February 12, 2013. Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ) shipped its PK-65 loading truck to Khankala, Chechnya; this was done by order of the Federal Security Service’s Frontier Administration, Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s press officer reports. The enterprise delivered its mass-produced vehicle to the North Caucasus and, at the frontiersmen division’s request, fitted it with two replaceable scoops: one of them is meant for everyday operation, the other one for working with rock mass. The loader will be used in Khankala for the usual building and loading jobs.

February 12, 2013. Over a thousand workers from Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s head plant joined the start of the traditional Ural Ski Race that was part of the 31st Open All-Russian Ski Track 2013 Race. Sputnik, a sports club, was presented by a team of professional sports players, Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s press service says. Every year, the employees of Uralvagonzavod take part in the race which, as Sverdlovsk Region Prime Minister Denis Pasler says, is a very big event; moreover, the race attracts more and more participants every

February 12, 2013. Ural Airlines announces the launch of a special price on the Yekaterinburg-Rome-Yekaterinburg flights. The round trip tickets are now available for 10,800 RUR (including all the fees). The offer is valid through departure dates between March 3 and late May, excluding the May recess, the airline’s press service reports. The Yekaterinburg-Rome flight is operated every Sunday at the convenient day time via the comfortable Airbus 320 that offers a full range of services in both the economy and the business class sections. The attractively priced tickets are already available

February 12, 2013. ChTPZ Group increased the shipment volume of its pumping and compression pipes made of corrosion- and cold-resistant 18KhMFB (Cr1), 18X3MFB (Cr3), and 15X5MFBCh (Cr5) steels to 3,000 tons, the company’s press service reports. These corrosion- and cold-resistant steels were supplied to the largest Russian enterprises such as Rosneft, LUKoil, TNK BP, Slavneft, and Naryanmarneftegaz. It is reported that the unique steels with up to 3% chrome content (Cr1 and Cr3) are the ChTPZ experts’ own developments. The steel with the 5% chrome content (Cr5) has been developed in

February 12, 2013. In 2012, MegaFon subscribers were able to use 40,000,000 mobile services thanks to the carrier’s remote service system known as Service Guide, MegaFon Ural’s press service reports. A personal e-account within Service Guide allows a MegaFon subscriber to make convenient payments, subscribe to extra services, choose the best payment plans, get automatic Internet settings onto their phones, and use other handy options. ‘We see an increasingly growing interest in remote services which allow a subscriber to get over 80% of the services offered at our retail outlets or help