Nikolai Kolyada, a well-known Yekaterinburg-based playwright might get a theater building he needs only under certain conditions: the structure, which will presumably be put up with Sverdlovsk Region’s budget money, will either have to become a state unitary enterprise (still retaining its name of Kolyada Theater) or will have to be rented by the troupe, lawyer Ivan Kadochnikov claims. ‘There are two options to choose from, all the other ones being the derivatives of the first two. The first option is to set up a state unitary enterprise called Kolyada Theater that will be given a land

The fitness club OOO Timir Service that used to operate in the Atrium Palace Hotel in Yekaterinburg is leaving these premises and moving to Evropa Business Center. The club will be based on the premises of an already existing wellness center Stella Nova. The company explains they had to move because of the increased rent. ‘The agreement we had with Atrium expired recently. The terms we used to work on before and the ones we have been offered for renewing the agreement are absolutely unacceptable and economically impossible,’ Timir Service’s manager Yulia Yefremova told UrBC. Now the fitness

United Company RUSAL came up with a report on the aluminum industry development in the year 2011. The company’s analysts believe the Russian and CIS sales of aluminum will go up by 22%, that is, up to 928,000 tons due to the recovering machine-building and construction industries as well as the packaging companies’ economic come-back. RUSAL predicts aluminum prices will be set at $2,400-$2,500 per 1,000 kg next year. ‘Despite the aluminum price curve’s volatility, RUSAL expects the aluminum shortage to hold in the short run. The transactions involving aluminum currently stored in warehouses

Microsoft Corporation announced it was about to launch a one-way licensing program for Russian non-profit organizations and NGOs. According to the company’s press service, the new one-sided license will act automatically on behalf of Microsoft and cover the software already installed on the computers of non-profit and non-governmental organizations as well as on those of some small-sized independent media. The license will be valid through January 1, 2012. ‘Microsoft has been donating software to Russia through its InfoDonor program since 2009. The program allows non-profit organizations and