Skip Navigation
UPDATED: 04 Feb 2010 GMT
  • Tom Armbruster, Eric Rubin (right) with the Mayor of Slavyanka (left) at the exhibit opening. Exhibit of Alaska Icons Makes it to Slavyanka

    On February 2, Deputy Chief of Mission from Embassy Moscow Eric Rubin, Vladivostok Consul General Thomas Armbruster,  PAO Sylva Etian and USAID RFE Coordinator Jess Bratton opened an exhibit entitled “Icons of Alaska” at the Khasan Museum in Slavyanka.

  • Tom Armbruster  makes opening remarks at the Festival opening. Winter Dessert Festival

    On January 28th,  OAXACA coffee house hosted an opening of Winter Dessert Festival, supported and organized by the U.S. Agricultural Trade Office in Vladivostok, Pear Bureau North West, California Prune Board, California Almond Board, and Institute of Food Technologies of Pacific State Economic University...

  • Tom Armbruster gives an interview to OTV Prim and TNT Vladivostok TV companies. President Obama’s State of the Union Address

    On february 28, over a dozen guests – students and teachers alike – came to the Consul General’s residence to hear a live telecast of President Obama’s speech to the joint sessions of Congress, Supreme Court Judges, and other distinguished guests.

Regional News
More News from the Consulate
DCM Eric Rubin.

Delegation Gives Information to Future Students on Working and Studying Abroad
On February 3, the Deputy Chief of Mission from Embassy Moscow Eric Rubin, Vladivostok CG Thomas Armbruster and PAO Sylva Etian, met with future teachers (15-17 years old) attending  the all-Russia Children’s Recreating Center “OKEAN.” 

Sylva Etian discusses Dr. King's legacy with the American Corner patrons.

Vladivostok Celebrates the Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
PAO Sylva Etian conducted a presentation, incorporating MLK Jr. actually giving his 1963 speech I HAVE A DREAM on film, at the Vladivostok American Corner on January 26th.

Tom Armbruster at the Agricultural Academy in Ussuriisk.

Man vs. Tiger
Tom Armbruster, U.S. Consul General, visited the Agricultural Academy in the city of Ussuriisk on January 25 to attend the autopsy of a man-eating Amur tiger, that was shot after the tiger killed a man fishing.