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UPDATED: 26 Aug 2009 GMT
  • PAO Sylva Etian (left) takes part in the work of the seminar. Children's Rights and Responsibilities

    On August 25th, Primorye School of Human Rights conducted a day long seminar for 105 elementary school teachers on educating children about their rights and responsibilities. The event marked the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

  • Jeff Rotering shakes hands with one of the campers. Youth Outreach on Popov Island

    On August 19-20, Consular Officer Jeff Rotering travelled to Popov Island to participate in a two-week Russian Far East Model UN Club summer camp.

  • Patricia Miller takes part in the exhibit opening in Ussuriysk. Tom Till Takes Kids to the Trip around the Globe

    On August 13, Acting Consul General Patricia Miller and Public Affairs Officer Sylva Etian, along with Ussuriysk city administration representatives, opened the photo exhibit of UNESCO’s world heritage sites by American photographer Tom Till.

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Tom Armbruster takes part in the ribbon cutting ceremony.

U.S. Firm Moves Russian Coal to Market
Heyl & Patterson, a U.S. firm from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has installed the first of two rail car tipplers in the Russian port of Vostochniy.

Summer school participants with Consul General Armbruster.

U.S. Consul General Welcomes Entrepreneurship Ideas of Primorye Youth
On July 11, U.S. Consul General Tom Armbruster and USAID Representative in the RFE Irina Lindberg joined over 20 participants of USAID-funded Summer School "Development of Youth Entrepreneurship" in Vladivostok.

1st prize (age group 15-21) by Kseniya Sidorova, FLEX-2007.

International Art Exhibit Opens in Vladivostok
On July 3, Consul General Tom Armbruster took part in the opening of the 1st International art exhibit/contest of paintings and drawings by young artists from Russia, Korea, China and Japan.