May 17, 2013. 5 employees of Uralvagonzavod Corporation's head plant were given high-profile state awards for their outstanding work achievements. They took part in the solemn awarding ceremony that took place in Plenipotentiary Representative of Russian Federation President in Ural Federal District's Yekaterinburg residence. The awards were given out by Plenipotentiary Repesentative Igor Kholmanskikh, Uralvagonzavod Corporation's press officer reports. The orders and decorations were awarded in accordance with the Russian President Vladimir Putin's Decree 249 On Giving

May 17, 2013. Sinara Pipe Plant (SinTZ), a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK), held 7th sports tournament for school students at Kamensk-Uralsky-based Olympus Sports Palace, the company's press service reports. The SinTZ Prize Tournament was dedicated to Anatoly Brizhan in 2011; Brizhan was one of the enterprise's legendary directors who inspired a lot of sports events for the pipe plant workers of all ages for more than 25 years. This year, teams from six SinTZ-patronized schools from Sinara District competed for the crystal cup. Over 100 young sportsplayers took part in

May 17, 2013. Inflation rates in Russia are not expected to exceed 6% by the end of the year, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov announced yesterday. At the same time, should this forecast prove wrong, the authorities promise to adjust the pension and other social welfare payments according to a corresponding index, Bank Koltso Urala's press service says. Quotes RBC Daily: 'If inflation rate comes to more than 6%, we must apply the index. However, we feel this limit will not be exceeded during the first six months. And we generally feel that the annual inflation rate will stay

May 17, 2013. Yekaterinburg Council is setting up an ad hoc team that will be in charge of speeding up the coordination of all the road repair schedules and projects, the council's press officer reports. Experts from the council's respective committees, contractors' representatives, and road police officers will be meeting at the town hall through the summer road construction season every Tuesday in order to coordinate the closing and repair of roads. Such an approach to road repairs will ensure a faster decision-making on a whole range of problems that can hardly be resolved

May 17, 2013. The number of people who are not allowed to travel abroad because of their debts is growing every year. In 2009, 900 people were denied exit, in 2012 the figure rose to as many as 40,000 people. So far this year, 12,000 debtors were not allowed to leave Russia; their debts totaled to 7.5bn RUR altogether. The 12,000 figure comprises 2,500 people who don’t pay their children’s alimony; their debts amount to 0.5bn RUR. Also, about 4,000 peoples with unpaid loans were denied exit from the country; their debts come to 5bn RUR, Chief Court Officer of Sverdlovsk Region Sergey