bridge to Russky Island
The giant Russky Island crossing in Vladivostok is the world's world's largest cable stayed bridge and arguably the most spectacular in Russia.
Defying the doubters, the world's longest cable-stayed bridge opened to regular motorists on Wednesday across the Bosphorus East Strait.
More than century of waiting ended on Saturday as just married couples were the first to walk on the new cable-stayed Golden Horn Bay Bridge.
Plans to develop Russky Island as 'a model advanced development area'.
Video shows hero climbers manually breaking ice off its cable stays at height of 324m (1,063ft) in Vladivostok.
Elsewhere in Primorsky region 94,000 people are still without electricity, 18,000 are without heating.
He emphasised the importance of the economically buoyant Asian-Pacific region as critical to the development of Russia as Western markets stall.
The country's top diplomat denied Moscow was aiming to develop relations in Asia at the expense of contacts with Europe.
Russia is offering the best tax incentives in the world to create its own Vegas near Vladivostok.
An army of almost 3000 foreign workers combine with locals to get the city ready for the September APEC summit of world leaders.
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