‘Fifteen to twenty people are killed in Sverdlovsk Region’s mining and metallurgical enterprises every year; in 2009, fifty-one people were also seriously injured. In any case, it’s too early to speak of decreasing casualty figures just now: a tragedy can happen any minute, with new names added to the list,’ says A. Sokolov of Russia’s Mining & Metallurgical Trade Union. ‘Most accidents happen at enterprises which employ a large number of workers. For one, Vysokogorskiy Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise (VGOK) and Nizhniy Tagil Iron & Steel Works (NTMK) are two of the most

OAO Svoboda Cosmetics Company will have to pay a 4.97-million-ruble fine for unfair competition, Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service ruled. The Service declared that the company had violated Article 14 (part1, paragraph 4) of the Federal Competition Protection Act through the market launch of a hand cream whose packaging carried images nearly the same as those of the registered trademark No. 383251. The trademark belongs to OAO Concern Kalina. The fact that the Service confirmed the violation of Article 14 (part1, paragraph 4) of the Federal Competition Protection Act serves a legal ground

OAO Ural Airlines business class passengers can now enjoy the new service of a tea list – a selection of several kinds of exceptional quality tea in exquisite packaging that can be complemented with lemon, cream, or cognac. The company’s flight attendants can now offer the passengers the traditional black English Breakfast, Assam, and bergamot-flavored Earl Grey teas as well as the green kinds: Green Sencha and Jasmine Blossom or fruit tea with wild rose and hibiscus. ‘We’d like to note that, apart from the tea list choices, our passengers can also enjoy a wide range of beverages and strong

Rostechnadzor (the state technological, environmental, and nuclear safety watchdog) is to carry out a scheduled inspection of OAO UralChem United Chemical Company. The agency intends to check the enterprise and its daughter companies’ compliance with the safety rules; the order to this extent has already been signed by Rostechnadzor’s management. The inspection at Voskresenskiye mineral fertilizers company and the mineral fertilizers plant of Kirovo-Chepetsk chemical works will start on September 6, 2010 and must be completed by October 1, 2010. OAO Azot will be undergoing inspection from

Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court supported the ruling pronounced by the region’s division of Rospotrebnadzor (the state consumer rights watchdog) against Yekaterinburg-based Koltsovo Airport. Rospotrebnadzor insisted that the airport create a special protective sanitary zone on its premises. Now the airport took legal action in order to contest Rospotrebnadzor’s order 01-01-15-09-05/6522 regarding its alleged non-compliance with the sanitary norms that was issued by the agency on January 20, 2009. Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court partially sustained the airport’s claim as to