CONSTRUCTION

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Canadians want to build housing					July/p. 17
Dillingham Construction builds office on Sakhalin			Sept/p. 11
New waste treatment plant for Bolshoi Kamen			Nov/p. 8
Bridge to China gets a sponsor					Dec/p. 4

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TOURISM

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Tour Companies and their contacts in the RFE			Aug/p. 12
Web sites for tourists to the RFE					Aug/p. 11
RFE Nature Parks and their contacts				Aug/p. 10
Exploring former gulag sites in Khabarovskii Krai			Aug/p. 4
The Kamchatka Steelhead protection project			Aug/p. 4

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AUGUST 1998 CURRENCY CRISIS

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The August 17 crisis in perspective				Oct/p. 8
Local regions default on bonds					Oct/p. 3
Crisis stimulates gold industry					Oct/p. 4

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Telecommunications and Manufacturing

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Primorskii Krai's cellular phone companies				July/p. 16
LG Electronics will supply refrigerator assembly plant			July/p. 18
Hyundai to set up assembly plant in Republic of Sakha			July/p. 18

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FORESTRY & FISHING

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Dalmoreproduct charters the American Monarch			Sept/p. 3
Rybak Chukotki arrested in Seattle				Sept/p. 3
Forest Fires in Khabarovskii Krai					Sept/p. 6
Salmon season at a glance					Oct/p. 4
Fish fleet to use Nanaimo (B.C., Canada) for provisioning		Oct/p. 4
Forestry Group gets majority interest in SovGavan Port			Nov/p. 10

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FOOD AND CONSUMER GOODS

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Wimm-Bill-Dann buys Vladivostok milk plant			July/p. 18
New company will see Western Family brand foods			Sept/p. 10
EBRD invests in soymilk production				Dec/p. 3

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MINING

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Sakhzoloto will purchase Norwegian mini-mills			July/p. 15
Kinross Gold and Amax Gold agree to merge			July/p. 17
Mining company BOR gets external manager			Sept/p. 5 
Bema Gold's Julietta project					Sept/p. 5
Australian gold mining companies in Kamchatka			Sept/p. 6
Udokan copper project					Sept/p. 7
Alrosa changes plan for 1999					Oct/p. 9
Kinross Gold's Kubaka project					Nov/p. 5 
Glencore will transfer it equity in Dalpolimetall			Nov/p. 15
Platinum mining in Koryak Autonomous Okrug			Dec/p. 7
Far East Gold's Ametistovoye Project				Dec/p. 7
Gold Production 1991-1997					Dec/p. 8
High River Gold's Buryatiya project				Dec/p. 8

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EBRD, OPIC, and JEXIM support Sakhalin-2			July/p. 2
British Petroleum teams up for Sakhalin-5				July/p. 5
New oil port at De Kastri					Sept/p. 4
ARCO teams up for Sakhalin-4					Sept/p. 11
Molikpaq installation complete					Sept/p. 11
Republic of Sakha signs natural gas MOU with China			Sept/p. 11
SMNG's new extended-reach well				Oct/p. 10
Natchiq forms JV to bid for oil contract				Nov/p. 11
Kamchtaka's oil fuel shortage					Nov/p. 12
Kamchatka's natural gas project					Dec/p. 6

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PRISCO gets new tankers					July/p. 2
Mitsui signs MOU for Sakhalin airport upgrade			July/p. 2
Daewoo sells buses to Khabarovskii Krai				July/p. 3
FESCO gets EBRD loan					July/p. 3
SAT airlines returns Boeing 737					Sept/p. 2
Vladivostok Avia's recent activities				Sept/p. 2
Vostoktransflot's new management				Sept/p. 5
Fertilizer exports from Vostochny				Oct/p. 3
Trade Statistics for 1997					Oct/p. 11
Alaska Airlines suspends service					Nov/p. 2
Fish port down, but not out					Nov/p. 11

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