March 18, 2014. The three new makes of freight carriages made by Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation got compliance certificates from the Federal Railway Transport Certification Register, the corporation’s press service says. ‘The first make is the gondola car 12-196-02 with the bogie 18-194-1 that can handle up to 25 tf. It differs from the mass-produced gondola car 12-196-01 in that its body has been increased from 88m3 to 94m3. The second one is the oil tank 15-5157-02 with the bogie 18-100 that can handle up to 23.5 tf. The new make will replace the mass-produced the

March 18, 2014. Five young men with disabilities from Yekaterinburg, Perm, Syktyvkar, and Kirov were able to go to Russia’s first Paralympics in Sochi this winter: this trip was the first prize in the I Am a Leader Contest that was coordinated by MegaFon, the general sponsor of the winter Paralympics in Sochi, the company’s press service says. ‘I Am a Leader Contest that was organized by MegaFon and Perspective (an NGO for people with disabilities) was directed to singling out leaders among people with disabilities throughout Russia. The contest aims to draw the society’s attention to

March 18, 2014. The website of bank VTB24 and its e-banking services were unavailable today, as the web pages underwent a hacking attack by a group identified as Anonymous Caucasus. An hour later, however, the bank’s website performance was fully restored. ‘The Russian bank VTB24 website is out of order, as is its e-banking service the hacker group’s Twitter states. VTB24 press service says the lending institution’s website underwent a DDoS attack. ‘All the services will be restored very soon. This has not affected the performance of our brick-and-mortar branches in any way, our ATMs are

March 18, 2014. The 14th Coordination Committee will meet at Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) on March 17-18. The meeting will involve the general directors of ChTPZ Group and MMK, the enterprise’s press service reports. The pipe manufacturing enterprise and the metallurgical enterprise managers will look into ways of cooperating in the field of metal quality control, tracking the goods and the terms of delivery, and expanding the range of steel sheets offered to customers, and will talk about their prospects of joining the major fuel and energy complex projects together, including

March 18, 2014. Ural Airlines is launching a new daily flight from Moscow to Kaliningrad on April 27, 2014. One can now travel from the Russian capital to Kaliningrad in the morning (the departure time for Flight U6 371 is 8 AM, the arrival time is 9 AM). The return flight U6 372 from Kaliningrad to Moscow is offered in the mornings as well: the departure time is 9 50 AM, the arrival time is 12 45 PM. This means passengers can now be more flexible in planning their business trips and manage their time more efficiently. Besides, Ural Airlines customers can always use the air carrier’s