According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of non-state financial organizations’ deposits in Kreditniy Agroprombank valid for 181 days to 1 year dropped by 26.9%m or 82 million RUR (from 221.95 million RUR to 139.82 million RUR) in October 2008.

‘It’s been four weeks since our special New Year’s Tale project was launched, and increasingly more customers keep winning the prizes awarded by the bank. This means the happy holiday spirit brings the winter holiday season even closer,’ the bank’s press officer reports. ‘People normally exchange gifts and come up with all sorts of surprises for their nearest and dearest at New Year. However, getting a present before the holiday comes is even nicer, as it makes the wait itself so much more exciting. This is why we are giving out our presents now, and we get more and more winners every day,’

Sberbank of Russia’s Ural branch’s A Million-Dollar Success Story project that was started in October 2008 is now coming to an end. Over fifty Yekaterinburg dwellers contributed to the project with their success stories, with seven finalists featured in Channel 4’s Morning Express show. The winners are to be determined by an open online voting. The first prize is a 30,000-ruble deposit in Sberbank and a chance to win a million rubles, the spokesperson for the bank reports. The finalists’ stories are available through the bank’s website, where one can also vote for the chosen candidate. The

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of private individuals’ deposits and other investments in Bank Severnaya Kazna valid for 1 to 3 years went down by over 2.6 billion RUR (from 11,946,481,000 RUR to 9,283,507,000 RUR) in October 2008.

‘Because we are experiencing some order shortage at the moment, we have to take steps to be able to keep our skilled workers employed,’ Severskiy Pipe Plant’s (Pipe Metallurgical Company) HR Director Tatiana Korobeinikova said in the course of Sverdlovsk Region’s trilateral employer-employee relationship committee’s meeting. ‘Firstly, we’ve stopped hiring new workers for the time being. Secondly, 33% of our staff have had to switch to a short day mode. Thirdly, a portion of workers with varied skills have been transferred to some other departments and shops. Then, all those willing to do so

‘All the issues related to our crisis-defying action plan will be looked into at a special meeting each month,’ Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Petr Sumin said in the course of a meeting attended by the heads of the regional municipalities and districts. ‘We’ll investigate these issues in all seriousness, because the situation itself is grave enough. The crisis is to hit Chelyabinsk Region harder than many other Russian regions, as 63% of our industry is made up of metallurgical enterprises, which also means these enterprises’ taxes form over a third of the region’s consolidated budget.