March 31, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Corporation embarked on a new stage of company TV development: UVZ company channel will now be broadcast at member enterprises located in different parts of the country, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service says. Uralvagonzavod program creating studio started a TV project called UVZ Today that is dedicated to the daily life of the corporation’s member enterprises. The project is targeted at the working teams of plants, institutes, and design offices based in Nizhniy Tagil, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Kirov, Nizhniy Novgorod, and other places.

March 31, 2014. Burevestnik, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation, was visited by Mayor of Nizhniy Novgorod Oleg Sorokin. The visit took place within the framework of the mayor’s meetings with the work teams of the city’s leading enterprises and with university faculty and student body, the corporation’s press service reports. The meeting was devoted to a serious talk on the local authorities’ achievements and problems and on the city’s overall problems that worry everyone. Those present at the meeting had a chance to ask their questions on the city’s development prospects. ‘Oleg

March 31, 2014. There is currently 760,000 sq m worth of warehouses in Yekaterinburg, and the shortage of 600,000 to 900,000 sq m has been felt for a few years now, Director of Logopark.ru’s Ural branch Vitaliy Khil said at a conference on warehousing business. ‘The acute shortage of good quality warehouses in the Mid-Urals’ capital makes companies willing to buy or rent warehouses head for nearby cities. Yekaterinburg risks losing its top position in the unofficial rating and faces serious competition from Perm, Chelyabinsk, and Ufa,’ Khil feels. Sigma Logopark Director-General Andrei Panin

March 31, 2014. The Export Insurance Agency of Russia (EXIAR) and Bank Koltso Urala signed an agreement on a joint project relating to issuing loans to export-oriented SMEs, the bank reports. ‘The main idea behind the program is to offer collateral on loans issued to exporting business in the form of EXIAR insurance. This means Bank Koltso Urala offers an additional form of security to SMEs,’ the bank’s Financial Control & Currency Transactions Department explains. Experts say that SMEs often export consumer goods, agricultural produce, optical goods, medical produce, and cosmetics. The

March 31, 2014. Ural Airlines will start operating its new international flights from Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar to Budapest on April 6, every Sunday, the airline’s press service reports. The price of the Rostov-on-Don-Budapest flight has been reduced and will only come to €180 (all fees and charges included); if you book a round trip ticket, the price will amount to €375. It is no coincidence that this amazing city is called the Pearl of Danube. Once you arrive, you will feel the touch of the familiar European culture with the special Hungarian coloring. You will see plenty of lacy bridges,

March 28, 2014. Ural Federal District’s foreign trade turnover amounted to $2.5bn in January-February 2014, Ural Customs Administration’s press service reports. ‘Most of this (82.9% of the total turnover) stems from trade deals with the countries of the far abroad, and only 17.1% stem from doing business with the CIS member states ($428.3m) Imports to the area amounted to 30.8% of our foreign trade turnover ($769.5m), while exports were twice as much and reached 69.2% of the total foreign trade turnover figures ($1.7bn), the press service says. The freight turnover came to 2,1m tons in

March 28, 2014. Uraltransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) held a meeting on progress with fulfilling the state defense order for 2014. According to the corporation’s press service, the meeting was attended by representatives of the company itself as well as officials from spare parts supplier companies from different parts of Russia and the Defense Ministry. ‘The meeting was devoted to the essential aspects of fulfilling the state defense order for 2014, changes in the financing and pricing policies, and technical problems related to making special-purpose products as

March 28, 2014. Karabashmed’s upgrades and re-equipment program covers for a series of steps aimed at replacing machinery with the newer counterparts and putting up filtering facilities, Russian Copper Company Group’s PR & Social Policies Administration reports. The upgrades plan provides for both replacement of old equipment with the new one that is more productive and environmentally friendly and putting up of new production facilities. The construction of another vitriolic shop is the key project within the process of the company’s chemical and metallurgical unit reconstruction. The

March 28, 2014. 69 instances of money (and other types of assets) laundering were uncovered in Ural Federal District in 2013, Russia’s Deputy General Public Prosecutor in Ural Federal District Yuri Ponomarev said at an interdepartmental committee meeting in Yekaterinburg. ’32 criminal lawsuits were instituted directly on the basis of dossiers supplied by Rosfinmonitoring; the charges are based on Articles 174 and 174.1 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code. Following decrees issued by public prosecutors, Rosfinmonitoring took legal action against 133 people, with charges based on Article

March 28, 2014. Bank Koltso Urala’s self-service terminals (which started appearing in the city at the end of last year) are going to get foreign-language interfaces throughout 2014. Their interfaces are expected to be translated into at least 5 different languages, including English, Chinese, and Tajik, the bank’s press service reports. ‘Any cardholder (including those who use cards issued by other banks) can use Bank Koltso Urala’s self-service terminals. The money order option and foreign language settings for non-speakers of Russian will be the next step on the way to improvement,’ says

March 27, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region authorities started getting ready for the 5th Innoprom exhibition this year, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region's Information Policies Department reports. 'The meeting that was chaired by local Prime Minister Denis Pasler included a presentation of Innoprom business agenda. This year's theme is Intellectual Industry. The first day of the event is expected to open with a forecast session called the Machines of the Future on the future of vehicles and the potential of alternative engines and unmanned automobiles. The 4th industrial design forum

March 27, 2014. Ural Airlines put a new international flight from Moscow to Munich on its summer timetable; the flight will be operated in as soon as one month, the airline's press service reports. The residents of Krasnodar can travel to Bavarian capital every Saturday starting from April 26, 2014. The new destination is offered under an attractive pricing system where the price depends on how early or late you book. If you book more than 60 days before the flight, the ticket will only cost €290; if you book more than 30 days but less than 60 days before the flight, the price will come

March 27, 2014. Transport Machine-Building Design Office (KBTM, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) presented eight new developments to a delegation of Gazprom officials during the exhibition of Omsk Region innovative industrial produce that took place at the local Expocenter, Uralvagonzavod's press service reports. The presentation was coordinated in order for the corporation's member enterprises to be included in the register of Gazprom's certified suppliers. A working team headed by Deputy Chairman of Gazprom Supervisory Board Vitaly Markelov spoke favorably

March 27, 2014. In 2013, the court officers of Sverdlovsk Region received 833 court warrants relating to transfer of foreign residents and apatrides to special establishments for people detained for administrative offenses and their deportation from the constituency, the press service of Sverdlovsk Region Service of Court Officers reports. Court officers instituted 863 enforcement proceedings relating to deportation, and 792 foreign residents were actually deported as of January 1, 2014. 'What makes the process difficult is that these foreigners do not have any ID, so no tickets can be

March 27, 2014. The Russian Federation Emergency Ministry issued a decree awarding the Marshal Vassily Chuikov Medal to the head of Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) Fire Fighting Department Valentin Tambovtsev and his deputy Sergey Ponichev. 'The company firefighters have been taking care of fire safety at both ChTZ and a multi-storey apartment block in Churilovo (Tractorozavodskoy District of Chelyabinsk) for the third year now. The plant's firefighting team unit is located right next to the newly built apartment buildings as well

March 26, 2014. The catering business in downtown Yekaterinburg and the ones close to sports facilities will have to get their menus translated into English and other foreign languages by the start of the world football championship in 2018, Deputy Mayor of Yekaterinburg for Consumer Market & Services Vladimir Bolikov said on air of Open Studio Yekaterinburg. According to Bolikov, the café and restaurant staff will also have to speak Engish if they want to host the World Cup visitors. ’22 of our restaurants employ chefs from the far abroad. The staff (at least one or two people in every

March 26, 2014. Ural Airlines and its German partners, KolnTourismus and Duty Free Heinemann, prepared some nice gifts for passengers flying to Germany, the airline’s press service reports. After the passengers check in for their Moscow-Cologne or Cologne-Moscow flight, a special coupon will be given to them along with the boarding pass. If you make at least €100 worth of purchases at Cologne Bonn Airport’s Duty Free Heinemann shop within one month of the check-in date, the coupon entitles you to a free 500ml bottle of Hennessy. In addition, passengers flying from Moscow to Cologne are given

March 26, 2014. An interdepartmental committee made the decision to launch the industrial production of the new V-46 diesel engine for T-72 tank at Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant in March 1974. ‘The production launch was preceded by a lot of efforts on the part of the plant’s diesel design office headed by Ivan Trashutin and his deputies Victor Spassky and Semyen Muzikus. All three of them were the inventors of the changes incorporated into the engine design and received the USSR State Prize for this. The production workers headed by the plant’s Director-General Grigory Zaichenko, Chief Engineer

March 26, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region public prosecution authorities and Sverdlovsk Region interdepartmental public prosecution authorities for the environment checked compliance with the environmental legislation during the preparation of site for Sverdlovsk Region hi tech Universitetsky Park in Yekaterinburg. According to their press service, the contractor cut down 4 hectares of woods when preparing the construction site around Lake Shartash. ‘The approximate amount of timber came to 1,200 m3, yet the contractor did not have any logging permits. According to our preliminary estimates, the

March 26, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region tax authorities received about 60,000 personal income statements from private individuals as of March 1, 2014, the press service of Sverdlovsk Region division of Russia’s Federal Tax Service reports. According to these tax declarations, taxpayers are to direct nearly 50m RUR to the local budget. Over 43,000 taxpayers applied for property-related tax deductions and some 16,000 applied for tax relief. Such applications will result in 1.905m RUR that will be paid back to the taxpayers.