Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Petr Sumin met Head of Chelyabinsk Region’s division of the Federal Antimonopoly Service Anna Kozlova to look into the Service’s local performance. Ms Kozlova reported on the ongoing monitoring of the antimonopoly and advertising legislation in the region as well on the fines imposed on the detected offenders and the current lawsuits. The major point on the meeting’s agenda, however, had to do with the possible measures that could help sustain food, medication, gasoline, and fuel gas prices. Kozlova suggested that an interdepartmental committee (set up two years

The Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Sberinvestbank to non-state for-profit organizations for up to 30 days had dropped by 100% (from 45 million RUR to zero) by February 1, 2009.

Ural Airlines lowered the ticket prices for its Yekaterinburg-Dushanbe and Yekaterinburg-Khudzhant prices on March 17, 2009. The special price now comes to ?200, and there is no fuel fee. The only extra payment is the commission charged for the paper slip of the ticket (which does not have to be printed out but can be if the customer wants it to). What is more, there duration of this special offer is unlimited. Tickets can be booked and bought via the company’s website www.uralairlines.com. In addition to the special ticket prices on flights bound for the CIS members, Ural Airlines has also