People who leave their comments on the beer-lovers’ site don’t speak very highly of Baltika’s produce, complaining of some strange addle and a strong metallic after-taste. The online commentators believe Baltika is popular with low-income population groups; this is particularly true of Baltika No. 9, they say. ‘It’s all alcohol and you just can’t drink it. Even plain alcohol would be better than Baltika No.9,’ one regular user’s comment says. Some less strong beer kinds, like Baltika Lite, for instance, appear to leave customers disappointed as well: ‘It has no smell, it has no taste, it’s

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Bank24.ru to private individuals for 1 to 3 years went down by 15.57% (from 314.232 million RUR to 265.295 million RUR) in January-July 2008.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by UralTransBank to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for 1 to 3 years went down by 20.19% (from 10.013 million RUR to 7.991 million RUR) in January-July 2008.

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of loans given by Bank Uralfinance to private individuals for 31 to 90 days dropped by 62.52% (from 3.074 million RUR to 1.152 million RUR) in January-July 2008.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by UralFinPromBank to private individuals for up to 30 days went down by 67.82% (from 38.85 million RUR to 12.5 million RUR) in January-July 2008.

SKB-Bank came up with the results of its activity over the seven months of 2008. All of the bank’s development indicators have shown impressive growth dynamics as usual. SKB-Bank’s net assets, for instance, went up by 13.5 billion RUR, or more than 53% and reached over 38.6 billion RUR on August 1, 2008 compared to a year earlier. SKB-Bank’s loan portfolio amounted to more than 25.8 billion RUR on August 1, 2008 against only 17 billion RUR on August 1, 2007. The bank managed to nearly double the amount of attracted investments in just one a year, with figures coming to 32.9 billion RUR. The

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of for-profit self-regulatory organizations’ deposits in UniCreditBank valid for up to 30 days dropped by 100% (from 80 million RUR to zero) in January-July 2008.

German Consul General in Yekaterinburg Tilo Klinner feels the consulate’s major achievement lies in the introduction of a visa section that is currently working on visas for all the applicants from Ural Federal District and Perm Territory. Before the end of this year, the consulate will also start issuing visas for applicants from the Republic of Bashkortostan and Orenburg Region. Over 4,000 visas in just one month (including more than 1,000 business type ones) have been issued for the first time this July. The consulate expects to issue over 35,000 visas altogether in 2008, which is to

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of loans given by Tagilbank to private individuals for 1 to 3 years went down by 20.01% (from 184.449 million RUR to 147.525 million RUR) in January-July 2008.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Pervouralsk Joint Stock Commercial Bank to private individuals for 31 to 90 days plummeted by 100% (from 3 million RUR to zero) in January-July 2008.