UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 6, 2010. ZAO Mobil, one of the contractors involved in the construction of Vysotsky skyscraper (part of Antey Business Center), declared it is no longer responsible for the building’s future fate. ‘Our company has been providing the window panes for Antey since 2007. The most advanced technologies were employed in the process, for example, we even handled large 800kg window pane sets. Over the time, the customer came to owe us 20 million RUR altogether, and we decided to sign a debt-settling agreement with the customer at the final stage. However, when the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 6, 2010. Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court ruled on October 28, 2010 that OOO Alcomarket Magnum-8, a strong drinks store located at 58 Sverdlov St. (Off 27) in Yekaterinburg should be declared bankrupt, thus closing case А60-34693/2010-С14, Kommersant reports under its Declarations of Insolvency heading. In fact, the other members of the chain store OOO Alcomarket Magnum and OOO Alcomarket Magnum-4 were also declared bankrupt earlier on.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 6, 2010. Koltsovo Airport provided us with the friction coefficient of 0.32 at the runway, which was not enough for the aircraft as big as ours. We needed the coefficient of about 0.4 at least; as it happens, the perfect coefficient comes to as much as 0.65,’ Orenburg Airlines First Deputy Director Sergey Lazarev told UrBC. Meanwhile, the company’s airplane hasn’t been able to leave Yekaterinburg for Goa for over twelve hours now. ‘It’s one thing when a plane like this is bound for Moscow, but a flight to Goa is quite another matter, as the in-flight time comes

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 6, 2010. VFS Global, a visa center which will offer visas to France, Bulgaria, and Greece to the locals, opened in Yekaterinburg. The center’s representatives explain the introduction of such a service in Yekaterinburg has to do with a 30% increase in the number of visa applications from people willing to travel to Europe. The center’s director Elena Trushina explains the place was mainly set up to make it easier for the customers to apply for a visa. ‘It only takes an applicant fifteen minutes at the most to submit the papers. A French visa will take three days

Chelyabinsk Region’s authorities promise to provide their foreign investors with the most comfortable terms to operate in the region, Governor Mikhail Yurevitch announced at a meeting with the heads of foreign countries’ representation in Ural Federal District. A meeting of such diplomatic importance was actually held in Chelyabinsk Region for the first time: twelve diplomats were invited to the Governor’s residence altogether. These were the Consuls of China, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Byelorussia, Bulgaria, the United Kingdom, the United States, Vietnam, and France in Ural