November 21, 2013. The hypermarket Leroy Merlin was No.1 in terms of least safe parking lots in 2013, Deputy Head of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate division in Yekaterinburg, Lieutenant Colonel Vladislav Sergeyev said in the course of a round table discussion today. ‘This year, the greatest number of cars – as far as shopping malls go – were hijacked from the parking lot of Leroy Merlin (4 autos altogether), 3 cars were stolen from Mega’s parking lot, and 2 cars were stolen from the parking lots of Park House and Yekaterininsky Mall each,’ Sergeyev said. He also pointed out that Leroy

November 21, 2013. A round table discussion was coordinated on the premises of Burevestnik Scientific Research Institute in Nizhniy Novgorod. The discussion was dedicated to the quality of arms and military vehicles. Nizhniy Novgorod Industry & Innovations Minister Vladimir Nefedov, as well as heads of enterprises and quality experts from different parts of Russia took part in the discussion, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. This round table discussion was one of the four such events held within the framework of the All-Russian forum called the Best Experience for a

November 21, 2013. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation was awarded a diploma in the Service to the Fatherland category for its active support of the social projects of the Civil Society Institutions Development Fund in Volga Federal District, the corporation’s press service says. One of the main things the Fund does is the practical implementation of the Russian President’s decrees on improvements in the government policy aimed at promoting patriotism. KaDetstvo, a project that is now being implemented in Volga Federal District at the initiative of Plenipotentiary

November 21, 2013. The shopping malls of Yekaterinburg were obliged to get anti-terrorist security passports, Head of the local police Public Security Department Major Mardan Gasanov. ‘The security passports will be developed in cooperation with the police. The passports will be checked and corrected on a recommendatory basis. All shopping malls must get a lifting gate for their parking lots as well as HD CCTV cameras that could store data for a week or longer,’ he said. The malls’ security service employees say that some organizations are already offering to get such a passport issued for

November 21, 2013. The Federal Accreditation Service (FSA) confirmed the professional competence of Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant’s sanitary & environmental lab (PNTZ, a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group), the company’s press service says. The FSA certified the lab to complete all the procedures relating to testing of production environment parameters as well as those of air and industrial emissions and of filtered storm water and natural surface water. ‘During their on-site inspection, experts looked into the methods of measurement and checked PNTZ quality management system; the lab