UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 6, 2011. The reconstruction of Yekaterinburg-based MEGA shopping mall will last for three years, at least, MEGA-Yekaterinburg CEO Lilia Nenasheva announced at a press conference in Yekaterinburg today. ‘The initial reconstruction stages will remain unheeded by the customers. We’ll start with the infrastructure and technical systems upgrades and then we’ll move on to the commercial components,’ she explained. ‘When the renovations are complete, the mall will look different both on the inside and on the outside. Its colors and interior will be changed. For one, at

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 6, 2011. ChTPZ Group representatives are to take part in the 19th Kazakhstan International Oil & Gaz Exhibition (KIOGE) 2011 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on October 5-8, 2011. About 450 O & G and metallurgical companies from twenty-five different countries are going to join the event; KIOGE 2011 is aimed at presenting the enterprises’ production facilities and sharing advanced technological experience. ChTPZ cooperates closely with Kazakh industrial enterprises and joins KIOGE on a yearly basis.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 6, 2011. The current divisions of Rospotrebnadzor (the state consumer rights agency) inspected fifty-two tourist companies in nine months of 2011 (compared with fifty-four a year earlier). The agency had 9,677 agreements signed by the companies with travelers examined by a board of experts to make sure the agreements comply with the existing regulations, the agency’s press service reports. Violations of the existing regulations were detected among the following companies: a sole trader named S. V. Melikyan, a sole trader named T. S. Antonova (Lady Travel Agency).

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 6, 2011. Starting October 10, 2011, Avianova will no longer operate flights to or from Yekaterinburg-based Koltsovo Airport, the airport’s press service reports. ‘Avianova passengers with tickets for flights to be operated from Koltsovo International Airport are informed that, according to the air carrier’s official announcement, the airline stops operating any flights there from 2:01 AM on October 10, 2011 Yekaterinburg time,’ the airport reports.

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, October 6, 2011. Ural Airlines’ first scheduled international flight bound for Vienna took off in Chelyabinsk, the airline’s press service reports. The solemn launch ceremony was carried out by First Deputy Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Sergey Komyakov, Deputy Director-General of Ural Airlines Alexei Fomin, Chelyabinsk Airport Director-General Vladimir Reunov, and some representatives of the South-Ural Chamber of Commerce & Industry, tour operators, and reporters. Passengers on this flight were offered some nice gifts at the check-in. The region, the air carrier, and