August 26, 2013. On August 21, the national team of WorldSkills Russia met with the Russian Education & Science Minister Dmitri Livanov in Moscow; the meeting was dedicated to the results of the worldwide championship WorldSkills International that took place in Leipzig on July 2-7, and to the ways of improving vocational education in Russia. The meeting was attended by students of Pervouralsk Metallurgical College who are on ChTPZ Future of White Metallurgy Program: Alexander Litvinenko and Artur Islamov. The minister said taking part in the championship should help the participants

August 26, 2013. The administrative commission of Yekaterinburg Leninsky District court imposed a 10,000-ruble fine on the director of OOO RUS Burger for violating the urban improvement regulations, the spokesperson for Yekaterinburg Council reports. Some unauthorized waste dump was found in the backyard of 36 Malyshev St (the location of this Burger King restaurant) that contained consumer, production, and food waste. The administrative commission experts determined that this waste belonged to OOO RUS Burger (Burger King). A protocol regarding the violation of Article 15-1 of the

August 26, 2013. Ural Airlines came up with a new pricing system and early and late booking discount options for the season of fall/winter 2013-2014, the airline’s press service reports. The new system applies (among others) to flights operated from Yekaterinburg to Munich, Tel Aviv, and Harbin. The idea is that the price of a ticket depends on what date you book the flight on. The airline offers three price categories: the one for late booking (two or fewer days before the flight), the one for early booking (more than 30 days and fewer than 60 days before the flight) and the one for very

August 26, 2013. The city’s largest Preobrazhensky Park is going to be set up in Academic District of Yekaterinburg; it will be 4.5 kilometers long, Deputy Mayor of Yekaterinburg Sergey Myamin said at an off-site meeting dedicated to the city’s prospective development in the south-western direction, the city council’s press service reports. According to the developers, the project for the park layout is virtually ready. Preobrazhensky is expected to become a recreation area for the residents of Academic District as well as a cultural spot. In addition to amusements, fountains, and other

August 26, 2013. The share of foreign currency deposits in Ural Federal District-based banks in the total deposit volume rose by 1.1% and reached 9.9% in the first half of 2013. The volume of these deposits itself rose by 26.1% (by 18% in nominal terms) and reached 42.1bn RUR in the ruble terms on July 1, 2013. As for the national currency deposits, these went up by 10.5% and amounted to 382.7bn RUR, Deposit Insurance Agency State Corporation’s report states. In the first half of 2013, the long-term deposits (over 3 years long) proved those that have increased the most (by 28.7%); their share