August 21, 2013. The supply is rather limited at the moment at the warehouse market in Yekaterinburg: the existing space is still not enough to meet the demand. Besides, nearly 120,000 sq m worth of storage space is frozen for the time being. Rent has gone up by over 50% in this market segment in the last three years, experts from Ural Chamber of Real Estate Analytical Department report. Because of the developers’ low activity when the recession struck, the market got a very limited supply of new storage space, so at the moment the shortage is keenly felt, especially in the good quality space

August 21, 2013. Laos sent a note of support to the BIE selection board to support Yekaterinburg’s application for the right to host the international exhibition EXPO 2020, Laos Planning & Investment Minister said at a meeting with Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev, the region’s government’s press service reports. A copy of this diplomatic statement was handed over to the Governor; later on, the paper will be forwarded to Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was also announced during the meeting that Laos Government is planning to join the 9th International Arms &

August 21, 2013. A professional skills contest aimed at selecting the best foreman was held at Seversky Pipe Plant (STZ, a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company), the company’s press service reports. 15 foremen and senior foremen from STZ departments (all of them in the under-35 age group) took part in the competition. The main idea behind the contest was to find young leaders with great managerial skills and to encourage the employees to boost their self-development and improve their managerial performance. A written test is one of the important stages of the contest. This year, there were

August 21, 2013. 505,400 sq m of housing was commissioned in Sverdlovsk Region in January-July 2013. According to the official data from Sverdlovskstat, this is 11.9% more than in the seven months of 2012, 23.4% less than in June 2013, and 28.2% more than in July 2012.

August 21, 2013. Sverdlovsk Region division of Rospotrebnadzor carried out a scheduled inspection of EVRAZ KGOK and detected 20 violations of the sanitary and epidemiological wellbeing requirements, the spokesperson for the division reports. For one, EVRAZ KGOK does not provide the necessary working conditions for its employees, and the dust and pollutants content in the air inside the production zones does not meet the existing hygienic requirements. The company also lacks a full list of the raw materials it uses with the corresponding documentation to accompany it; nor does it have the