March 5, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation will invest over 1.78bn RUR in environmental projects in Nizhniy Tagil, where the corporation's head plant is located. 'We have been working on this for a number of years now, the corporation's head plant implemented 16 environmental protection projects last year, and the plant spent 54.2m RU R on this. Among the largest projects were the reconstruction of filtering facilities with replacement of obsolete technologies for the new ones. This will both improve the environmental situation and provide

March 5, 2014. Ural Airlines announced a sale on business class tickets for Yekaterinburg-Dubai flight, the airline's press service says. 'Those who like pampering themselves with enjoyable business class trips, the price of a one-way ticket will only come to €828 (including all the fees and charges), and if you buy a round trip ticket, the price will only come to €1,657. We would also like to point out that special prices are also offered on economy class tickets for this flight. If you book more than 30 but less than 60 days before the flight, the price will be €337, if you book

March 5, 2014. Local developers are planning to commission 1m sq m worth of housing in Yekaterinburg this year, the city council's press service reports. 'As a result of commissioning norms growing stricter, the developers' planning periods extended from six months to three years. This is why, starting in 2014, Yekaterinburg Council started working systematically towards making the cooperation mechanism between developers and engineering infrastructure companies more efficient in the new reality,' the message says. The municipal water conduit company and YekaterinburgGaz

March 5, 2014. The Russian Federation Government allocated 1.42bn RUR worth of subsidies for the development of family-run livestock farms. Sverdlovsk Region is going to get 14m RUR out of this amount, the Cabinet's official website states. Under the government's decision, the money will be directed to co-financing the spending of Russian Federation constituencies related to support of family-run livestock farms. The Karachayevo-Cherkessian Republic, Yakutia, and Dagestan will get the biggest subsidies (65.26m RUR, 49.5m RUR, and 46.89m RUR, respectively). The undistributed amount

March 5, 2014. An Open Doors Day will be held in Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ) Training Center on March 5. Following a tour of the unique Training Center (whose area actually comes to 7,500 sq m), school-leavers could appreciate all the options of these experimental training sites, the company's press service reports. The classrooms are fitted with labs, pipe-rolling mill simulators, and simulators by the German Festo and the Italian Prosoft. The students will be asked to complete a task at the Technical Arts Section and can practice with Lego robots. They will also work at