Yekaterinburg Zhelesnodorozhny District Court pronounced a verdict of guilty upon a Yekaterinburg dweller named U. who had been charged with copyright violation and five instances of illegal access to computer data. The court’s verdict was based on the evidence provided by the state prosecutor. It was determined by the court that U. used his Internet connection to copy a number of computer programs onto CDs between March 12, 2011 and March 14, 2011. The computer software in question is copyrighted by Microsoft Corporation, Corel Corporation, 1C, and Adobe Systems Incorporated. What is more,

Russia’s leading pipe manufacturer and OCTG supplier Chelyabinsk Tube-Rolling Plant came up with a performance and consolidated financial report (drawn up in accordance with the International Accounting Standards) for the six months of 2011. In the first half of the year, the plant’s steel pipes sales reached 1,012,000 tons, which exceeded the figures for the first half of 2010 (771,000 tons) by 41%. The large-diameter pipes sales rose by 91%, those of oil country tubular goods – by 16%, those of industrial weldless pipes – by 20% (against 521,000 tons, 117,000 tons, and 280,000 tons last

The net profit of NOMOS-Bank plunged by 94.3% in the third quarter of 2011 and came to 151.6m RUR. The bank reports that the company’s net interest rate profit resulting from its main business activity and constituting the primary part of their profit kept growing, yet the negative re-evaluation of the stock led to a decrease in the net profit.

The net profit of Rostelecom United Company (calculated in accordance with the International Accounting Standards) decreased by 5.7%, that is, down to 10bn RUR, in comparison with the first quarter of the year, states the consensus forecast prepared by Prime on the basis of data provided by analysts.

Samsung Electronics, the world’s leading mobile technologies company, and the telecommunications provider MegaFon announced the price and the selling details of their Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 sold exclusively at the mobile operator’s Russia-based outlets. The innovational pad with an installed 3G cell communication unit hit the shelves of MegaFon’s stores on October 15, 2011. The device will be sold for 22,900 RUR – this is the price of the 16Gb-memory make. An ‘older’ 32-Gb make will be available for 26,990 RUR starting late October. The device comes in two colors, black and white.