A criminal suit relating to death of a number of workers who did some repairs at UC RUSAL Bogoslovsky smelter was recently directed to court. The spokesperson for Sverdlovsk Region public prosecution authorities has already reported earlier on how the criminal proceedings were progressing; the lawsuit in question had to do with violation of labor safety regulations that led to the death of two workers; the victims had been contracted to do some jobs at UC RUSAL Bogoslovsky smelter in Krasnoturyinsk. It was detected that on June 9, 2011, a cable hoist used for lifting some slates collapsed

Zero inflation was observed in Russia, Denmark, and Great Britain in July. These data on inflation in Russia and foreign countries are available via Russia’s Federal State Statistics Service’s website. As for the European Union on the whole, deflation was noticed as the consumer prices index for the EU came to 99.6%. Prices also declined in Norway, Turkey, and Ukraine, whereas the highest inflation rates were seen in Byelorussia (3.5%), the Republic of Korea (0.7%), and Kazakhstan (0.5%). Byelorussia was also No. 1 in terms of the speed of price growth, as prices have gone up by 41% since