According to the National Managers’ League’s profitability ranking of unit investment trusts as of March 31, 2008, the share price of LUKoil Fund First (Uralsib Management Company) has gone down by 17.17% since the beginning of the year.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of for-profit self-regulatory organizations’ deposits in Sverdlovsk Gubernskiy Bank valid for 181 days to 1 year went down by 61.9% (from 31.5 million RUR to 12 million RUR) in January 2008.

Ural Airlines is about to sign a contract with CFM International regarding the delivery of fifteen air engines for seven Airbus A 320 airplanes. The contract-signing ceremony will be attended by Ural Airlines’ General Director Sergey Skuratov, CFO Kirill Skuratov, and the company’s other executives. CFM International will be represented by the company’s Vice President for International Sales, Engine Sales Director, Manager for Legal Issues, and CFM’s representative in Russia Sergey Sklyarov. In addition, Sverdlovsk Region’s Deputy Minister for Industry and Science Anatoly Gredin is expected

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of private individuals’ deposits in UralFinPromBank valid for 91 to 180 days went down by 8.24% in January 2008.

Sverdlovsk Region’s law-enforcement agencies have started the second round of inspecting the local car centers and show rooms. The inspections first started on January 23, 2008 when the press officer of Sverdlovsk Region Department of Internal Affairs Valeriy Gorelikh made an announcement to this extent. He then said inspections would be related to tax evasion, undeclared wages, and violations of customs regulations as well as to the numerous complaints made by customers who are unhappy with the sales procedures. Krasnolesye and Okami Motors were the first companies to undergo investigation,

RBC.Rating’s experts came up with their ranking of Russia’s most prominent factoring companies in 2007. SKB-Bank was rated rather highly in quite a few respects: the bank got good positions in terms of volume of financing provided by a factor and in terms of the number of contracts, for example. RBC.Rating reports SKB-Bank was the Urals’ only bank to hit the country’s Top 15 factoring companies ranking based on the amount of the money transferred. Besides, SKB-Bank is definitely Russia’s leading factoring company in terms of the number of offices and outlets it runs in Russia. Last year,

Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Eduard Rossel is to visit Slovakia on April 3-4, 2008 as a member of an official delegation headed by Head of Russian Federation Government Viktor Zubkov, the spokesperson for the Governor reports.

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of loans given by Khanty-Mansiyskiy Bank to state-run for-profit organizations for 181 days to 1 year went down by 14.89% (from 370.12 million RUR to 315,000 RUR) in January 2008.

Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Eduard Rossel accepted the resignation of First Deputy Head of Sverdlovsk Region Government and region’s Minister for Industry and Science Vladimir Molchanov. Mr. Molchanov decided to leave office of his own will in order to become a retiree, the spokesperson for the Government reports.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of private individuals’ deposits in Tagilbank valid for 91 to 180 days went down by 14.16% (from 80.878 million RUR to 69.421 million RUR) in January 2008.