The tourist in-flow from countries that normally provide for most travelers to Russia has noticeably dropped lately, the Russian Travel Industry Union reports. To handle this incoming tourists problem, the Union sent a proposal to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asking to set up an ad hoc team that will look into the potential of tourism at home,’ the Union’s press secretary Irina Turina said at a press conference on Wednesday. Interfax refers to Ms Turina as saying that the Union suggested creating a work team that will involve the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s representatives as well

The shareholders of Sredneuralsky Copper-Smelting Plant (SUMZ, part of UMMC) decided not to declare any dividend for the year 2010. This decision was made in the course of the annual general meeting in Revda. It was decided that the 109.11m RUR worth of losses incurred by the company in the year 2010 will be compensated through the future profits.

Starting July 1, 2011, the customs control is lifted at the Russian-Kazakh border and is transferred further to the external borders of the Customs Union, where the control of goods and vehicles entering the Union will be carried out. The Customs Union comprises the Russian Federation, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the Republic of Byelorussia, and the customs control will apply to goods and vehicles coming in from other countries, the press service of Ural Customs Administration reports. This is why three customs points are closed down in Magnitogorsk Customs area, namely, the railway

Experts from the Economic Analysis Center RIA-Analitika’s (a division of RIA Novosti) used Rosaviation’s data to compile a rating of Russian airlines based on the share of delayed flights in the total flight turnover in January-May 2011. The rating comprised all the companies whose data for Janaury-May 2011 were available to the experts. The flights were classed as delayed if they took off more than two hours behind the timetable. In the first five months of 2011, the companies that delayed most flights were Moskovia (18.7% of all flights were delayed), Kogalymavia (17.4%), North Wind

HLB Vneshaudit produced a report on the results of Uralkhimmash’s audit procedure. The news was carried by Oblastnaya Gazeta. We have not received sufficient proof and therefore cannot present a certain opinion as far as the following indicators are concerned: firstly, the additional capital within the statement of assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2010. The reason is that numerous instances of incongruence were found among the data provided, namely: the indices of the wear and tear recalculation are different from the indices applied to the recalculation of the main assets’ balance