Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Ural Innovational Commercial Bank to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for 1 to 3 years went down by 28.09% (from 100.429 million RUR to 79.253 million RUR) in January-November 2007.

The Hungarian consulate is going to start operating in Yekaterinburg at the end of December 2007, the spokesperson for the Governor of Sverdlovsk Region reports. On December 7, 2007, Governor Eduard Rossel visited the Republic of Hungary as a member of an official delegation headed by Head of Russian Government Viktor Zubkov. While there, Mr. Rossel took part in some intergovernmental meetings and was present at a number of document-signing ceremonies, including the one regarding the introduction of the Hungarian consulate-general in Yekaterinburg.

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of loans given by Sverdlovsk Gubernskiy Bank to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for 1 to 3 years went down by 8.83% (from 1,066,036,000 RUR to 971,929,000 RUR) in January-November 2007.

On June 23, 2007 Rostransnadzor and Rosaviation (the state transportation watchdogs) imposed bans and limitations on flights to the EU operated by some Russian air carriers. Ural Airlines, for one, was restricted in the type of aircraft it could use for these flights, namely, the airline was not permitted to use its Tu 154M planes until those were brought in compliance with the international regulations. Ural Airlines’ performance in the summer was flawless; in addition, the airline strictly obeyed all the instructions, so all the limitations imposed on the carrier have been canceled. This

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by SberInvestBank to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for 1 to 3 years went down by 15.25% (from 122.011 million RUR to 103.4 million RUR) in January-November 2007.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by UralTransBank to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for 181 days to 1 year went down by 100% (from 308,000 RUR to zero) in January-November 2007.

URSA Bank paid 143.6 million RUR worth of coupon yield to its partners and investors. This are the bank’s third bond issue coupons (40300323 В), and the sum of the profit was determined by the interest rate of 9.5% a year, so 47.87 RUR was the amount paid per bond. URSA Bank went through with the three-billion-ruble bond issue on June 8, 2006, expecting it to be valid for three years. The issue was coordinated by Gasprombank and Citibank at was launched at MICEX Stock Exchange. The repayment is expected to take place on June 4, 2009.

SKB-Bank keeps setting up more ATMs in Russian regions: another new ATM was introduced in Urai, Tyumen Region. The machine can be found by the cardholders in SKB-Bank’s Uraiskiy office and is available from 9 AM to 7 PM on weekdays and from 9 AM to 4 PM on weekends. This is Urai’s first and Tyumen Region’s tenth ATM belonging to SKB-Bank. The bank’s ATM network covers nine Russian regions at the moment; its 220 machines are located in Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, Volgograd, and Rostov Regions as well as in Perm Territory and Moscow. ATMs are situated in business centers, residential

Uralmash Machine-Building Corporation is going to resume its independent production of oil and gas machinery. The company’s top executives believe this re-introduction of drilling machinery sector will make it possible for the enterprise to use its production capacity to the fullest and provide work for a whole range of shops and facilities, including a plant set up specifically for making drilling tools. The share of this equipment in the company’s total goods output is expected to be gradually raised to 19%. Ivan Rozhnov, Director of O&G Drilling Machinery Division, says the plant will

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of loans given by Plato Bank to sole traders for 1 to 3 years went down by 100% (from 1.66 million RUR to zero) in January-November 2007.