Photo gallery: Vladivostok undergoes $25b makeover for Apec summit

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) - Russia's Far Eastern port of Vladivostok, once closed to foreigners and notorious for mafia crime, has undergone a US$20 billion (S$25 billion) makeover to host an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit and become a glitzy Asian investment hub.