and the U.S. will conduct this summer a joint Air Force exercise aimed at practicing interoperability in anti-terror operations, a Russian military official said on Monday

The governor of Primorye territory Sergey Dar’kin has met the consul general of Republic of Korea in Vladivostok Mr. Kim Mu Yon. This is the first meeting of the governor with the consul entering upon his duties in the middle

Russian-Chinese trade showed a pace of growth in 2007 that had no precedent in several years before but it has been impossible so far to reach an agreement to boost oil and natural gas trade, "the key area of our

On February, 5th by the initiative of chairman of Legislative Assembly Victor Gorchakov the meeting of deputies with the Regional legislators have designated three basic questions demanding special attention of regional authority. Among them are the increase of tariffs for

APEC summit-2012 will take place exactly in Vladivostok", - once again confirmed president of RF Vladimir Putin at the big press-conference in Kremlin

Russia and Japan are satisfied with the dynamic development of their trade, economic contacts and investments, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said summing up the results of Tuesday' s meeting between the Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov and

A meeting of regional parliament chairman Viktor Gorchakov with a delegation of the Japan Bank of International Cooperation took place in the Legislative Assembly of Primorye Territory.

London-listed miner Aricom Plc will ship the first iron ore concentrate from its mine in the Russian Far East by June and expects favourable freight rates and strong world prices to underpin expansion projects. Chief Executive Jay Hambro said on