Yekaterinburg Municipal Council received the final plan for the repairs and replacement of heating mains in the Urals’ capital from the heat supplier TGK-9; this plan is part of the company’s preparations for the heating season 2012/2013. While the original plan provided for the replacement of 15 km worth of pipelines with the diameters of 500 and 1000mm, the final version covers the repairs and replacement of 18km worth of pipelines. ‘If one compares TGK-9’s last year’s figures and the plans for this year, it’s clear that the volume of network repairs is virtually the same in both cases. I’d

The Bank of Russia’s PR Department reports that its authorized representatives, acting in accordance with Article 76 of the Federal Law On the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia), were appointed to seventeen lending institutions (as of April 1, 2012). For one, the representatives are now working at Alfa-Bank, Sberbank of Russia, Nomos-Bank, Khanty-Mansiysky Bank, and a number of other lending institutions.

A work meeting dedicated to Pirelli Russian Cup 2011/2012 was held at Yekaterinburg Central Stadium. The meeting was attended by experts from the Russian Football Union, some of the region’s ministers, members of Yekaterinburg Municipal Council, and representatives of the city and the region’s law enforcement authorities, and Central Stadium and Ural Football Club members. The members of the Russian Football Union presented their requirements for holding the Cup’s final game. Security was one of the important points on the agenda. The ticketing program, events for football fans, volunteer

The clash around Yekaterinburg EXPO exhibition center keeps unfolding. According to people from the construction company Rusgrad, the clash resulted in an actual takeover attempt at the construction site today. ‘Six men blocked the entrance to the construction site when the representatives of our DG tried to get there this morning. The men said they were employed with a private security firm but refused to produce any documents to prove it. The builders, who couldn’t enter the site, called the police; the arrival of the latter was obviously disconcerting to the men, but they did not leave,’