Sberbank of Russia’s Ural branch is currently investing in the construction of a new head office. The seventeen-storey building is to be located in the heart of the city, at the intersection of Kuibyshev St, Rosa Luxemburg St, and Gogol St. The whole project requires over 2 billion RUR worth of investments, and the bank is able to finance it independently. At the moment, the sixth storey is about to be completed. The developers are employing today’s most advanced building technologies in the construction process. The site has some complicated hydrogeological conditions, so the builders had to

According to the National Managers’ League’s profitability ranking of unit investment trusts as of March 25, 2008, the share price of Alfa Capital Index MICEX (Alfa Capital Management Company) has gone down by 14.52% since the beginning of 2008.

‘We are not likely to see any dramatic market changes after Tata acquires Jaguar and Land Rover. The only thing that could change is these brands’ image, as this Indian holding specializes in inexpensive cars. This means customers might stop considering Jaguar and Land Rover to be exceptional quality automobiles,’ Lucky Motors’ Sales Manager Stepan Pidzhakoiv said to UrBC. A little while ago, Ford sold its Jaguar and Land Rover brands to Tata for $2.3bn. The two dealers who offer these cars to Yekaterinburg’s customers are Autoland and Krasnolesye.

According to the National Managers’ League’s profitability ranking of unit investment trusts as of March 25, 2008, the share price of BCS Consumer Sector Fund (BrokerCreditService Management Company) has gone down by 14.35% since the beginning of 2008.

The net profit of Uralvagonzavod-Finance dropped by 92.98% in October-December 2007 compared with July-September 2007 and reached 67,000 RUR against 955,000 RUR in the previous quarter.

According to the National Managers’ League’s profitability ranking of unit investment trusts as of March 25, 2008, the share price of VTB Index MICEX (VTB-Index MICEX Management Company) has gone down by 14,46% since the beginning of the year.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of for-profit self-regulatory organizations’ deposits in SberInvestBank valid for up to 30 days plummeted by 100% (from 200 million RUR to zero) in January 2008.

According to the National Managers’ League’s profitability ranking of unit investment trusts as of March 25, 2008, the share price of BCS Bank Stock Fund (BrokerCreditService Management Company) has gone down by 17.88% since the beginning of the year.

‘Nakhimov Plaza is still being put up by URAL VEM, while PremierStroy is still the developer’s general contractor. The construction process drags on because the construction site is not big enough,’ Aston Group’s Chairman Vyacheslav Trapesnikov said to UrBC. Mr. Trapesnikov reports Aston Group is going to be the future plaza’s broker. Aston’s official website reports Nakhimov Plaza, an office and trade center at 9 Vainer St, is currently under construction, but does not provide any information as to when the construction process is to be finished. At the moment, the construction process does

Following the Federal Customs Service’s order issued on March 5, 2008, Colonel Alexander Brov was appointed Deputy Head of Ural Customs Administration, the spokesperson for the Administration reports. Alexander Brov has been employed at the customs since September 2001; prior to this, he used to serve in the Russian Federation Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Far East. He was first appointed Head of Far Eastern Customs’ Interrogation Department and was then employed in the capacity of Far Eastern Customs’ Deputy Head between November 2002 and March 2008. The Colonel has a number of

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) won in one of the country’s most respectable environmental contests called Russia’s One Hundred Best Enterprises/Environment and Environmental Management. The event was supported by the Soviet of the Federation, the State Duma, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and some environmental NGOs and consisted of two stages. First, the regional authorities selected a few local organizations that did particularly well in terms of conservational activity and environmental management In Chelyabinsk Region, MMK and Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant were