February 19, 2013. Child dancers from Poisk, a drama club from Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant’s Palace of Culture run by Olga Osnovina, won in the international children’s art contest called On the Banks of the Neva. The children were given first prizes in two categories: folk and stage dance, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press office reports. The young first-time performers aged six to nine had to compete quite fiercely with the more experienced contestants from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Samara, and other large Russian cities. However, the board of jurors found it quite fair to award two first

February 19, 2013. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation presented its most advanced developments in the field of terrestrial and artillery weapons at IDEX, an international defense exhibition that took off in Abu Dhabi on February 17. The Russian pavilion’s solemn opening ceremony was conducted by Russia’s Industry & Trade Minister Denis Manturov. He commented on the upgraded T-90C tank and Terminator, a fire support combat vehicle designed by Uralvagonzavod for the combat in an urban setting; the vehicle can boast powerful multiple channel weaponry and strong

February 19, 2013. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation and a group of companies headed by Zarechnaya Coal Company (of which a Mr. Nusenkis, a Russian entrepreneur, is a proprietor) announced they are about to set up a joint venture called Russian Industrial Corporation. The prospective JV will probably comprise some of Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s assets; the corporation will also get some stakes in Zarechnaya Coal Company, Yurga Machine-Building Plant, Germany-based Esser, the Czech Republic-based T-machinery, U-Trans Transportation Company, and the Baltic Coal Terminal.

February 19, 2013. An agreement on setting up a joint venture was signed in Japan on February 18 within the framework of a visit by a a group of Sverdlovsk Region officials headed by Governor Evgeny Kuivashev, the Governor’s Information Policies Department reports. During the Governor’s meeting with the mayor of Kitakyushu, both parties expressed an interest in mutual cooperation. About fifty Japanese companies sent their representatives to the presentation on Sverdlovsk Region coordinated by the Russian delegates, and some of these representatives said they would like to have a private

February 19, 2013. It has been estimated that Yekaterinburg will need around 161.121bn RUR to prepare for the World Football Championship of 2018, the federal press center of an organization called Physical Education & Sports Development in the Russian Federation. This figure represents the funds that the federal and the regional budgets as well as a number of private investors are willing to provide. The sum was announced by Sverdlovsk Region authorities at a presentation dedicated to the concept for holding World Cup 2018 matches in Yekaterinburg. The project’s most money-consuming