The communal housing and services companies of Kamensk-Uralsk (Sinara Group) owes IES Multiutilities 84 million RUR (as of December 1, 2007), which is 6 million more than in November 2007. The debt is, in fact, an unpaid hot water and electricity bill. Sinara was supposed to have paid the supplier 38 million RUR in November 2007, yet the debtor announced at the beginning of the month that they were only able to pay 34 million RUR. By the end of the month, however, they said they could only pay 25 million RUR, and ended up paying 14 million RUR, the spokesperson for IES Multiutilities said to

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Tyumenenergobank to nongovernmental financial institutions for 181 days to 1 year went down by 19.11% (from 157 million RUR to 127 million RUR) in January-November 2007.

The value of net assets of Energy - Mixed Investments (the unit investment trust) managed by Eurogreen Management Company Ltd. went down by .14% between November 30, 2007 and December 3, 2007. According to Eurogreen’s website, the company’s net assets decreased from 3,799,896.11 RUR on November 30, 2007 to 3,794,625.68 RUR on December 3, 2007.

The Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development is celebrating the New Year by offering its customers a chance to open or top up a bank deposit through an ATM. The offer is available for four types of deposits that can employ different currencies. The minimum amount of money one can deposit is 3,000 RUR, $100, or Ï100, and this amount can be deposited for anything between one hundred days and nine months. Depending on the type of deposit chosen, the interest can either be added up to one’s deposit or placed in the bank card account. The bank’s press officer says their customers can now save

Ural Airlines is going to add a Kemerovo-Baku flight to its winter timetable on December 21, 2007. Kemerovo is now the home of one of Russia’s largest Azerbaijan communities, so Ural Airlines actually decided to introduce this flight in order to meet this group of customers’ demands. This is going to be a scheduled flight, to be operated using a modern and comfortable TU 154M. The plane is to take off in Baku at 1.55 PM every Thursday and to arrive in Kemerovo at 9.05 PM, then the plane is to leave Kemerovo at 11.05 PM on Fridays and to arrive in Baku at 12.30 AM the next day. The cheapest

Nizhniy Tagil Iron & Steel Works (part of Evraz Group) is now hosting a three-day international conference known as TRANSMET 2007; the conference is devoted to the new ways of producing metal for railways, the spokesperson for Evraz Group said to UrBC. About two hundred experts from forty-eight metallurgical, machine-building, and railway enterprises located in Russia, Ukraine, Germany, the Czech Republic, England, Italy, and France take part in the conference. In addition, there are some employees of scientific research labs and professors from Russia’s best colleges among the attendees.

The public prosecution authorities of Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Region, demanded that Alexei Grebenkin, a local sole trader, face administrative liability for illegal use of registered trademarks. It was revealed in the course of a recent investigation that Mr. Grebenkin had been abusing brands like Adidas, Nike, Reebok, and Puma by selling pirated sportswear. The entrepreneur was charged with administrative offense, and the regional Court of Arbitration found the accused guilty, so Mr. Grebenkin had to pay a 10,000-ruble fine. The pirated items of clothing were confiscated.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Pervouralsk Joint Stock Commercial Bank to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for 91 to 180 days went down by 83.47% (from 3.025 million RUR to 500,000 RUR) in January-November 2007.

BLAGOFF Premium vodka won the first prize in Drink Industry international exhibition/contest in Moscow for its unique design. The contest was aimed at finding the most stylish and modern-looking bottle among the great variety of strong drinks. The competing bottle designs were assessed on the basis of the following criteria: the general style, the kind of novelty it presents, the type of packaging used, how well the bottle and the packaging preserve the product and whether the environmental and material quality norms are complied with, TM BLAGOFF’s press officer reports. The panel of bottle

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of loans given by UralFinPromBank to nongovernmental financial organizations for 31 to 90 days went down by 76.68% (from 255.177 million RUR to 59.5 million RUR) in January-November 2007.