The public prosecution bodies of Yamal intend to appeal from the judgement of Court of Noviy Urengoi concerning Chairman of EuroGreen Ilya Gaffner due to lenient penalty. The accused was charged with arrears of wages to employees of SevTumenTransPut and got three years on parole. The plans of the public prosecution authorities were reported by Senior Assistant to the Public Prosecutor Evgeniy Zalov. ‘The Prosecutor was asking for three and a half years in prison and the non-eligibility period of two years that would prevent Mr Gaffner from serving in senior positions,’ Mr Zalov said. After

According to the Central Bank of Russia, the volume of credits given by UralTransBank to state-owned commercial organizations (except for those owned federally) for a term of 181 days to 1 year has gone down by 65% (from 287,000 RUR to 100,000 RUR) within January to August 2006.

SibAcademBank and UralVneshTorgBank held a press conference called The New Banking Brand; New Name of SibAcademBank & UralVneshTorgBank in Moscow on September 21, 2006. The conference was devoted to the recent merger and re-branding, reports their spokesperson. The reports were presented by Chairman of SibAcademBank, Chairman of Supervisory Board of UralVneshTorgBank Igor Kim, Board Member of SibAcademBank, Chairman of ZhelDorBank Alexander Taranov, General Director of SibAcademBank Kirill Brel, the Director of Russia, Central Europe and Specialized Branches Business Group of European

Airline Business magazine published its traditional rating of the world’s best carriers for 2005. Only eight Russian companies were included in the 200-position rating, based on their passenger turnover, and one of them was Ural Airlines. According to the company’s Commercial Director Kirill Skuratov, Ural Airlines are determined to hit the Top 200 rating next year as well. This claim appears to be well-grounded as the carrier has been quite successful over the last months. It has already serviced 12% more passengers since the beginning of the year than in the eight months of 2005, regardless

According to the data provided by the Ministry for International and Foreign Economic Relations of Sverdlovsk Region, the regional and Kazakhstan’s foreign trade turnover amounted to $468,946,000 in January-June 2006, which gets the region the third position on the turnover list. Its share of the turnover came to 11.11%, with $260,998,320 worth of export, $207,947,680 worth of import, and amount of balance reaching the point of $53,050,640.