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Russia’s Medvedev Announces Visa Free Far East Regimen

2017-04-17 by Phil Butler

Dmitry Medvedev in a meeting with deputy prime ministers

In news from the Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, 18 countries will benefit from a new visa-free regime for Russia’s Far East.

Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, Russia far east, Russian visas, visa free russia, visa-free, Vladivostok

Russia, the Oh-So Photogenic Subject

2016-10-11 by Phil Butler

Gelio Vostok

Earlier this year I profiled a wonderful Russian photographer named Slava Stepanov, who is absolutely one of the finest photographers in the federation. Slava, who is from Novosibirsk, is the co-founder of the stunning agency known as Gelio Vostok. Over the years Over the years, Slava’s company has taken on projects from the US to the Far East […]

Tags: Gelio Vostok, moscow, photography, Siberia, Slava Stepanov, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok

Spring comes to Vladivostok carrying promise

2016-04-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Friends sharing the first photos of Spring 2016 (News Vladivostok)

Weather forecasters have promised the people of Vladivostok a beautiful, warm Spring. News today shows their predictions were correct, as balmy winds brush the faces of residents and visitors standing in full sun for the first time in months. Winter jackets have disappeared, and the parks are once again full of cyclists, tourists, and children playing.

Tags: Russia cities, Vladivostok, Vladivostok travel

Vladivostok and the Russia Far East’s Rising Tide

2015-07-29 by Phil Butler

The new resort has already hired hundreds of employees to greet grand opening guests (VL.RU)

Due to open next month, the first in a series of luxurious casinos inside the Primorye Entertainment Zone in Russia’s Far East is scheduled to open. Russia’s Far East may supplant Macau and Las Vegas as a gambling Mecca.

Tags: casinos, China investments, Macau, Primorsky Krai, Russia, Russia tourism, Vladivostok

Kamchatka: A New Frontier in Adventure Surfing

2012-10-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Few places in the world are more enticing for the adventure traveler than Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, what with its desolate landscapes, stirring volcanoes, unearthly black-sand beaches, and countless miles of virgin forest.

Tags: adventure surfing, Kamchatka, kamchatka peninsula, Russia, russia surfing, Vladivostok

Inchon – Asia Games and Russia Ties Progress

2010-11-19 by Phil Butler

Inchon Games mascots

In news from Inchon, South Korea, the Asia Games of 2014 mascots are announced. Also, a relic of the Russo-Japanese War ends up being the tie that may bind Russia and the Korean peninsula.

Tags: Asia Games, Asia Games 2014, historical travel, IAGOC, Inchon Asia Games, Inchon Harbor, international détente, Korea, Mayor Song Young-gil, natioonal collaboration, online travel, Russia travel, Russian Federation, Russian Navy, Russo-Japanese War, South Korea, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok

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The Region of Crete joins Holiday World Show 2026 in Dublin on Jan 23–25. Find Crete at Stand F1 for travel updates, contacts, and tips.

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