The T-90C tank presented at the recent arms exhibition in Nizhniy Tagil has many faults, head of Russia’s Armed Forces General Staff Nikolai Makarov told RIA Novosti. The General feels that, so far, the only component of good quality is the tank turret. During the exhibition, the tank was examined by Head of Russian Government Vladimir Putin. The T-90 turret deserves great respect; it is comparable with the best foreign counterparts and is even better than those in some respects. The tank itself, however, is something that needs to be worked on in the nearest future. The plan intends to

Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) shipped a batch of weldless pipes to Gazprom needed for the marine underwater pipeline of Kirinskoye natural gas deposit on the island of Sakhalin, the company reports. The delivery comprises weldless line pipes with strength class X65 (for the ground part of the pipeline) and SMLS 450 FD (for the underground part) and outer three-layer polypropylene coating made at Taganrog Metallurgical Plant and Volzhsky Pipe Plant. The produce is meant for the construction of Kirinskoye natural gas deposit that Gazprom is currently developing within the framework of

Krasnoturyinsk Court pronounced the verdict of «guilty» upon an employer M. who violated the existing labor safety regulations during construction jobs, which resulted in the death of two of his workers (Article 143 (part 2) of the Russian Federation Criminal Code). Sverdlovsk Region’s public prosecution authorities reported on the case earlier; the accident occurred at UC RUSAL Bogoslovsky smelter in Krasnoturyinsk. It was detected that on June 9, 2011, a cable hoist collapsed on the plant’s premises, killing a citizen of Tajikistan (37) and a citizen of Uzbekistan (35). The two workers fell

As far as financing is concerned, we can only count on Sverdlovsk Region’s budget, and the next year’s budget covers some expenses related to the special economic zone Titanium Valley. However, we are trying to obtain some federal funds as well,’ the Director-General of Titanium Valley Artemy Kyzlasov said in an interview to Expert-Ural. The promotion of this zone presupposes that one can already see something there, at least some temporary roads full of KamAZ trucks and bulldozers. All of the Titanium Valley potential residents that we talked to ask one and the same question: ‘Can we see the

VUZ-Bank presented four students of Ural State University of Economics with gift certificates allowing them to get their MasterCard Standard ISIC cards. The students won in the ISIC by VUZ-Bank contest that was coordinated within the Financier’s Day celebrations, the bank’s press service reports. The jury comprised of bank officials and representatives of Russia’s Federal Financial Market Service Ural Federal District Division considered ten student presentations of the ISIC program; four best presentations were selected and given the prize certificates by VUZ-Bank’s Direct Retail Sales