July 3, 2013. The FIFA’s Secretary-General Jérôme Valcke praised Russia’s success in preparation for the world football championship of 2018 and said, ‘Nothing needs to be changed in this smooth working process,’ ITAR-TASS reports. ‘A group of Russian delegates were staying in Brazil during the Confederation Cup, and they learned about the organization of contests. The delegation was headed by the World Cup 2018 Coordination Committee Alexei Sorokin,’ Valcke told the news agency. The FIFA’s Secretary-General pointed out that the preparations for the championship in Russia would be done in

July 3, 2013. Ural Airlines is offering a special price for its Moscow-Podgorica-Moscow flights. Starting July 3, 2013, a round trip ticket will be available for ?190 and a one-way ticket can be bought for ?150 (excluding the fees). The ticket sale was launched today. What’s more, a 90% discount is offered for passengers who are under 2 years old. Ural Airlines’ flights from Moscow to Podgorica and back are operated every Saturday using a comfortable Airbus liner that has both economy and business class sections. Montenegro is a little jewel of the Adriatic. It has its wide, snow-white

July 3, 2013. The Federal Financial Markets Service (FSFR) registered a case when insider information was used unlawfully by one of Concern Kalina’s top managers; the information had to do with the company’s shares. The service is going to forward these files to the law-enforcement authorities in the nearest future, Head of the FSFR Dmitri Pankin’s blog states. ‘In the fall of 2011, many of the stock market players, the media, and the business community representatives noticed that Concern Kalina’s shares went up; this was just before Unilever RUS bought a controlling shareholding in the

July 3, 2013. Yaroslavl Ore Mining Company (OOO YarGRK) stopped producing ore and doing repair jobs on its premises in Maritime Territory, RIA Novosti refers to the company’s trade union representative as saying. The representative said it was done in order to cut personnel expenses, so 126 employees had to go on unplanned vacations. The stoppage is expected to last until July 31, but the company’s management might decide to prolong this. OOO YarGRK is Russia’s only producer and supplier of fluorite concentrate that is necessary for making primary aluminum. RUSAL came to own this company in

July 3, 2013. Only 38 hotels in Yekaterinburg have gone through a government certification procedure, which makes up 36% of the total number of hotels in the city. As for Sverdlovsk Region on the whole, only 10% of local hotels have been certified so far. ‘This year, two more hotels applied for a voluntary government certification procedure, thus the number of certified hotels will come to 38 hotels by the end of the year, including 2 five-star ones, 12 four-star ones, 20 three-star ones, 2 two-star ones, and 2 mini-hotels,’ Chairman of Yekaterinburg Council Consumer Services Committee Maxim