Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by VUZ Bank to state-run for-profit organizations for 31 to 90 days went down by 14.13% (from 96.08 million RUR to 82.506 million RUR) in January-November 2007.

The court of Revda, Sverdlovsk Region, declared Ruslan Romanov, a sole trader, guilty of violating Article 146 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code (large-scale abuse of copyright). Mr. Romanov bought several pirated DVDs with feature films belonging to Universal Pictures International BV and CD Land+ in April 2007 and then tried to sell them in Revda. The law-enforcement officers later confiscated 254 pirated DVDs and 54 CD s. The sole trader’s offense is reported to have done Universal Pictures and CD Land + more than 2 million RUR worth of damage. The court found the offender guilty, so

Due to some technical maintenance operations in Bank Severnaya Kazna processing center, the bank will have to stop handling or accepting VISA/Master card from 4 AM to 6 AM on December 17, 2007. This means the bank’s ATMs and POS terminals are not going to be operating properly for the time being.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by SberInvestBank to sole traders for 181 days to 1 year went down by 98.87% (from 10.95 million RUR to 124,000 RUR) in January-November 2007.

URSA Bank now services VISA, Master Card, and Gold Crown in Jewelry 585 stores located in Siberian Federal District after a special agreement has been signed by the bank and the jewelry chain store, the bank’s press officer reports. 'According to this agreement, 41 stores in Siberian Federal District (including 12 terminals in Novosibirsk) are going to accept cards thanks to URSA Bank,’ the bank’s Plastic Card Director says. Next year, Jewelry 585 intends to set up sixty more stores in Siberian Federal District that will all use URSA Bank’s acquiring network. In addition, the bank

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by UralTransBank to non-profit NGOs for 1 to 3 years went down by 34.98% (from 15.307 million RUR to 9.952 million RUR) in January-November 2007.

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of loans given by Agroprombank Credit to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for 13 to 90 days went down by 18.58% (from 350.436 million RUR to 285.32 million RUR) in January-November 2007.

Raisa Sadykova stopped being a member of the Board of Directors of Uralfinprombank on December 10, 2007. This decision was made at one of the BOD meetings.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Bank UralSib to state-run for-profit organizations for over 3 years went down by 47.49% (from 412.553 million RUR to 217.73 million RUR) in January-November 2007.

Ural Airlines reports the company’s passenger turnover reached 2,823,610,000 passenger-kilometers in January-November 2007, which is 15% better than in January-November 2006. The carrier operated 10,190 flights between January 1, 2007 and November 31, 2007, which exceeds the figures for a year earlier by 11%. 1,043 million people have used the airline’s services since the beginning of the year, and this year’s millionth passenger was serviced three months earlier than in 2006. In addition, the carrier has already handled more cargo this year than a year earlier: over 5,000 tons of cargo and