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Google Directory - Regional > Europe > Russia > Travel and Tourism > Travel Services > Tour Operators Directory Help Search only in Tour Operators Search the Web Tour Operators Regional > Europe > Russia > Travel and Tourism > Travel Services > Tour Operators Go to Directory Home Categories Saint Petersburg (54) Vladivostok (2) Related Category: Regional > Europe > Travel and Tourism > Travel Services > Tour Operators (119) Web Pages Viewing in Google PageRank order View in alphabetical order Russian National Group - http://www.russia-travel.com/ Offers travel and visa services to Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other CIS countries. Description of services, company information, information for tourists. Russia Experience - http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk Train travel and ecotourism trips in Siberia and Mongolia - including trekking and nature-study at Lake Baikal, and nomad trips in Mongolia. Ecological Travels Centre - http://www.ecotravel.ru/ Offers ecotours: expeditions, bird watching, wildlife viewing, rafting, mountaineering, horseback riding, filming and others. Description of services, company and contact information. Interactive Russia Travel Division - http://travel.in-russia.com/ Offers adventure and ecological tours to Russia. Includes description of tours, destinations, hotel and airfare booking service. Intel ServiceCenter - http://www.intelservice.ru/ Offers tours in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Descriptions of services, contact information. The Geographic Bureau - http://www.geographicbureau.com Organizes trips throughout the former Soviet Union, and specializes in the Caucasus and Mount Elbrus ascents. Intourist Joint Stock Company - http://www.intourist.ru/ Organise group, motor, individual and special interest tours to the former USSR. Lost World Tours - http://www.travelkamchatka.com/ Offers adventure tours to Kamchatka. Description of services, company information, information about the region. GW Travel Ltd - http://www.gwtravel.co.uk/ Offering guided hotel on wheels train travel on Russian rail routes. Details of forthcoming tours and contact information. Irkutsk Baikal Travel Inc. - http://www.irkutsk-baikal.com Offers individual and group tours, adventure tours, other travel services. Description of services, contact information. Sokol Tours - http://www.sokoltours.com/ Offers adventure and regular tours in Russia and Central Asia, including bookings for transport and accommodations, visa support, and a range of travel packages. Description of services, company and contact information. Russian Cycle Touring Club - http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/8640/ Adventure bicycle tours in Russia. Information about cycle touring in Russia. Supporting travelers. Exeter International - http://www.exeterinternational.com/ Organizing group and private tours to Russia and Eastern Europe. Red Star Travel - http://www.travel2russia.com Tour operator and travel agency providing travel services to Russia, including visa processing and visa support letter Voentour M - http://www.voentour.com/ Offers cultural, military-historical and educational tours in Russia. Description of services, company information. Russian Gateway (UK) - Ltd - http://www.russiangateway.co.uk/ Information about travelling to Russia, including details of obtaining a visa, and organised tours. Sweagent - http://www.sweagent.se/ Offers private, package and conference tours, visa services, and freight forwarding for Russia. Description of services, contact information. Premier-Voyage - http://travel.inc.ru/ Travel services in Russia, St. Petersburg: hotel reservation, guides, excursions, visa services. Description of services, contact information. Baikaler - http://www.Baikaler.com Local guide Jack Sheremetoff, MA offers tours to Baikal. Description of tour, information about the region. Adventures with Wild Russia - http://www.wildrussia.spb.ru Organise Mountain and adventure expeditions; guided ascents on Mt.Elbrus, wildlife safaries on Kamchatka and horse back trekking to the center of Siberia. Vostok-Express - http://www.vostexp.vl.ru/ Visa support, booking of air tickets, hotel reservations, organization of holidays and business visits. Tours to Vladivostok and Kamchatka, Primorsky region (Nikolaevka, Ussuriisk, Popov Island). Far East Russian Tours - http://www.fareastrussiantours.com Organizes tours to this beautiful part of the world. Offices in both the United States and Vladivostok. St. Petersburg Travel, Inc. - http://www.trips2russia.com/ Offer group and individual tours, transportation, and tour guide services. Glavs Travel USA - http://www.glavs.com/ Specialise in VIP travel to Russia and Eastern Europe. Site includes details of the tours available, current special offers, and contact details. Sibtravel Club - http://members.tripod.com/sibtravel/ Organise adventure travels and research expeditions, in Siberia. Tours Around Russia - http://www.aroundrussia.ru Tours Moscow, St. Petersburg, Velikiy Novgorod, Valaam, Kizhi islands with English-speaking guide. Safari tours: hunting, fishing, yachting. Hotels booking, transport, visa support, guiding and interpreter services. Forum. Mosco - http://www.mosco.ru Specializes in managing the requirements of business and leisure travelers within the former USSR. Travel Technology Group - http://www.welcome-russia.com/ Offers a range of services for tourists: visa services, ticketing and reservations, hotel reservations, rent a car. Description of services, contact information. Team Gorky - http://www.teamgorky.ru/index-e.html Provides adventure tours: whitewater rafting, canoeing, kayaking, trekking, fishing, bicycling, outdoor activity in Russia, Siberia, Altai, Middle Asia, Nepal, Chile. Description of services, contact information. Charisma Travel Ltd. - http://www.charismatravel.net/ Offers custom tours to Russia. Description of tours, contact information. FOS Tours & Travel Inc. - http://www.fostours.com/ Provides escorted group travel, independent tours and customized itineraries to Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Baltics and Scandinavia. Description of services, booking request form, contact information. Russian Connection - http://www.rctours.com/ Specialises in arranging and conducting tours, travel and excursions to Russia and Eastern Europe. Description of services. Saint-Petersburg - Region - http://www.travel-company.spb.ru Provides services in St.Petersburg, Moscow and north-western region of Russia. Information about company and St.Petersburg, description of services. Top Sport Travel - http://www.tst.spb.ru/eng/index.html Specializes in active and sports tours: Alpine Ski, Mountain Climbing, Ski, Trekking. Description of services, contact information. Baikal-Safari - http://www.baikal-safari.ru/ Offers adventure tours in Siberia and the Far East. Description of services, company information. IntelService - http://www.russian-site.com/IntelPage.htm Russian tour operators. Site includes a summary of the services offered, and contact details. Nota Bene Co Ltd - http://nb.travel.spb.ru/ Russian tour company. Site includes information about the services offered including tours, learning Russian in Russia, transport, translation and guides. Travel Russia - http://www.travelrussia.net/ Offers tours to many cities and regions in Russia. Descriptions of tours, company information, Victoria Travel Co - http://kamchatka.al.ru Travel and Adventure trips in Kamchatka, Russia: outdoor, fishing, rafting, heli-skiing, climbing, trekking, volcano. Description of tours, contact information. Dersu Uzala - http://www.ecotours.ru/english/index1.htm Organizes ecotours which support Russian nature reserves and local communities. Description of services, contact information. Infinity Travel - http://www.infinity.ru/ American-Russian travel management company. Site includes online booking, details of hotels, and information on obtaining a visa and student travel. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web. Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor Modified by Google - ©2004 Google Advertise with Us - Jobs, Press, Cool Stuff...

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Air Travel Privacy Air Travel Privacy Latest News | Resources | Identification Schemes | Profiling | FOIA Documents | Other Documents | Analysis | Previous Files The right to travel is a part of the "liberty" of which the citizen cannot be deprived without due process of law under the Fifth Amendment ... Freedom of movement across frontiers in either direction, and inside frontiers as well, was a part of our heritage. Travel abroad, like travel within the country, may be necessary for a livelihood. It may be as close to the heart of the individual as the choice of what he eats, or wears, or reads. Freedom of movement is basic in our scheme of values. "Our nation," wrote Chafee, "has thrived on the principle that, outside areas of plainly harmful conduct, every American is left to shape his own life as he thinks best, do what he pleases, go where he pleases." -- Justice William O. Douglas, Kent v. Dulles (1958) Post-September 11, several measures have been considered to improve aviation security. Some of these proposals, such as improved training for airport screeners, checking all bags for bombs, strengthening cockpit doors, and placing air marshals on flights, do not implicate privacy interests and are sound security measures. Others, however, present privacy and security risks to air travelers. These proposals concern efforts to identify passengers and schemes to distinguish the "good guys" from the "bad." EPIC will make available on this page aviation security and privacy related documents it obtains from the government under the freedom of information law to promote and inform the public debate over these new schemes. In earlier responses to security threats the FAA issued a secret regulation that allowed airlines to demand photo identification and instituted a new profiling program called CAPPS (Computer Assisted Passenger Pre-screening System) based on travel data airlines routinely collected. See Previous Files . New proposals advocate using biometric credentials for "trusted travelers" and using extensive data mining of credit history, criminal records, and travel patterns to profile all airline passengers. NASA has even suggested developing "non-invasive neuro-electric sensors" or brain scans at the security gate to see if people are having suspicious thoughts. The stated goal of these new proposals is to rely on technology to reduce the "hassle factor" in airports and to reduce security threats. The core idea is to focus security resources on suspicious travelers, while ensuring that most people are not inconvenienced by heightened security. Terrorists, however, have been known to go to great lengths to look like most people. Former Transportation Security Agency chief John Magaw refused to endorse a "trusted traveler" card, fearing that it would be the first thing a terrorist will try to obtain. New profiling and identification programs will convert airport security into all-purpose police stops where criminals, deadbeat dads, and others seeking to avoid law enforcement for non-aviation security related reasons face the risk of being arrested. The basic structure of passenger profiling is to use an algorithm to determine indicators of characteristics or behavior patterns that are related to the occurrence of certain behavior. The CAPPS-II initiative will expand the range of databases searched for suspicious activity so that each airline passenger will be subjected to an extensive profiling. John Pointdexter's office in the Defense Department is considering developing a similar Total Information Awareness system. Each structural element of the CAPPS-II profiling system, however, raises a host of complex questions: Algorithm: What logic will be used? What is the basis for developing the algorithm? What are acceptable false positive and false negative rates? Indicators: What indicators are relevant? Are these indicators available? Who will collect and store the relevant indicators? Related: How are the indicators related to particular kinds of behavior? Is that relationship reliable? Behavior: Who determines what behavior should be targeted? What types of specific behavior will the system try to catch? In addition there are several technical issues such as how reliable is the data used to make profiling decisions? What kind of data should be collected and how long should the data be retained? Who will have access to the data and for what purposes? The policy issues also need to be addressed: what will be the rights of individuals to control their personally identifiable information? What recourse will be available for someone wrongly identified or denied a service? Will profiling based on deep data-mining stand up to charges of equal protection and due process violations? The new proposals directly implicate long standing constitutional protections under the fourth and first amendments, including the right to travel, and must be clearly understood and properly considered by the public. Latest News EPIC Joins Campaign Against Biometric Identification. Civil liberties organizations have sent a letter to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regarding their plans to include biometric identifiers such as fingerprints and facial scans on all newly issued electronic passports. The letter, organized by Privacy International , warns this will lead to the first truly global database of biometric information. For more information, read the letter from the Campaign, see EPIC's biometrics page, and read a story by the BBC . (Mar. 30) EPIC Suit Uncovers Watchlist Errors. EPIC has uncovered agency documents through the Freedom of Information Act that raise important questions about how the Transportation Security Administration currently operates the "No-Fly" watchlist. The concerns surrounding the agency's administration of the list previews several potential problems with the proposed roll out of CAPPS-II , the Enhanced Computer Assisted Passenger Pre-screening System. For more information, see EPIC's analysis of the FOIA documents. (Apr. 1) Senators Want Answers on Air Profiling. The Senate Commerce Committee has unanimously agreed to an amendment (pdf) by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) that would require the Transportation Security Administration to report to Congress on the privacy and civil liberties implications of the controversial CAPPS-II air passenger profiling system. See EPIC's Passenger Profiling page for more information. (Mar. 13) EPIC Comments on Air Travel Database. EPIC submitted comments on a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) proposal [PDF] to create a new database of Aviation Security Screening Records on all airline passengers. EPIC argued that the proposed system did not provide sufficient information for the public to contribute meaningfully to this rule-making procedure, and that the proposed system would infringe on the Constitutional right of association and travel. See TSA Docket for more information and public comments. (Feb. 24) EPIC Criticizes Gov't Rule on Citizen Travel. EPIC has filed comments [PDF] on the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)'s proposed rule to collect passenger manifest information on all international travelers, including American citizens and legal permanent residents. The comments argue that the proposed rule is legally deficient because the INS has not complied with the Privacy Act in creating this new "system of records." EPIC has asked the INS to reissue its notice and meet the requirements of the Privacy Act. The comments also note that, by collecting and sharing travel data about citizens, the INS is placing a burden on the right to travel and the rights of anonymous association. (Feb. 4, 2003) EPIC Files Suit for "No-Fly List" Information. Seeking information about aviation security watchlists, EPIC has filed a lawsuit [PDF] against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in federal court in Washington. The legislation creating TSA authorizes the agency to maintain such lists, which reportedly have been used to interfere with the travel of political activists. (Dec. 12, 2002) Resources EPIC's presentation for the National Academy's seminar on Concealed Threat Detection , March 2005. Transportation Security Agency Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2002 EPIC v. TSA FOIA Lawsuit seeking information on new identification and passenger profiling schemes Implementation of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act with a Focus on the 60-day Deadline for Screening and Checked Baggage House Transportation Committee, Subcommittee on Aviation, Jan. 23, 2002 Audit Reports on Aviation Security Office of Inspector General, Department of Transportation White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security web page. EPIC's Profiling Page. EPIC's National ID Page. EPIC's Biometrics Page. EPIC's Face Recognition Page. EPIC's Terrorism Page: Information on pending efforts in Congress to increase wiretapping and gather personal information. EPIC's new page on Surveillance of European Air Travelers . Identification Schemes Gilmore v. Ashcroft -- FAA ID Challenge Aviation Security Biometrics Working Group [see Steering Committee Analysis for detailed information on proposed biometric identification schemes] Airlines Plan Quick System For Identifying Passengers Washington Post , June 22, 2002 Smart Check-In Cuts Airport Lines Wired News , Feb. 5, 2001. [Trusted traveler schemes have been contemplated well before 9/11] Maximus Flysecure proposal Profiling Trading Freedom for Security . The New American Magazine , May 5, 2003. EPIC's new Passenger Profiling page. Air Security Focusing on Flier Screening . Washington Post , September 4, 2002. Intricate Screening Of Fliers In Works . Washington Post , Feb. 1, 2002. Carnival Booth: An Algorithm for Defeating the Computer-Assisted Passenger Screening System . MIT/Harvard Law School Student paper. Electronic Record Systems and Individual Privacy . U.S. Congress Office of Technical Assessment OTA-CIT-296. House Transportation Hearing on Airline Passenger Profiling . Feb. 27, 2002. ACLU Passenger Profiling Complaint Form Documents Obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) EPIC Suit Uncovers Errors in TSA's Watchlist , April 2003. NASA Ames Research Center Northwest Airlines Briefing . December 10-11, 2001. Other Documents Final Report of the White House Commission. Initial Report of the White House Commission (September 9, 1996). Executive Order 13015 creating the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (August 22, 1996) ( PDF version ) Initial Federal Register notice of public meeting of White House Commission. Revised Federal Register notice announcing that part of the Commission's meeting will be closed to the public "in the interest of national security." 1994 statute authorizing FAA research into security matters (including "behavioral research") and exempting information relating to such research from disclosure under the FOIA. Analysis Image of a person scanned using a new x-ray device from AS&E. National Academy of Sciences report " Airline Passenger Security Screening: New Technologies and Implementation Issues " Paper on the limitations of profiling , Roger Clark, Australia National University. ACLU testimony before White House Commission on "Civil Liberties Implications of Airport Security Measures" (September 5, 1996). Letter to Privacy Journal editor Robert Ellis Smith from the FAA denying Smith's request for a copy of the FAA Security Directive on identification of airline passengers. HotWired article " Fear of Flying " on proposals. (September 11, 1996). Previous Files FAA Proposes Profiling Regulations. The Federal Aviation Administration published proposed regulations on April 19, 1999, governing "Security of Checked Baggage on Flights Within the United States." The draft rules detail the use of computer profiling techniques to identify suspicious passengers. Public comments can be filed until June 18, 1999. Airline Passenger Profiling Goes Into Effect. The Computer Assisted Passenger Screening System is scheduled to be phased in nationwide beginning on January 1. Under the system, passengers who "fit the profile" will be selected for heightened security measures, which can include a thorough search of their luggage, intrusive personal questioning, tagging of luggage with orange tape, and a physical escort from the check-in counter to the airport gate by security personnel. The ACLU is providing an online complaint form for passengers targeted by the profiling system. Microsoft Chief Architect Charles Simonyi tells what happens when you "fit the profile" (from Slate ). Proposed FAA rule for collecting personal information including name, address, Social Security Number, Date of birth and next of kin for every domestic passenger. General Account Office report, Aviation Safety and Security: Challenges to Implementing the Recommendations of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (Testimony, 03/05/97, GAO/T-RCED-97-90). The Gore Commission has released its final report recommending passenger profiling. A coalition of 17 groups has sent a letter to Gore opposing ID checks, profiling, new x-ray technologies and excessive secrecy by the FAA in making decisions. EPIC Privacy Page | EPIC Home Page Last Updated: March 29, 2005 Page URL: http://www.epic.org/privacy/airtravel/default.html