28 February 2007 (15:30) Sverdlovsk Region’s industrial growth in January 2007 is three times bigger than the Russian average, says Governor Eduard Rossel

28 February 2007 (15:28) Sverdlovsk Region families receive first maternal money certificates

28 February 2007 (15:26) German Consulate-General starts accepting Schengen visa applications

28 February 2007 (15:24) Petition for change in preventive punishment for Pavel Fedulyev dismissed

28 February 2007 (15:22) Serov Ferrous Alloys Plant refuses to use new electricity supplier, reports SverdlovEnergoSbyt

28 February 2007 (15:20) Russian Standard Bank to undergo civil suit, reports Sverdlovsk Region division of Rospotrebnadzor

28 February 2007 (15:18) Rosselkhoznadzor might ban rice import from India in May 2007

28 February 2007 (15:16) Ural Airlines introduces Lent-time meals

28 February 2007 (15:14) Ill-reputed Noviy Grad might try to attract investments through partners, says Konstantin Bruner of Affordable Housing NGO

28 February 2007 (15:12) Known as ‘people’s IPO’, Sberbank’s IPO is actually targeted at large-scale stakeholders wishing to retain or build up their share, says Vsevolod Chaschin of Blagodat Securities Investment Company

27 February 2007 (15:00) Aviacon Zitotrans’s IL 76 performs crash landing in Koltsovo airport due engine failure

27 February 2007 (14:58) Six food enterprises close down in Yekaterinburg in 2006

27 February 2007 (14:56) Underdevelopment of small business in agriculture is our mistake, says Sverdlovsk Region Government

27 February 2007 (14:54) We shall inspect Metro Cash and Carry as soon as we are ordered, reports Federal Antimonopoly Service

27 February 2007 (14:52) Ural Airlines advertises tickets to Israel that are 70% cheaper

27 February 2007 (14:50) Volume of loans given by UralFinPromBank to nongovernmental profit-making organizations for 31 to 90 days goes down 12% in October-December 2006, reports Central Bank of Russia

27 February 2007 (14:48) Federal Insurance Surveillance Agency annuls license of Yekaterinburg-based Farn

27 February 2007 (14:46) Students of Ural State Architectural Academy awarded for winning in competition for best architectural design of Academic construction area of Yekaterinburg

27 February 2007 (14:44) Six experimental fuel assemblies made for BN-600 power generating unit of Beloyarskaya nuclear power station

27 February 2007 (14:42) Evraz Group gets European Commission’s permission to control Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation Limited

26 February 2007 (15:30) Natural person loan portfolio of Ural Bank of Sberbank of Russia amounts to over 54.1 billion RUR in 2006

26 February 2007 (15:28) SKB-Bank sums up results of commercial banks’ client preference survey

26 February 2007 (15:26) Basic rental fee for municipal property in Yekaterinburg to go up 20% on April 1, 2007

26 February 2007 (15:24) City council to lay damages occasioned by bridge failure in Yekaterinburg at UralHyproTrans

26 February 2007 (15:22) Sverdlovsk Region enterprises emit 1,229,664 tons of pollutants in 2006

26 February 2007 (15:20) We are considering filing administrative suit against Russian Standard Bank, says Rospotrebnadzor

26 February 2007 (15:18) Russian Federation Supreme Court of Arbitration rejects appeal of Home Credit and Finance Bank Ltd. for the third time, reports Rospotrebnadzor

26 February 2007 (15:16) UralTransBank is Sverdlovsk Region’s only large bank with decreasing loan portfolio, claims rating by Severnaya Kazna

26 February 2007 (15:14) 70.8% of industrial accidents in Ural Federal District caused by poor management

26 February 2007 (15:12) We are worried about possible social outcomes of dispute at Nizhnetagilskiy Metalware Plant, says Alexander Soloviev of Nizhniy Tagil city administration

22 February 2007 (08:30) 316 people injured in industrial accidents in Ural Federal District in 2006

22 February 2007 (08:28) Car sales reach 100,000 items in Sverdlovsk Region last year

22 February 2007 (08:26) 62% of our equipment is obsolete, reports SverdlovEnergo

22 February 2007 (08:24) Local retailers ask for entrance fees and discounts, reports oil and mayonnaise producing company

22 February 2007 (08:22) Volume of loans given by UralFinPromBank to natural persons for 91 to 180 days goes down 93.5% in September-December 2006, reports Central Bank of Russia

22 February 2007 (08:20) Students of Ural State Architectural Academy to be awarded for winning in competition for best architectural design of Academic construction area of Yekaterinburg

22 February 2007 (08:18) MegaFon launches new All-Russian Home tariff

22 February 2007 (08:16) 15,000 enterprises and sole traders pay less than subsistence wage worth of salary in 2006, reports Federal Tax Service

22 February 2007 (08:14) We don’t do business with Metro Cash and Carry since other producers had supply problems, reports Good Taste Meatpacking Plant

22 February 2007 (08:12) RusRating gives SKB-Bank B+ in 2006, says bank’s Chairman Vladimir Pukhov

21 February 2007 (15:30) Sverdlovsk Region pays 170 billion RUR in taxes in 2006

21 February 2007 (15:28) 1,229,000 tons of pollutants dumped in Sverdlovsk Region’s atmosphere in 2006

21 February 2007 (15:26) Over 100,000 square meters of warehouses to be commissioned in Yekaterinburg annually beginning from 2009

21 February 2007 (15:24) Ural division of Sberbank of Russia keeps getting more investments

21 February 2007 (15:22) JACDEC says Ural Airlines is one of the safest air carriers

21 February 2007 (15:20) Regional companies won’t be affected by temporary embargo on import of Russian poultry to Azerbaijan, claims Sverdlovsk Region Ministry for Agriculture and Food

21 February 2007 (15:18) Factoring is something we’re particularly proud of, says SKB-Bank’s Chairman Vladimir Pukhov

21 February 2007 (15:16) Claim laid by a creditor against HydroSpetsStroy Ltd. left over until March 1, 2007

21 February 2007 (15:14) Metallurgical Industrial Complex of Nizhniy Tagil presents improved cast-iron production method at International Blast-Furnace Makers forum

21 February 2007 (15:12) Turnover of local catering companies comes to 8.35 billion RUR in 2006

20 February 2007 (11:00) SKB-Bank is interested in offers from ready-to-sell banks, says Chairman Vladimir Pukhov

20 February 2007 (10:58) Severnaya Kazna lowers deposit interest rates

20 February 2007 (10:56) No instances of bird’s flu found in Sverdlovsk Region so far, reports Ministry for Agriculture and Food

20 February 2007 (10:54) Investigative actions involving UralTransBank bring first results, reports Valeriy Gorelikh of Sverdlovsk Region Department of Internal Affairs

20 February 2007 (10:52) Carnival Trade Center to build up on security following McDonalds bombings in Saint Petersburg, reports Marketing Director Alexei Malygin

20 February 2007 (10:50) Severouralsk bauxite mine gets first ore from Little Red Riding Hood mine

20 February 2007 (10:48) Koltsovo airport to pay 16.75 million RUR for violating antimonopoly law

20 February 2007 (10:46) Statisticians look at success of Russian industry in January 2007

20 February 2007 (10:44) Ural Airlines are Russian pioneers in IOSA audit, says Dmitriy Shamraev of IATA

20 February 2007 (10:42) Customs officers of Nizhniy Tagil withdraw 270,000 RUR worth of fake Puma, Adidas, and Reebok sportswear