Articles and features about black caviar in Thailand, Osman's Koraт and 5-star hotel in Vladivostok free port were among the Asia-Pacific highlights of the week on rbth.com.
The fragments of the Osman's Koran (also known as the Uthman Quran) from the 7th century, stored at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts in St. Petersburg, consist of 81 sheets. Historian Efim Rezvan talks about how the Koran came to St. Petersburg, and about how researchers managed to find 16 additional sheets of these writings in Uzbekistan.
A Sino-Russian joint venture will invest $78.2 million in the construction of a five-star hotel. Russian officials expect a flurry of investments in the new free port zone.
