‘The year 2009 has been more or less stable and quiet for our company. Some of our key customers never let us down, but, unfortunately, a number of others, like Uralmashzavod, were not so reliable,’ Heating Energy Sales Director of TGK-9 Elena Malakhova said at a press conference in Yekaterinburg. ‘As far as the regional towns and cities are concerned, Yekaterinburg and Berezovskiy councils paid their bills every month, maintained good payment level, and influenced their non-paying management companies effectively. However, things are still not as bright in Kamensk-Uralskiy, Krasnoturinsk, or

‘A Russian-German summit will take place in Yekaterinburg in the spring of 2010,’ Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin announced at his recent meeting with the participants of the President’s management training program in Yekaterinburg.

Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court is to resume the hearing of the claim laid by OOO Nash Stil against Uralvneshtorg Sverdlovsk Region State Unitary Enterprise on December 22, 2009. The plaintiff placed the claim with the court on September 15, 2009, asking that the defendant be declared bankrupt. Nash Stil insisted Uralvneshtorg owed it over 100,000 RUR which the latter had been unable to pay for over three months. The existence of this debt was officially confirmed by the arbitration court. During the last court hearing, the creditor reiterated its money claims and the debtor asked for the

Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court resumed the hearing of the claim laid by OAO AKB Rosbank’s Yekaterinburg subsidiary against Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Enterprise. The plaintiff insists on being paid 167 million RUR worth of debt. The court hearing was scheduled for December 22, 2009. The debt in question stems from the money borrowed through promissory notes as well as the interest and fines. The proceedings could be resumed after the results of the handwriting comparison had been received. The thing is, the defendant insists that its creditor’s claims are ungrounded

Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court keeps handling OAO Pnevmostroymashina’s bankruptcy proceedings. The company placed its insolvency application with the court on September 3, 2009. The court reports the company has already got over sixty various creditors, including ZAO AKB Absolut Bank’s Yekaterinburg branch, Raiffeisen-Bank Austria’s Ural subsidiary, Bank VTB’s Yekaterinburg subsidiary, ZAO KAB Bank Société Générale Vostok, UniCreditBank, and some others. The next court hearing has been scheduled for December 22, 2009.

Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Petr Sumin signed a decree related to giving awards to the law-enforcement officers who took part in the investigation of Valeriy Nekrasov’s murder. Valeriy Nekrasov was the CEO of Chelyabinsk Obligatory Medical Insurance Fund. Following Petr Sumin’s provision, forty-six officers from Chelyabinsk Region’s Internal Affairs Administration and the prosecution authorities’ investigative committee will be given premiums ranging between 20,000 RUR and 50,000 RUR. The spokesperson for the Governor reports the crime was committed on November 22, 2009 and only a day