Great Britain and Russia (and Sverdlovsk Region in particular) are ready to increase their mutual goods turnover and to expand their multilateral cooperation. This was discussed at the regional First Vice Premier Vladimir Vlasov’s meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to Russia Tim Barrow today, Sverdlovsk Region’s Press Service Department reports. The economic cooperation between Sverdlovsk Region and Great Britain has a long history behind it and is now on the rise. The region and Great Britain’s trade turnover came to more than $475m in 2011,

No deceived private investors who lost their money in housing schemes will be left in Sverdlovsk Region by the start of 2013, the region’s Construction & Infrastructure Development Minister Dmitri Niskovskikh said today, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s PR Department reports. Today, the region’s Governor Evgeny Kuivashev and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Security & Anti-Corruption Committee Alexander Khinshtein visited a construction site in Uktus, where as many as four new apartment buildings are being put up. The building jobs are not being done fast enough, as an examination by

Ural public prosecution authorities for transportation are going to look into the activity of UTair Aviation Company in terms of flights safety, the authorities’ press service reports. ‘Ural public prosecution authorities for transportation coordinated an inspection of how UTair Airlines officials comply with the legislation on the safety of flights when they coordinate the pilots and other workers’ performance and when they make sure the aircraft are fit for use,’ the agency reports. The checks have to do with the fact that on September 8, a part of a wing (the aerodynamic shroud of the

Sverdlovsk Region Government is planning to set up a technical innovations launch center for metallurgy and heavy engineering on the basis of a number of scientific research institutes. The agreements to this extent have been reached with Russia’s Economic Development Minister Andrei Beloussov, the Government’s PR Administration reports. ‘Today, metallurgical enterprises working on modernization are opting for multi-faceted, multi-purpose projects that range from design, production and assembly of equipment to after-sales services to personnel training. Such projects are mainly offered by

Sverdlovsk and Orenburg Regions’ business ties have acquired an official status now. Governor Evgeny Kuivashev and Governor of Orenburg Region Yuri Berg signed a five-year trade, economic, scientific, technological, social, and cultural cooperation agreement at the International Investment Forum in Sochi on September 21, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s PR Department reports. The two parties are going to work on the emerging innovations infrastructure, on the two regions’ socioeconomic development, on improving environmental conditions, and on expanding interaction within SMEs together.