August 30, 2013. EVRAZ revenues decreased by 3% and came to 7.362bn RUR in the first half of 2013, the company’s official report states. EBITDA came to $939m, which was 20.7% lower than a year earlier. The net loss came to $122m, which was 2.7 times more than a year earlier. ‘While our steel produce sales remained the same as in the first half of 2012 and amounted to 7.8m tons, the financial results of this half-year reflect the dropping steel prices: our revenues decreased to $7,362m, which was 3% lower than in the first half of 2012; besides, our EBITDA went down to $939m,’ says EVRAZ

August 30, 2013. The administrative committee of Yekaterinburg Leninsky District fined Klassika Pharmacy for damaging the façade of the building at 26 Malyshev St; this building hosts one of the pharmacy chain’s outlets, the spokesperson for Yekaterinburg Council reports. The committee members detected a hole in the façade that was used to put the plastic tube that is part of an air conditioner outside. Also, the brick structure of the wall was also damaged. An administrative offense protocol regarding the violation of Article 12 of the Administrative Offenses in Sverdlovsk Region Act was

August 30, 2013. The industrial production index in Sverdlovsk Region rose by 1.2% in January-July 2013 against a year earlier, and this is actually 1.2% better than in the Russian Federation on average, Sverdlovsk Region’s Economics Ministry’s press service reports. According to Sverdlovskstat, the industrial production index for fossil fuels was 106.8% (against the country average of 100.9%), that for the processing industries was 101.1% (against the country average of 99.8%), that of electricity, natural gas, and water production and distribution was 95.9% (against the country average of

August 30, 2013. 279,000 residents of Sverdlovsk Region have been registered at the United Government Services Portal since it was set up. The region’s Government’s press service reports that 63 government and municipal services were converted to electronic format two years before the launch of the portal, and 70 more services came to be offered electronically in the first half of 2013. All in all, 198 government and municipal services are expected to be converted to an electronic format before the end of this year. Besides, Sverdlovsk Region Government decided to introduce more functions for

August 30, 2013. Ural Airlines now offer special prices on flights operated to the capital and the south of Russia from Nizhnevartovsk, the air carrier’s press service reports. Residents of Nizhnevartovsk can now enjoy the special price of the plane tickets for Nizhnevartovsk-Moscow or Moscow-Nizhnevartovsk flights, which starts from 7,500 RUR. Those who want to travel during the off-peak season can buy tickets for connecting flights with a convenient stopover at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport and get to Rostov-on-Don, Gelendzhik, Anapa, and Simferopol. Prices start from 8,500 RUR. There is also