Kamchatka News and Comments. Page 14

29.09.2011 10:19:14 (GMT+12)

“Yedinaya Rossiya - Kamchatka” (United Russia - Kamchatka) newspaper review, 28 October 2011

29.09.2011 10:16:45 (GMT+12)

“Kamchatskoye vremya” (Kamchatka time) weekly newspaper review, 28 October 2011

29.09.2011 10:14:07 (GMT+12)

“Moskovskiy komsomolets in Kamchatka” weekly newspaper review, 28 October 2011

29.09.2011 10:12:37 (GMT+12)

“Agumety I fakty - Kamchtka” (Arguments and facts – Kamchatka) newspaper review, 28 October 2011

29.09.2011 05:57:30 (GMT+12)

Sub-Ramming Captain Denies Charges

The captain of a fishing boat that accidentally rammed a nuclear submarine off the coast of Kamchatka contradicted the Navy's version of events on Tuesday, saying his crew was sober and the submarine's navigation lights were turned off.

29.09.2011 05:56:38 (GMT+12)

Trawler That Rammed Nuclear Sub Tried to Flee

The drunken sailors who accidentally rammed a nuclear submarine in a fishing trawler off the coast of Kamchatka last week tried to flee the scene, Navy officials said Monday, RIA-Novosti reported.

29.09.2011 05:49:46 (GMT+12)

100 tons of salmon, 56 tons of red caviar confiscated in Kamchatka

Some 83 individuals and 70 officials were brought to responsibility. The fines reaches 767,000 roubles and 491,000 roubles were already levied from the violators.

28.09.2011 08:04:42 (GMT+12)

Exercise in elimination of tsunami aftermaths begins in Kamchatka

Similar drills are to be held Tuesday in the Primorsky (Maritime) territory and the Sakhalin region.

28.09.2011 08:03:10 (GMT+12)

Kamchatka Territory to develop its own energy system

The government of the Kamchatka Territory and the companies Energy Systems of the East and Kamchatskenergo have signed an agreement on creating what would become the territory’s united energy system, the public communications department of the Energy Systems of the East company said on Wednesday.

28.09.2011 08:01:57 (GMT+12)

Damaged nuclear sub safely arrives for repairs

A Russian strategic submarine of the Pacific fleet which sustained minor damage when a fishing vessel rammed into it in the Avacha Bay safely arrived to the navy base in Vilyuchinsk on Kamchatka for repairs, spokesman of the fleet Roman Martov told Tass on Friday.

28.09.2011 08:00:39 (GMT+12)

US, Russian coastal guards sing cooperation agreement

According to the spokesman, the agreement provides for cooperation in ensuring security and legality in the Convention Areas of the Bering Sea, northern sections of the Pacific and along sea delimitation lines between Russia and the United States in 2011-2012.

22.09.2011 12:17:20 (GMT+12)

The governor of the Kamchatskiy krai Vladimir Ilukhin visited the guided-missile cruiser “Varyag”

The governor of the Kamchatskiy krai Vladimir Ilukhin visited the Pacific Fleet flagman guided-missile cruiser “Varyag” and participated in the ceremony dedicated to the end of the East military district exercises.

22.09.2011 12:16:19 (GMT+12)

Kamchatka manufacturers lowered prime prices for the “social” (cheap) sorts of bread

The representatives of the major breadmaking companies of the peninsula signed an agreement with the Kamchatskiy krai government about the stabilization of prices for some types of goods.

16.09.2011 16:57:09 (GMT+12)

Increased seismic activity registered at Kamchatka’s Karymsky Volcano

Ash spews were accompanied by earth tremors and avalanches of lava and pieces of volcanic rocks. The ash plume stretched 20 kilometers to the south-east of the giant mount.

14.09.2011 11:32:33 (GMT+12)

Salmon fishing ends in Kamchatka with 248 thousand tonne catch

The final results of the fishing will be known after September 17.

14.09.2011 11:31:00 (GMT+12)

CSTO to work out uniform approach to using armed forces – General

We'll continue patrol flights of long-range aviation planes.

14.09.2011 11:20:24 (GMT+12)

Russia's Shiveluch volcano erupts

A volcano has erupted on Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far East, with ash rising to an altitude of 10 km above sea level, RIA Novosti news agency reported Tuesday.

14.09.2011 11:19:25 (GMT+12)

Russian military drill to assert sovereignty

Fifty Russian warships and 50 aircraft are taking part in the military exercise, which began in waters around the Kamchatka Peninsula at the beginning of this month.

13.09.2011 15:56:03 (GMT+12)

Satellite Images Highlight The Growth Of Russia’s Kizimen Volcano

A prominent lava flow descends the eastern flank of Kizimen Volcano, located  in the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia) in this false-color satellite image acquired on September 4, 2011.

10.09.2011 09:39:40 (GMT+12)

Illegal salmon, red caviar confiscated in Kamchatka

The inspection forwarded necessary paperwork to the local police for further investigation.

10.09.2011 09:38:47 (GMT+12)

Russian sailing ship Pallada to call at Honolulu

The ship’s crew and the 100-plus cadets from the Primorye and Kamchatka territories sailing onboard her will tour Honolulu.

08.09.2011 12:48:35 (GMT+12)

Russia’s Far East reports record high salmon catch

Russia’s Far East has reported a record high salmon catch this year, according to the information made public at a meeting of the fishing headquarters chaired by Federal Fishing Agency chief Andrei Krainy.

08.09.2011 12:43:48 (GMT+12)

M5.9 quake hits Russian Far East islands region

The quake occurred at 12:23 pm local time (0123 GMT) with its epicenter located 200 km northwest of the Bering Island at a depth of 55.8 km under the seabed.

07.09.2011 09:52:00 (GMT+12)

Russian hobo robbed after 9,000-kilometer hike home - media

A 47-year-old man, who hiked 9,000 kilometers from Moscow to his hometown on the Kamchatka Peninsula by foot, was robbed in Vladivostok.

06.09.2011 08:33:54 (GMT+12)

Russia launches virtual tour of Kamchatka geyser valley

Internet users wanting to find out more about Russia's Valley of Geysers can now take an online virtual tour of one of the world's most remote natural wonders.

06.09.2011 08:32:50 (GMT+12)

Kamchatka Volcano Threatens Air Traffic

Far East Russia’s Shiveluch volcano spewed ash high into the atmosphere over the Kamchatka Peninsula, as well as into key international air traffic routes across the North Pacific.

06.09.2011 08:31:44 (GMT+12)

Russia successfully tests missile with new warhead

Russia on Saturday successfully tested its Topol strategic missile with a new warhead designed to breach missile shields, Russian news agencies reported, citing the defence ministry.