Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev signed Decree 403-UG dated June 9, 2012 which appoints Eduard Rossel a member of the Russian Federation’s Soviet of the Federation within the Federal Assembly. Rossel will now be a representative of Governor of Sverdlovsk Region in the Soviet. The decree comes into full effect the moment it has been signed. Rossel became Senator in December 2009 and was the Soviet of the Federation Member for Budget & Financial Markets. Once the new Governor of Sverdlovsk Region had been appointed, Rossel resigned in full compliance with the existing

Yekaterinburg-based Avtomobilist Hockey Club started repaying the arrears in salaries to the hockey players, the club’s official webpage says. The club agreed with Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev that they should turn down the Continental Hockey League’s loan offer and pay the salaries using the club’s own funds. In fact, a survey was conducted among the League member clubs, asking their opinion on whether a loan should be granted to Avtomobilist using the League’s reserves so that the team could be present at the next championship. Under the existing rules, a club that fails

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) might impose a 130m-ruble fine of Metro Cash & Carry’s Russia-based daughter enterprise. This will be the largest fine in the history of Russian retail business so far. Last year, the FAS issued a total of 35.3m RUR worth of fines involving trade law violators, RBC daily says. In November 2011, the service’s central office declared OOO Metro Cash & Carry (the Russian branch of the German Metro Cash & Carry) guilty of discriminating against their fish suppliers (Article 13 of the Trade Act). The retailer wanted its contractors to

Yekaterinburg will be presented as a candidate for hosting the World Universal Exhibition EXPO 2020 at the BIE’s General Assembly in Paris. Delegates from 160 countries will attend. The 151st General Assembly will be held in Paris on June 11-12, 2012. The International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE) is an international organization in charge of world-scale exhibitions that sets the date and the venue for every EXPO. During the assembly, cities aspiring to host the world exhibitions in 2017 and 2020 will have to present their applications and to speak of the advantages of the exhibition concepts

Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev keeps on meeting heads of the major industrial holdings that run some of their enterprises in the Mid-Urals. For one, he spoke about the implementation of investment projects, ways to increase the regional budget’s revenues, and raise the locals’ income with EvrazHolding BOD Chairman Alexander Abramov. The Governor said the quality of life depended directly on the scale of one’s pay, so it was crucial for the regional authorities to make sure big industrial holdings, including Evraz, take steps to increase their employees’ incomes. EvrazHolding

Governor of Sverdlovsk Region is going personally to supervise the spending of funds allocated for the organization and coordination of the Ural International Exhibition/Forum Innoprom 2012. ‘The money must be spent expediently,’ Evgeny Kuivashev said in answer to the reporters’ questions during a fair preparation briefing. ‘One shouldn't change horses in midstream, so it will be the same company that did it before that will keep on preparing for this grand event. One should be aware that there is no time left to look for a new contractor. So my job as a Governor is to control the