Sverdlovsk Region’s division of the Federal Antimonopoly Service is going to resume the investigation of the case involving Limerence shopping center and Extreme Fitness Athletics gym chain. The case No. 39 involves OOO Krona and Limerence’s management, who are charged with violating Article 18 (part 1) of the Advertising Act. The offense allegedly consisted in the companies sending out text messages with ads to mobile phone users who hadn’t previously agreed to this. The complaint was initially placed by a local citizen. The committee which started considering the case decided to put the

Sverdlovsk Region’s environmental prosecution authorities inspected ZAO Ural Turbine Plant and found a number of legal offenses there. It was detected that the steam- and gas-driven turbine manufacturer has been dumping manufacturing water in the River Iset, through the River Osnovinka and the River Melkovka. The plant also fails to ensure the necessary treatment of hazardous effluents. The authorities determined that the company’s waste treatment plants located in Uchiteley St. in Yekaterinburg do not operate to their full capacity, which is why the plant occasionally dumps waste effluents