Central Bank of Russia reports volume of demand deposits and other demand investments made by private individuals in UIC Bank went down by 27.74% (from 27.758 million RUR to 20.058 million RUR) in December 2007-January 2008.

'Most foreign workers come to Sverdlovsk Region from Tajikistan (28%), Kazakhstan (18%), China (16%), Kyrgyzstan (13%), and Turkey (5%). They are mainly employed in fields like the building industry and the service sector (including catering business and motor shows),’ Deputy Head of Sverdlovsk Region’s division of the Federal Migration Service Sergey Kashinin announced at a press conference on February 28, 2008. 'We don’t expect the number of illegal immigrants to soar dramatically this year, since the measures we’ve taken are believed to be able to keep these figures at last

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of demand deposits and other demand investments made by private individuals in Plato Bank went down by 23.29% (from 1.747 million RUR to 1.34 million RUR) in December 2007-January 2008.

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of for-profit self-regulatory organizations’ deposits in SberInvestBank valid for 181 days to 1 year plummeted by 100% (from 600,000 RUR to zero) in December 2007-January 2008.

Maxi Group elected the new General Director after the company’s Board of Directors decided to terminate the authority of former GD Alexander Loginovskikh and elected Valery Shevelev instead. Remarkably, Mr. Shevelev hasn’t got a share in the enterprise’s authorized capital.

The Minister for International and Foreign Economic Relations of Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Kharlov announced in the course of the ministry meeting that the region had received over $1.338bn worth of foreign investment altogether in 2007, which was comparable with the previous year’s level. However, the structure of these investments proved to be much better than before. Direct foreign investments, for instance, amounted to $119m, which exceeds the figures for 2006 by thirty times. Besides, this was the region’s best-ever result since 2001 when the figure came to $103m and then kept going

MOTIV, formerly one of Sverdlovsk Region’s telecommunications provider, expanded to become a telecommunications group operating in both Ural Federal District and Perm Territory at the end of 2007. Now the company offers its customers mobile communication as well as area and landline connection and Internet access. In addition, MOTIV now provides people living in Perm Territory with landline telephone connection, the company’s press officer reports. This impressive expansion in terms of both geography and technology was made possible due to a major restructuring. For one, the new

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of loans given by Perviy Respublikanskiy Bank to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for 31 to 90 days went down by 28.21% (from 290.281 million RUR to 208.4 million RUR) in December 2007-January 2008.

'We are having a hard time with some consumer electronics producers due to the recent amendments to the federal law on competition,’ Centri Maintenance Center’s Technical Director Leonid Khavroshin said to UrBC. The amendments came into force on December 12, 2007 and now give a customer the right to complain about the quality of a product not only to the producer and the seller but to the importer as well, who is now responsible for the quality of the product, too. According to Yekaterinburg Consumer Rights Committee Chairman Andrei Artemiev, it is usually the seller that the

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Tyumenenergobank to sole traders despite overdraft went down by 26.85% (from 4.283 million RUR to 3.132 million RUR) in December 2007-January 2008.

The court is going to consider Koltsovo airport’s claim against Aviaprad on March 3, 2008. The decision to postpone the hearing was taken by the Judge of Sverdlovsk Region Court of Arbitration to give the parties a chance to work over and agree on the details of the case, the court’s press officer says.

'We experienced a software breakdown on February 22, 2008 and were thus unable to perform certain operations with the natural person accounts. For one thing, no new accounts could be opened; nor could our customers get any statements of their accounts, even though the balance was available from any ATM or office,’ the spokesperson for Alfa Bank’s Yekaterinburg branch Evgeniy Vladykin said to UrBC. 'All the problems were solved during the day, so our customers could be serviced properly again. As we never got a single complaint, I would think no psychological damage was done,’ the

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Bank24.ru to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for 91 to 180 days went down by 40.96% (from 63.344 million RUR to 37.4 million RUR) in December 2007-January 2008.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Uralprivatbank to sole traders for 181 days to 1 year went down by 11.32% (from 37.017 million RUR to 32.826 million RUR) in December 2007-January 2008.

The value of net assets of Energy – Mixed Investments (the unit investment trust) managed by Eurogreen Management Company Ltd. went down by .29% between February 21, 2008 and February 22, 2008. According to Eurogreen’s website, the company’s net assets decreased from 3,067,675.03 RUR on February 21, 2008 to 3,058,876.06 RUR on February 22, 2008.

Russian Copper Company inspired the creation of Russian Nickel Company - a new player on the nickel and cobalt production market. According to Russian Copper Company’s press officer, Russian Nickel Company consists of enterprises that possess licenses entitling them to development of cobalt and nickel deposits in Chelyabinsk Region and Altai Territory. The estimated volume of the known reserves comes to more than 440,000 tons of nickel, while the volume of the possible reserves reaches over 714,000 tons. This year, the company is to handle the basic design and start the construction of an ore

According to the National Managers’ League’s online data on unit investment trusts, the share price of Denezhkin Kamen (Investstroy Management Company) went down by 19.11% (from 1,125.25 RUR to 944.74 RUR) between December 29, 2007 and January 31, 2008.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Sverdlovsk Gubernskiy Bank to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for 181 days to 1 year went down by 17.84% (from 2,703,220,000 RUR to 2,220,958,000 RUR) in December 2007-January 2008

Over 400 strong drinks producers took part in the 10th International Tasting Contest held within the framework of ProdExpo 2008 exhibition. Many competing drinks were given gold, silver, and bronze medals, while the first prize was awarded to vodka produced by Khortytsa. This trademark entered the Russian market in 2006, and its sales have been soaring since. Apart from the first prize, the drink received over 200 awards at a number of respectable international competitions. ‘We were determined to become the market’s absolute leader in terms of quality when we first launched the production of

The solemn ceremony of laying of the foundation stone for the plant’s future LDP shop took place at Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant, the spokesperson for ChTPZ Group (which the plant is a part of) told UrBC. The event was attended by Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Petr Sumin, Chelyabinsk Region’s representative in the Soviet of the Federation A. Komarov, Mayor of Chelyabinsk M. Yurevitch, ChTPZ Group’s BOD Chairman A. Fedorov, and Vice President of SMS MEER, ChTPZ‘s German partner. The shop, meant for production of large diameter pipes (with the diameter of 508 mm to 1,420 mm) with both inner