Ural Airlines took part in the Chinese-Russian business meetings once a numerous delegation of Harbin officials headed by Vice Mayor arrived in the Mid-Urals. The visit to Yekaterinburg is meant to celebrate the 20th anniversary of signing a sister city agreement between Sverdlovsk Region and Harbin, the airline’s press service reports. The two parties can keep building up on their mutually beneficial cooperation thanks to the convenient transport link to China that Ural Airlines has been providing for several years now. For one, the carrier operates flights from Yekaterinburg to Harbin with

Following the meeting of Sverdlovsk Region Duma Industrial & Agricultural Policies & Nature Management Committee, a decision will be made at the next Duma meeting regarding the sale of the shares the region has in Evropa and Uspensky Shopping Centers. The Duma meeting will take place on September 21 or 22, and it is at this meeting that the decision regarding the sale will be made,’ the Committee Chairman Vladimir Mashkov told UrBC. Now in 2010, the Duma deputies refused to sell the Duma’s shares in the shopping centers since the price was, in their opinion, too low. The share in

Rostelecom came up with an official presentation of its new company brand that took 12m RUR to develop. According to Rostelecom’s Commercial Director Pavel Zaitsev, the company members will unite under a single bran by the end of the year. However, certain brands, like Utel, for example, will operate as co-brands until September 2012,’ Zaitsev told Kommersant.

Rosaviation committee in charge of allowing airlines to operate scheduled international flights rejected the applications submitted by Donavia and Orenburg Airlines, Kommersant reports. The officials explained the reason for their decision was that both carriers belong to the fourth (and the worst) risk category in terms of financial performance indicators. Rosaviation demanded that Aeroflot act as a guarantor for Donavia and Orenburg Airlines’ debts.

Head of Russian Government Vladimir Putin promised to the Vice Premiers of Byelorussia and Kazakhstan that Russia’s Industry & Trade Minister Viktor Khristenko would deal with the issues relating to the Customs Union and would leave the Ministry, a few government officials informed Vedomosti. According to these officials, Khristenko is already getting ready to hand his responsibilities over to the new minister and has been negotiating for a new agreement on the Customs Union Committee for a few months now. The official is expected to chair the Committee’s board. Vedomosti’s informants