May 28, 2013. Plastmass, a plant that is one of the primary suppliers of shells and free-flight rockets for the Russian Armed Forces, is going to present its produce at the 9th International Arms, Miliatry Vehicles and Ammunition Exhibition Russia Arms EXPO 2013 (RAE 2013). Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation acts as the event’s main coordinator, the corporation’s press service reports. This year, the plant is taking the entire range of its airborne weapons that have already proved efficient in a number of different drills to Nizhniy Tagil. These are the C-8BM free-flight

May 28, 2013. More than 30 of Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ, a member of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation) received the gold Ready for Labour and Defence decorations, and 50 more people were given the silver ones that stand for their physical education achievements, the corporation’s press service reports. The awards were given out to the workers by the guests of honor: the three-time winner of Russia’s Strongest Man title and the world vice-champion for power extreme Mikhail Koklyaev and Russia’s power lifting champion and winner of prizes at Russia’s and the world

May 28, 2013. EXPO 2020 Application Committee expects Yekaterinburg to win in the competition for the right to host the international exhibition. The committee’s deputy Director-General Sergey Kolushev can guarantee that the city meets all the requirements set out for the events held on such a scale, RIA Novosti reports. On Friday, Yekaterinburg’s application for hosting the exhibition was presented at Russia’s Embassy in London. The committee presented a project of a facility that is to be built in Yekaterinburg in case the city wins the tender. According to Kolushev, the city will need

May 28, 2013. AVTOVAZ announced that some brake mechanism problems were detected in 30,239 LADA cars produced before April 7, 2013: in some cases, a leakage of hydraulic brake fluid might occur, or the brake mechanisms might work less efficiently. This can happen to LADA Granta (21905) and LADA Kalina (11176 and 11196) that have an ABS and gear shift cables (2181). Any such incidents are impossible with the automobiles produced after April 8, 2013. The car maker’s press service reports that OAO AVTOVAZ is now launching a service campaign free of charge. ‘To protect our customers’ interests,

May 28, 2013. About 3.5bn RUR was paid to Yekaterinburg budget in the first quarter of 2013, which is nearly 1bn RUR more than a year earlier, the city council’s press service refers to the Russian Federation Federal Tax Service as reporting. The city council says that exceeding last year’s figures occurred because of the population’s growing income; also, the city council and tax inspectorate experts put a lot of efforts into reducing the scale of tax evasion. Most of the revenues come from private individuals’ income tax: in fact, this makes up two-thirds of Yekaterinburg budget. About