Adobe Systems announced the results of its efforts to protect copyright regulations in the Russian Federation in 2011. Last year, most of criminal lawsuits involved those installing and selling pirated software. However, these figures went up considerably against the year 2010: there were 632 installing culprits (against 395 in 2010) and 248 sellers (against 161 in 2010). In 2011, 160 criminal lawsuits were also instituted against the end users (against 111 in 2010). The number of lawsuits involving the users who distributed pirated software via the Internet more than doubled and came to 33

Failing to comply with the safety regulations around the railways caused deaths of 130 people at Sverdlovsk Region Railways last year. In 2011, 233 casualties were registered around Sverdlovsk Region Railways infrastructure network, including 130 victims who were killed. Thanks to Russian Railways’ injury-decreasing programs and safety measures, the total number of those injured dropped by 20% in comparison with the year 2010, while the number of those killed declined by 17.7%. However, avoiding casualties altogether turned out to be impossible.

Ural Airlines is now selling tickets for its summertime flights. Tickets for flights to all destinations are already available for purchase, so the air carrier’s customers can already plan their vacations. All of Ural Airlines’ flights are operated using Airbus A320 aircraft that have a full-scale business class section. Tickets for flights to all destinations can be booked via the airline’s official website www.uralairlines.com and in the booking offices. The number of seats is limited.

Avianova decided not to contest the ruling of Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court regarding the airline’s debt to Koltsovo Airport. Under the existing claim laid by the airport against the company, the court ruled that the airline (currently in demise) has to pay 1.22m RUR worth of debts resulting from the ground servicing of its aircraft.

Kachkanar Ore Mining & Processing Plant (KGOK) Vanadium dumped 71,900 tons of pollutants in the air in 2010. This discharge figure was the one of the largest among all of Sverdlovsk Region-based enterprises in 2010. These data are available from the public report on the state of and protection of the environment in the Russian Federation in 2010. The public report on the state of and protection of the environment in the Russian Federation in 2010 was prepared by Russia’s Ministry for Natural Resources & the Environment in cooperation with the NGO International Projects Center, the

The performance dynamics of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) might prove the best in the metallurgical sector this year, says Nomos-Bank’s analyst Yuri Volov. ‘MMK managed to get a discount on the benchmark price of iron ore on its contract with the main raw stuff supplier, the Kazakhstan-based ENRC. The exact figures are not quoted, it is only reported that the discount is rather ‘impressive’ and that it comes into effect starting from the last quarter of 2011,’ he explains. ‘The terms of ENRC delivering iron ore to MMK were the subject of an animated discussion at the end of last