1.   Georgy Vlaskin, the Russian consul in Seattle, who will award Smirnoff his patents, says the new honorary consul himself is seen by many as a gateway.

2.   He is the honorary consul of Sweden in Turin.

3.   He won his release by citing his status as an honorary Spanish consul, and promptly went into hiding to prepare his escape.

4.   One recent incident involved the Yemen honorary consul in San Francisco, Mansoor Ismael.

5.   Otuzbir, the honorary Swedish consul, is the managing director of Azercell, the largest mobile telephone company in Azerbaijan.

6.   Smirnoff will be the first U.S. citizen to become an honorary consul of the Russian Federation.

7.   A former Nordic honorary consul in Rangoon, Nichols died in prison in June, reportedly of a stroke.

8.   A former honorary consul for Hungary in Jamaica will appear in court Monday to be arraigned on drug charges.

9.   A former honorary consul in Jamaica for Hungary, Hargitay has a home in St. Mary district near Kingston.

10.   A man identified as a former honorary Indonesian consul and a companion were shot to death while eating in a restaurant in western Mexico.