November 7, 2013. The public prosecutors of Ural Federal District detected over 4,000 cases when the order-placement procedure for work and services for state and municipal bodies was violated, the press service of Ural Federal District division of Russia’s General Prosecutor’s Office reports. To eliminate these violations, 953 warrants and 369 protests were issued and 130 claims were laid against the offenders. After the papers had been processed, 1,042 executives were made to face disciplinary liability and 473 administrative lawsuits and 20 criminal lawsuits were instituted. A criminal

November 7, 2013. Ural Airlines’ passengers can now enjoy the benefits of the new booking system: the booking procedure will save time greatly and will make all the processing steps much easier. All the necessary information is made available in a totally new and passenger-friendly way: there’s the convenient departure date navigation system, a free choice of the ticket sub-class, and the clear final sum total from the first step of the booking process that is always visible on the screen, the company’s press service reports. A second printing of the boarding pass in case the first one got

November 7, 2013. An audit meant to extent the company’s API 5L license was carried out at Chelyabinsk Tube-Rolling Plant. The license entitles the plant to deliver goods that meet the API 5L annex H (that is, pipes that are meant to be used in acid environments), the company’s press service reports. In the course of the procedure, the auditor – American Petroleum Institute (API), a non-profit international organization – looked very carefully into and analyzed the activity of the Technical Directorate’s divisions, of the departments for the production of electrically welded large-diameter

November 7, 2013. 26 young workers from Uraltransmash came to Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s head plant in Nizhniy Tagil. This is the second year in a row when young employees visit Ural Federal District-based enterprises to share and exchange experience and find innovative production solutions. This time’s delegation consisted of the first and second year students of the plant’s Vertical professional development program, including technical engineers, design engineers, foremen, and workers. The tour was coordinated by Uralvagonzavod Personnel Training Center.

November 7, 2013. Yekaterinburg budget might look 2.5bn RUR smaller in 2014 because of lowered private individuals’ income tax payments, Head of Yekaterinburg Administration Alexander Yakob said at a press conference. He explained that more than 4bn RUR could be underpaid into the city’s budget due to lack of inter-budgetary transfers; on the whole, the city budget might get 7bn RUR less next year. Now under the project of Sverdlovsk Region’s consolidated budget next year, the income is expected to rise from 156bn RUR to 166bn RUR (+6.5%). At the same time, Sverdlovsk Region Government refers