February 26, 2013. An arts exhibition called the Flower Extravaganza was opened at Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant’s exhibition center. The exhibition was launched on the 80th anniversary of women’s movement at Uralvagonzavod and the International Women’s Day. The exhibition comprises about 80 works by 15 well-known Nizhniy Tagil-based artists and some craft work, Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s press service reports. It is reported that the show organizers tried to shape a collection of fine arts completed by the Nizhniy Tagil artists in various techniques,

February 26, 2013. Office rent is expected to go up by 10% to 15% in 2013, Deputy Director-General of Severnaya Kazna Real Estate Center Pavel Maslikhin announced in the course of a press reception today. ‘Office rent will rise primarily in the locations that can boast good infrastructure, namely, in the second most expensive area of the city. The parking and driveway situation is better there than in the downtown. Prices vary between 350 and 200 RUR per sq m in this particular segment, ‘the expert said. He pointed out that there was no shortage of office space to speak of, as there were

February 26, 2013. 97% of Chelyabinsk buildings that were damaged by a meteorite on February 15 got restored, Chelyabinsk Council’s press service refers to the officials at the regional cabinet’s meeting as saying. According to Mayor Sergey Davydov, the restoration work is still under way, and all the essential establishments resumed business as usual. ‘Nearly all the window panes have been replaced at schools, kindergartens, hospitals, and apartment buildings. It is true, however, that not all the window frames are ready just yet. Replacing the windows at sports clubs or other buildings with

February 26, 2013. A work team will be set up to make sure that the agreements reached in the course of Sverdlovsk Region’s officials’ recent visit to Japan get implemented. The work team will be chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Orlov. An order to this extent was issued by Governor Evgeny Kuivashev, the Governor’s Information Policies Department reports. The work team will comprise representatives of Sverdlovsk Region’s Ministries for Industry, Economics, and International & Foreign Economic Relations as well as members of the Mid-Urals Development Corporation. It is announced that

February 26, 2013. On February 26, Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court will hear a case relating to damage done to the soil as an object of ecological interest, Sverdlovsk Region’s division of Rosprirodnadzor’s press service reports. According to the claim submitted by Rosprirodnadzor’s Ural Federal District’s Department with the court, the unauthorized production waste dumping, unauthorized covering-up of the soil surface, and chemical contamination of the soil by the defendant, ZAO Fankom, resulted in 314,714,400 RUR worth of damage. However, the defendant expressed its disagreement with