Sverdlovsk Region’s public prosecutor for transport issues placed a claim against Polygon’s management with Beloyarskiy district’s court. The official insists on banning the storage of food waste within less than fifteen kilometers of Koltsovo airport and Uktus airport. Polygon’s present dump is located within only 6.5 kilometers of Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg; the land allotment has been provided by the regional Ministry for Federal Property Management. The proximity of the food waste dump threatens the safety of flights operated from the Koltsovo and Uktus, as hundreds of birds fly to

‘We found these two retail gasoline traders guilty of violating the current legislation,’ Head of Sverdlovsk Region’s division of Federal Antimonopoly Service Tatiana Kolotova said at a recent press conference in Yekaterinburg. Yekaterinburgnefteprodukt and LukoilPermnefteprodukt have been sued for a price collusion that involved AI 76 (80), AI 95 (96), and diesel fuel. The collusion lasted from January 1, 2007 to March 27, 2008. ‘We demanded that both companies must stop colliding. The Service will have to initiate administrative suits and impose some fines on the offenders. The decision

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of private individuals’ demand deposits and other investments in TagilBank went down by 40.40% (from 148.825 million RUR to 88.686 million RUR) in January-June 2008.

Mechel Bank announced it was about to launch a re-branding campaign and to change its current name to Commercial Bank Monetniy Dvor (the Mint). The decision was taken at the bank’s extraordinary general meeting on July 23, 2008, the bank’s press officer reports. The re-branding has been brought about by the bank’s growth and large-scale development. ‘The former name primarily referred to the city of Chelyabinsk; however, the bank is now operating all over the Urals, that is, in Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, and Orenburg Regions as well as in Moscow,’ the press officer explains. ‘The bank

‘Sverdlovsk Region’s division of Federal Antimonopoly Service grew alarmed when Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg started raising its jet fuel prices at the end of 2007. We started monitoring Koltsovo as well as some other airports’ pricing policies and sent a letter to the Service’s headquarters. The letter said the fuel prices might have gone up due to price increases launched by the producer factories,’ Head of Sverdlovsk Region’s division of Federal Antimonopoly Service Tatiana Kolotova said at a recent press conference in Yekaterinburg. ‘We’ve been keeping an eye on the jet fuel market

VIM AVIA will keep operating flights from Yekaterinburg until July 28, 2008. The carrier and Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg managed to reach an agreement on the restructuring of the airline’s debt. At the moment, VIM AVIA owes the airport over 12 million RUR for ground servicing. Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg has already laid a claim against VIM AVIA and Domodedovo Airlines related to the money the carriers are reported to owe the airport for ground maintenance of their aircraft. The claim is to be dealt with by Sverdlovsk Region Court of Arbitration. ‘If this company fails to pay off

Sberbank of Russia is the Urals’ No.1 bank in terms of plastic card issuance. Sberbank’s Ural branch provided its customers with over 2.65 million cards in the second quarter of 2008 alone, which was more than 180,000 cards better than in the previous quarter, the bank’s press officer reports. The bank currently runs 1,490 ATMs and 360 transaction terminals. These self-service devices can be used to make loan payments and pay one’s phone and housing bills as well as the road police’s fines. In addition, one can top up one’s bank card account or transfer money from one bank card account to

Yekaterinburg’s future Academic district is going to get a multifunctional medical center that will meet all the demands imposed by modern medical science. The center will consist of polyclinics for children and grownups, a clinical hospital, and an emergency service substation. The total area of the medical facilities will come to 60,000 square meters. In addition, the center may host some divisions of Ural State Medical Academy. The project’s managers intend to get the authorities’ approval to put up the medical center within the green belt area.

Uralmash Machine-Building Corporation completed the working documentation for Severniy Ore Mining and Processing Enterprise based in Krivoi Rog, Ukraine. The documentation is necessary to restore the enterprise’s Lurgi 278 V roast machine. The contract for the delivery of equipment was signed in December 2007. Uralmashzavod is currently working on the most complex units of the mechanical equipment. The first set of carts and the working documentation for the metal work have already been shipped to the customer. The whole set of machinery is to be delivered in January 2009, while the launch is

COMSTAR-OTS (LSE: CMST) has recently appointed former GD of Ural GSM Alexander Arnautov General Director of Ural Telephone Company (COMSTAR’s daughter enterprise). Alexander Arnautov is going to replace former GD Mikhail Permyakov and is to carry out a complex reorganization of the company in accordance with COMSTAR’s corporate standards, as Ural Telephone Company is expected to get integrated with the whole COMSTAR-OTS Group.