Cherepkov's victory overturned By Anatoly Medetsky Vladivostok's First River District Court recently reversed former mayor Viktor Cherepkov's victory in the City Duma election, thus depriving the embattled politician of his seat in the council.
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Serbian guest workers stay home amid bombing By Nonna Chernyakova A Primorye mineral water company has stopped construction at its Vladivostok factory after a team of Yugoslavian guest workers failed to return to the factory early this year as the threat of NATO bombing began. In an effort to prevent the rising juvenile crime, the regional police ran a month-long program for teenagers recently to raise their awareness of an officer's daily routine. A closer knowledge of policemen as people will build up confidence in law and prompt children to go to a police station for help rather than fight, officials believe. The Pacific Fleet has become the focus of a nationwide scandal as police busted an alleged still producing false Stolichnaya vodka in a tuberculosis hospital. But fleet spokesmen and doctors denied newspaper reports that patients were involved in the production.