December 26, 2012. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation (UVZ) became a laureate of Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Energy-Saving Prize in 2012. The corporation was given a diploma in the Best Machine-Building Organization category, UVZ press service reports. The award was given to the company’s Director-General Oleg Sienko for his effective management of the business that resulted in great energy savings and enhanced energy efficiency. Uralvagonzavod’s combined heat and power plant is strategically important not only for the corporation itself but for the entire city of

December 26, 2012. In 2012, the retail trade turnover in Yekaterinburg will amount to 630bn RUR, Mayor of Yekaterinburg Alexander Yakob said in the course of a TV show called Open Studio Yekaterinburg. ‘This year, our forecast stands at 630bn RUR: this is a very large figure. Last year was a record-setting one as well, as a matter of fact, this was the best figure among all Russian cities with the population over 1m people: we finished last year off with 563bn RUR,’ Yakob said.

December 26, 2012. Deputy Governor of Tyumen Region Sergey Degtyar was appointed Vice President of TNK-BP Management, the Governor of Tyumen Region’s press service reports. Degtyar was appointed Deputy Governor on July 1, 2009. His duties involved working on the project known as Buy Tyumen-Made Goods and improving on cooperation with the trading businesses. Degtyar will assume new office in the oil company on January 9, 2013. Governor of Tyumen Region Vladimir Yakushev announced that the coordination of and control over the licensing and Tyumen Region consumer market regulation will now

December 26, 2012. The representatives of German companies that are members of Vossloh AG Concern paid a visit to Lyudinovsky Diesel Locomotive-Building Plant (a member of Sinara Transport Machines). The locomotive manufacturers presented their projects and made their presentations for the German party and talked about the production cooperation prospects with them, Sinara Group’s press officer says. The German delegates, chaired by Vice President for the CIS and Mongolia René Kaltenborn, had a tour of the company’s main departments and looked at its innovational TE8 Super Skid and TEM14

December 26, 2012. A special agreement was signed by Sverdlovsk Region Government, the regional-scale employer organization called Sverdlovsk Region Union of Industrialists & Entrepreneurs, and Sverdlovsk Region Trade Union Federation. The document is only a short-term one for the time being and will be valid in 2013-2014. This agreement determines the general principles for regulating the social and labor relations and the corresponding economic relations in Sverdlovsk Region. The agreement is targeted at providing socioeconomic stability in this federal constituency. For one, the paper