November 14, 2013. Walkbase, an optimization platform for brick-and-mortar shops that got some investments from Projector Venture, a fund run by Yekaterinburg IT entrepreneur Leonid Volkov, attracted another ?3m worth of investments. The money was supplied by SBT Venture Capital and Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, former CEO Nokia, Walkbase’s press release says. Walkbase was developed in Finland as a real-world navigation analysis platform that could be used by shopping malls and exhibition centers, for example. ‘The idea behind Walkbase is to give these traditional shops the same opportunities that

November 14, 2013. Ural Airlines offered their services to 3,782 passengers between January 1 and October 31, 2013, which was 26% more than a year earlier. 28,712 flights have been operated since the beginning of the year, including 10,637 international flights, 11,737 domestic flights, and 6,338 flights around the CIS, the airline’s press service reports. The airline’s passenger turnover rose by 23% in the ten months of 2013 against the ten months of 2012 and amounted to 10,028,223,000 passenger-kilometers. In October 2013, Ural Airlines operated 2,973 flights, including 980 international

November 14, 2013. This week, three of Koltso Urala’s branches are celebrating their birthdays: Krasnobrodsky and Novokuznetsky near Kemerovo, and a branch in Surgut. Their ‘consolidated age’ is now ten, the bank’s press service reports. The bank’s branch in the north of Surgut welcomed its first customers on November 12, 2010. For three years, its employees have been working hand in hand with the local residents and get thank-you letters and win professional skills contests all the time. The branch Director Larissa Bogdanova says the secret of their success lies in their team spirit and

November 14, 2013. MegaFon is registering an increase in the mobile Internet traffic at nighttime – the figure rose by 35% over the last month, the company’s press service reports. ‘In October, MegaFon customers downloaded 180,000 gigabytes more data than in September. In many ways, this has to do with the fact that our customers started using the Internet XL option 25% more often. Now this option offers you 25 gigabytes of data during the day and unlimited access during the night,’ says MegaFon Ural’s Mass Market Business Development Director Sergey Alferov. It is the Internet XL option that

November 14, 2013. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation plans to take part in the construction of a railway carriage-making plant in Vietnam, the corporation’s press service reports. On November 12, a memorandum on cooperation was signed by Vietnam-Russia Joint Bank and Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation in Hanoi, Vietnam. The ceremony was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang. The memorandum mainly dwells upon cooperation in the implementation of Uralvagonzavod’s joint projects in Vietnam and upon the