May 23, 2013. A massive advertising campaign around the 9th International Arms, Vehicles, and Ammunitions Exhibition Russia Arms EXPO 2013 (RAE 2013) is now being coordinated by the exhibition’s main organizer Uralvagonzavod as part of the event’s re-branding campaign, the corporation’s press service reports. For one, scores of both standard and large outdoor advertising media as well as plasma screens were used in the course of the outdoor campaigns in key cities like Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Nizhniy Tagil. The outdoor advertising is complemented by banners placed in

May 23, 2013. The staff of Ural Diesel Engine Plant (UDMZ, a member of Sinara Transport Machines) sent a special wire to the higher command of the Baltic Fleet on the eve of its 310th anniversary. The wire said, ‘We are proud to know that UDMZ produce is used for the production of new warships, which means the company’s personnel are making their contribution to the creation of Russia’s modern military fleet,’ Sinara Group’s PR Department reports. The three corvettes built at the Northern Shipyard: the Steregushchiy, the Soobrazitelny, and the Boikiy, all of which use UDMZ diesel generators

May 23, 2013. Monetny Crushed Stone Plant State Unitary Enterprise decided not to sell Channel 4 TV Company; a document to this extent has been uploaded onto the company’s website. ‘The auction organizer, Monetny Crushed Stone Plant Sverdlovsk Region State Unitary Enterprise is announcing that it decided not to hold an open tender for the right to sign a purchase and sale contract for Sverdlovsk Region’s property, namely, a 100% shareholding in the authorized capital of Channel 4 TV Company LLC,’ the document signed by the enterprise Director Alexander Zuyev says.

May 23, 2013. A letter of thanks was sent to Mayor of Yekaterinburg Alexander Yakob to express Google’s gratitude for helping organize a panoramic shooting session for the Street View project last year. The letter, a copy of which was offered to UrBC, says that Google is planning to go on mapping Russian cities and to have more panoramic shoots in Yekaterinburg. ‘Thanks to the project we implemented, today millions of Internet users can take a virtual tour of Yekaterinburg and other places in Sverdlovsk Region and to learn more about the local culture and landmarks as well as to see the city

May 23, 2013. Head of Rosnano Corporation Anatoly Chubais confirmed his plans to attend the Innoprom 2013 exhibition, President of Formica State Corporation Maxim Zverkov said at a briefing in Yekaterinburg. Deputy Head of the Sverdlovsk Region Governor Administration Alexei Bagaryakov said the federal organizing committee of the exhibition was to be chaired by Russia’s Industry & Trade Minister Denis Manturov. ‘Because this is a federally important exhibition (and it has already been declared by the Russian Government as such), I think it will be given the national rather than the local