July 2, 2013. Over the last month, ventilating equipment has been assembled, 110-kilowatt lead-in insulators have been installed, and pull pits have been assembled at the 80-megawatt Sportivnaya Substation, Yekaterinburg Electric Grid Company reports. Now this new addition to Yekaterinburg energy supply network located in Mashinnaya St-Tsiolkovsky St will supply electric power to the locals living in Mashinnaya St, Shchors St, some parts of Botanichesky District, and Southern Coach Terminal. What is more, the new substation will offer new opportunities for technological hook-up of new

July 2, 2013. A delegation from the Russian-Arab Business Council will take part in the Innoprom 2013 exhibition in Yekaterinburg on July 11-14, 2013. The Council’s Deputy Director Vladislav Lutsenko will also hold negotiations with the representatives of Sverdlovsk Region business community, the press service of Sverdlovsk Region Government reports. The agenda of the exhibition covers for a round table discussion on the development of the industrial infrastructure and the prospects of Russia-the Arab world cooperation. Talks will be given by the representatives of the Arab countries

July 2, 2013. Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeniy Kuivashev approved of the main directions chosen for the development of tourism in the region through clusters. The Governor’s Information Policies Department reports that up to 60% of the Region’s area is expected to be involved in the tourism industry. At the moment, only about 20% are used, this 20% being mainly Yekaterinburg and places along Yekaterinburg-Nizhniy Tagil freeway. ‘We definitely need a totally new share of incoming tourism on the market. The Mid-Urals have every opportunity to show the entire range of tourist attractions it

July 2, 2013. Starting July 1, the rates set for six kinds of communal housing services went up by 10 to 15% on average in Sverdlovsk Region and in the rest of Russia. This increase was announced as early as last year and was explained by the necessity of the country’s socioeconomic development. In Sverdlovsk Region, the upper limit on an increase in retail prices of natural and liquefied gas and heating energy is set at 15% for private households. The water and central heating rates rose by 12% on average. In Russia on the whole, the heating and water supply rates grew by 10% on average. The