A visiting meeting of Gazprom took place in Chelyabinsk today; the gas company executives met the representatives of Russia’s leading metallurgical enterprises and pipe manufacturers. The Director-General of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) Boris Dubrovsky attended the meeting as well. Those present at the discussion spoke about the cooperation of the strip and pipe manufacturers with Gazprom within the framework of Russia’s natural gas transportation system development program. For one, these Russian companies are expected to join Gazprom’s international projects like the

The stockholders of Koltsovo Airport of Yekaterinburg decided in the course of an extraordinary general meeting to terminate the authority of the current Board of Directors before the end of the term and to re-elect the new BOD. The company reports nine BOD members were elected: Evgeny Olkhovik, Alexander Polikarpov, Nikolai Ulyanov, Evgeny Chudnovsky, Andrei Shtorkh, Vitaly Nedelsky, Gennady Marenkov, A. Yeganyan, and Yu. Surkov. The candidates Mikhail Shilimanov and Sergey Filippov did not get enough votes to be elected on the Board.

A dweller of Yekaterinburg won the case against MediaMarkt-Saturn, Central Yekaterinburg Division of Sverdlovsk Region Hygiene & Epidemiology Center informed UrBC. The problem consisted in a 999-ruble printer cartridge. On May 21, 2011, a Yekaterinburg dweller bought a 999-ruble HP 940 OfficeJet cartridge at MediaMarkt-Saturn in Alatyr Shopping Center at 5 Malyshev St. Even though nothing was said on the packaging about which printer types the cartridge was suitable for, the sales person assured the customer that the cartridge would fit his particular printer. This only turned out to be

The order of Russia’s Federal Financial Markets Service Ural Federal District Division No. 62-11-1195/pz-i dated September 16, 2011 allowed Sverdlovsk Region-based Linde Uraltechgaz (Primary State Registration Number 1026602949647, registered at the United State Register of Legal Entities as a securities issuer) not to reveal confidential data in accordance with Article 30 of the Federal Securities Market Act.

According to the data provided by RBC. Rating for the first half of 2011, Visa is currently the top payment system in Russia. The total number of Visa cards used in Russia comes to about 54m at the moment (the number of MasterCard holders comes to 45m). The other payment systems such as Union Card, STB, NCC, and others are considerably less popular, RBC.Rating reports.

Ural Airlines now offers special rates to business class passengers traveling from Yekaterinburg to Moscow and back, the company’s press office reports. A round trip from Yekaterinburg to Moscow and back can be available for only 15,000 RUR for business class passengers if booked in advance. A round trip ticket from Moscow to Yekaterinburg and back will be available for 28,000 RUR at the cheapest.