HomeMaterials for 12.03.2008
12 March 200809:17

Head of Sverdlovsk Region Government warns compensation might replace free fare in July 2008

‘The gradual replacement of free fare privileges with monetary compensation is unavoidable. The federal authorities demand that we fully switch to monetary compensation of all social welfare benefits (including public transport fares and housing bills) before January 1, 2009,’ Head of Sverdlovsk Region Government Viktor Koksharov said at a briefing on March 11, 2008. ‘The issue is being hotly debated at the moment, with the region’s legislative assembly deputies contributing to the discussion. It isn’t clear yet whether the monetary compensations will have been introduced by July 1, 2008 or
12 March 200809:13

All smash hit concerts performed live, Intershow says

‘Sverdlovsk Region’s concert entertainment market is saturated with operators of all sorts, who have to compete with each other as well as with the performers’ Moscow agents and directors (who don’t feel they can rely on anyone to take care of their stars,’ Intershow’s press officer Yulia Filatova said to UrBC. Ms Filatova reports fifteen to twenty concerts are held in Yekaterinburg weekly during the high seasons (that is, end of January to mid-May and September-December), so even a real enthusiast can’t possibly go to them all; besides, sometimes a few similar-style concerts are organized on
12 March 200809:11

Europe-Asia sets up subsidiaries in Moscow and Volgograd

Europe-Asia, the information and consulting center dealing in services related to a business’s economic security with headquarters in Yekaterinburg, set up subsidiaries in Moscow and Volgograd. ‘Making sure a business can be secure is a complex set of tasks like eliminating the legal, physical, and information security risks, coordinating the personnel, and cooperating with the state authorities and the security agencies. To protect a business successfully, one needs highly skilled workers, a lot of experience, and certain know-hows which our company takes pride in. This is why our services
12 March 200809:05

Sberbank’s Ural branch offers foreign currency

Sberbank of Russia’s Ural branch keeps raising the number of Yekaterinburg-based outlets where one can now buy or sell not only the traditional U.S. dollars and Euros but also the UK pounds sterling, Canadian dollars, Swiss francs, Czech korunas, Ukrainian hryvnias, Chinese Renminbi yuans, and Japanese yens. So far, these currencies are dealt with in eight of Sberbank’s Yekaterinburg offices at 11 Moskovskaya St., 1 Vainer St., 25 Verkh-Isetskiy Boulevard, 62 Tatischev St., 10 Belorechenskaya St., 4 Yasnaya St., 84 Repin St., and Mega Trade Center at 87 Metallurgi St. The latter can be found