Poachers hunt them for their horns, which are in great demand for use in Far-Eastern traditional medicine.
Yevgeny Makhno, a judge in the far-eastern town of Blagoveshchensk, tendered his resignation earlier this week after video clips of him were uploaded onto YouTube.
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"There's pressure on forests in north-western Russia, touching Scandinavia, but the main problem is in far-eastern Siberia where the mafia is particularly violent, " Mr Bismarck told me.
For a foretaste, look at Primorski Krai, a miserable spot in far-eastern Russia where crass politicians, rampant crime and economic decline have given people a hellish winter.
Yet both Delhi and Dhaka say that their recent agreement to open the first direct overland link between the far-eastern states of India and Bangladesh is hugely significant.
In Mr Yeltsin's time, attempts to bring under control the far-eastern Maritime Territory foundered when the local armed forces turned out to be under the thumb of the fearsomely idiosyncratic provincial governor.
In the far-eastern port of Vladivostok, thousands have taken to the streets to protest against higher import tariffs on second-hand Japanese cars, the sale of which is the backbone of the local economy.
After nearly 30 years in the business, Mumiy Troll is taking a fresh shot at finding a crossover audience with the release this week of its first English-language album, "Vladivostok, " named for its hometown, a far-eastern port city about 6, 000 miles from Moscow and 40 miles from the Chinese border.
Brazil has sent out seven air force planes and three naval ships to help in the search, far off the north-eastern Brazilian coast.
I've talked to Russian analysts who say if you think about this five, ten, fifteen years into the future, they fear that the United States will perfect this technology - it's unperfected so far - and put more missile interceptors either in eastern Europe, Poland or on ships not far from Russia, and that ultimately - the Russians say - they fear that this could challenge their nuclear deterrent.
The average wage in both countries is around 14 euros an hour - far higher than in most of eastern Europe.
Although home to less than a fifth of all Germans, and far fewer foreigners than the west, the eastern states accounted for nearly half the 746 violent crimes linked to far-right extremists last year.
Technology stocks, ditto, especially on Far Eastern markets Retailers are in, especially Wal-Mart, even Federated and TJX.
Current subscribers to the Far Eastern Economic Review will be offered a one-year subscription to the Wall Street Journal's online edition.
Far-right groups from Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, Germany and Eastern Europe gathered last month in the Danish city of Aarhus for what they said was a rally to make their governments aware of the threat of Islamic extremism.
Many towns on the eastern plains of Colorado, far from the snowboarders and mountain-bikers, have heard just the echo of the latest boom.
There was a Romanian folk music and dance-influenced Gypsy section, before the Rave element, which had far eastern influences, emerging "all sparkly and sporty".
In eastern Germany, non-believers account for about 33% - far higher than the 6% figure for western Germany.
Full-back Glen Johnson will also sit out the final friendly of the club's Far Eastern tour in order to rest his Achilles injury.
Because of its westerly position and mountainous nature, Anglo-Saxons who moved into central and eastern England after the Romans left did not come that far west, and neither did the Vikings who arrived in around 900AD.
Whether because of leeriness about the U.S.' stringent Sarbanes-Oxley rules or because of Britain's stronger ties to thriving economies in eastern Europe and the Far East, London's exchanges now are more popular than New York's.
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