The Vladivostok saga "Elections Of New Mayor And City Duma" still had not finished in 1998.

New paragraphs are still being added, although public interest in the performance is constantly decreasing. More and more often, a silent sign "This time has been provided for the candidate so-and-so" appears on TV screens in the time designated for election speeches instead of the candidate itself. It looks like they themselves believe no more that there will be a finish for this race. The mandate of the Supreme Court, which was issued on December 25, to cancel the next mayoral elections which was to be held on January 17, and to recognize Vladivostok elections as illegal, has finally demoralized the electorate. The current attempts to separate mayoral and city duma elections, with a possible cancellation of one or both of them, can completely destroy people's trust in the government at all. Russian...

The press-center of the new municipal administration (which, as soon as it was appointed, immediately canceled even the word "Mayor" itself) informs that they began "to clean the city administration building" and have not still found "any important documents, but only posters and calendars with Mayor Cherepkov's face, and numerous drafts of his public speeches." Russian...

The Krai budget for 1999 has not been submitted to the Krai Duma so far, although the year is already begun. The approval of the budget has been postponed now for the fourth time. Russian...

A new children's subsidy has been established by the Krai administration beginning January 1, 1999. The subsidy is to be paid to orphan children or the families which have adopted the orphans. The subsidy amounts to 300 rubles ($13) per month. Russian...


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