December 17, 2012. Governor Evgeny Kuivashev’s visit to Saint Petersburg on December 14 as head of Sverdlovsk Region delegation will be mainly dedicated to the prospects of interregional cooperation and promoting the Mid-Urals enterprises’ produce onto the North-Western markets of Russia, Governor’s PR Department reports. According to the regional government’s Vice Premier Alexei Orlov, Sverdlovsk Region and Saint Petersburg have been doing business together for a long time, and a cooperation agreement was signed as early as 2001. However, this agreement does not seem to be working

December 17, 2012. Sverdlovsk Region Government Vice Premier Alexander Petrov took part in the events dedicated to the founder of Electrokhimpribor and the special-regime town of Lesnoy Dmitri Vassilyev’s 110th birthday, Sverdlovsk Region Government’s Press Service & Information Administration reports. ‘We are planning to devise a multi-faceted development plan for Lesnoy, just like we did for Novouralsk in cooperation with Rosatom Corporation and TVEL. We have already got some expertise in developing a nuclear enterprise through production diversification,’ Petrov said. He added that a

December 17, 2012. On Monday, December 17, the foundation of the lower drive end for the passenger cable way will be laid in Arkhyz. The second cable way is being built within the framework of the project on expanding the infrastructure of a tourist resort called Arkhyz-1650; this is an all-year ski resort and a pilot project by the North Caucasian Tourist Cluster, Sinara Group’s PR Center reports. The launch of the station was split into two stages: first, the foundation for all the machinery was laid, and the drive end was assembled next to the installation site. Later, two cranes with the

December 17, 2012. The 15h conference of Uralvagonzavod youth organization took place at the corporation’s head plant. The agenda of the conference covered things like a summary of the organization’s performance in 2012 and electing the new committee and chair. Alexei Gilmutdinov was thus elected as the youth organization’s chair, Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s press officer reports. Youth projects are one of the plant’s social policy priorities. Uralvagonzavod employs 13,459 people under 35, which is 45% of all the staff. In 2012, the number of young workers rose by

December 17, 2012. Urals Electric Grids, a subsidiary of Federal Grid Company UES, is taking extra measures to ensure uninterrupted power supply to end users because of a harsh drop in the temperature, Sverdlovsk Region Government’s Press Service & Information Department reports. The anomalously low temperatures result in greater power consumption, which means a much more noticeable workload on the power supply system. This is why, to make sure the system keeps functioning in this period, the company equipment is to work in the high alert regime. At the moment the company is keeping avert