‘Our experts are going to monitor every stage of launching the dry ash handling system in Reftinskaya power plant in order to protect the locals’ interests as well as the region’s energy security,’ Sverdlovsk Region Minister for Energy and Communal Housing Services Yuri Shevelev announced at an ad hoc meeting. Reftinskaya (Enel OGK-5) claims switching to dry ash handling will ease the strain on the air and water pools the plant has been using. However, the representatives of the International Socio-Environmental Union and Reftinskiy Environmental Safety Center insist that the public hearings

The Central Bank of Russia reports the volume of non-state for-profit organizations’ deposits in VUZ Bank (valid for the period of 31 to 90 days) declined by 32.99% in August 2009, that is, from 74.691 million RUR down to 50.05 million RUR.

According to the Central Bank of Russia, the volume of loans offered by Bank24.ru to private for-profit organizations for the period of 91 to 180 days nosedived by 51.85% in August 2009. The loan volume shrank from 34.75 million RUR down to 16.729 million RUR.