February 22, 2013. The Director-General of Uraltransmash (a member of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation) Sergey Soloviev and Deputy Mayor of Yekaterinburg for Strategic Planning, Economic Issues, & Finance Alexander Vysokinsky signed an agreement on setting up some work teams whose task it will be to work together on the development and testing of new tramway makes, Uralvagonzavod’s press service reports. An off-site meeting dedicated to the issue of producing modern trams in Russia took place in the Western Depot of Yekaterinburg Tramway & Trolley-bus

February 22, 2013. The representatives of railway carriage-repairing companies from Sverdlovsk, Samara, and Chelyabinsk Regions, Perm Territory, and Kazakhstan arrived at Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant to see the multi-purpose TMV-2 vehicle (produced by Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation) in action, the corporation’s press service reports. At the opening of the presentation, ChTZ-Uraltrac’s Deputy DG Andrei Sentyabov said that, starting from 2013, the new vehicle will be manufactured both at the corporation’s head office and on Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant’s premises. The

February 22, 2013. A group of delegates from Sverdlovsk Region headed by Governor Evgeny Kuivashev held talks with the representatives of Japanese titanium-processing enterprises on February 21, Sverdlovsk Region Foreign Economic Relations Ministry’s press service reports, The Japanese businessmen took a great interest in the presentation dedicated to the Titanium Valley, a special economic zone. The presentation was coordinated by Sverdlovsk Region Vice Premier Alexei Orlov and the Titanium Valley’s Director-General Artemy Kyzlasov. Our partners from the Land of the Rising Sun are planning

February 22, 2013. On February 20, Revdinsky Investigative Department of Russia’s Internal Affairs Ministry instituted criminal proceedings related to a vitriol spill on the premises of Sredneuralsky Copper-Smelting Plant in Revda; the charges are based on Article 254 (part 1) of the Russian Federation Criminal Code (Poisoning, contamination, or other damage to the soil through negligent storage, treatment, use or transportation of hazardous chemicals resulting in damage to human health or the environment), the spokesperson for Sverdlovsk Region public prosecution authorities reports. It was

February 22, 2013. The communal housing services managing companies based in Sverdlovsk Region and Yekaterinburg decided to direct a group of their employees to Chelyabinsk Region to help with clearing off all the damage caused by the recent meteorite shower, Sverdlovsk Region’s Press Service & Information Department reports. The region’s Energy & Communal Housing Services Ministry reports that a team of twenty rescuers was sent to the neighboring Chelyabinsk Region today. These people will take part in re-installing window panes in the apartment buildings and socially important