Sverdlovsk Region Court overruled Yekaterinburg Leninsky District court’s putting an end to the claim laid by the Russian Authors Society against Salut Movie Theater as the case was not within the court’s jurisdiction. The plaintiff insisted on being paid the royalties that were their due. Similar decisions made at Yekaterinburg Oktyabrsky District court regarding the movie theaters Znamya, Zarya, and Yugo-Zapadny (parts of Premier Zal chain) were overruled as well. Now some changes were made to Russia’s Arbitration Procedure Code early in December 2011 which stated that cases involving

The recent Sverdlovsk Region Cabinet meeting (chaired by acting Head of Sverdlovsk Region Government Vladimir Vlasov) was dedicated to implementation of the region’s strategy for the development of international and foreign economic relations. The region’s Deputy International & Foreign Economic Relations Minister Vladimir Solovarov told those present at the meeting that the number of foreign states’ representations n Yekaterinburg rose impressively in 2011. For one, the honorary consuls of the Republic of Slovakia, Nicaragua, and Luxembourg were appointed; besides, talks are being held

The public prosecution authorities of Yekaterinburg Verkh-Isetsky District and experts from Ural State Assay Supervision Inspectorate checked one of jewellery stores located at 87 Metallurgov St in Yekaterinburg for compliance with the existing legislation on precious metals and precious stones. In fact, the store is located in MEGA Shopping Center. According to Article 10 (part 3) of the Federal Precious Metals and Precious Stones Act, Russia is a country with the state monopoly over assaying of and marking with the state assay mark pieces of jewellery and other consumer goods made of

Uralmashzavod intends to renounce its right to the unlimited use of forty-one land allotments. This issue is to be considered at the company’s BOD meeting on March 27, 2012, the company reports.

Mercedes Benz RUS is looking for regional investors with experience in the automobile business to set up Mercedes Benz dealership centers. The company explains that what they have in mind is the sales and after-sales services centers for passenger and low-tonnage vehicles in Bryansk, Kurgan, Kursk, Murmansk, Novokuznetsk, Orel, Petrozavodsk, Pskov, Smolensk, Tambov, Ulyanovsk, Veliky Novgorod, Vologda, and Yekaterinburg. They also need maintenance centers for passenger and low-tonnage vehicles in Kazan and sales and after-sales services centers for passenger and low-tonnage vehicles in