March 13, 2014. For the first time in history, Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation and ApATeK Scientific & Production Enterprise received the most prestigious international prize for innovations in the field of composites (technologies, materials, and structures) JEC Awards, the corporation's press service reports. JEC Awards, which is to the composites industry as Oscar is to the film one, is awarded within the framework of the world's largest composites industry JEC SHOW (JEC CompositesShow) in Paris. This year, Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production

March 13, 2014. The turnover of organizations based in Ural Federal District grew by 6.4% in 2013 compared with 2012 and came to 15.1 trillion RUR, Sverdlovskstat reports. The industrial production index for fossil fuels development, processing industries, and electric power, natural gas, and water distribution grew by 0.7% compared with 2012 (the country average was 0.3%). The production index for fossil fuels development grew by 0.3%, that for the processing industries grew by 2.3%, and that for the production and distribution of electric power, natural gas, and water decreased by 3.2%.

March 13, 2014. 2,094bn RUR worth of investments were directed to Ural Federal District's socioeconomic development in 2013 (1.8% less than in 2012), Sverdlovskstat reports. The District's share of investments comes to 15.8% of all the investments made into Russia. The specific weight of investments from own funds was 57.2% last year, the share of attracted capital was 42.8%, including 2% allocated from the federal budget. According to the Federal Treasury, the consolidated budget of all the federal constituencies in Ural Federal District was implemented with the deficit of 129.5bn

March 13, 2014. The stricter customs control measures that were launched at Yekaterinburg Customs affected the volume of goods imported from Ukraine, Ural Customs Administration's press service says. The total worth of imported food items has come to $3.4m since the beginning of the year (117m RUR) compared with $11.6m (352m RUR) a year earlier. 'Political instability affected some of the key items Ukraine exports to Russia: metals, metal goods, machinery, chemical and mineral products, and some other goods. The imports nearly halved, dropping from $29.6m in 2013 to $16.9m in 2014),