March 19, 2014. Yekaterinburg existing homes market has been going through the same trends as at the beginning of the year: prices have been rising gradually, while the supply keeps shrinking, Ural Chamber of Real Estate’s press service reports. According to the chamber’s analytical data, the median price of a square meter of housing came to 73,892 RUR on March 17, 2014. This figure has grown by 0.7% over the last few weeks and by 1.5% since the beginning of the year. ‘Since the start of the year, the number of apartments offered for sale has dropped by 11%, that is, by nearly 1,000

March 19, 2014. The employees of Transport Machine-Building Design Bureau (KBTM, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) were once again among the winners of the first round of a prestigious All-Russian contest called Engineer of the Year 2013 in the Military and Special Purpose Vehicles category along the segments designated as Professional Engineers and Engineering Art of the Young, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service says. KBTM engineers have been taking part in the contest since 2007 and have always achieved good results. Over the said period, 17 workers took part in the

March 19, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region industrial production index was 11.2% less in January-February 2014 than in the first two months of 2013. According to Sverdlovskstat, the figure was 20.2% lower compared with February 2013 and 6.8% higher than in January 2014. In the mineral resources development segment, the industrial production index was 1.6% lower in the two months of 2014 than a year earlier (3.6% lower compared with February 2013 and 2% lower against January 2014). In January-February 2014, the IPI in the processing industries segment was 14.2% less than in the two months of 2013 (24%

March 19, 2014. Uralvagonzavod and Nizhniy Tagil Blood Transfusion Station 3 coordinated Donor Day: the head plant of Uralvagonzavod Corporation supported the program run by Russia’s Health Ministry on large-scale voluntary blood donation in 2008-2014. The program is implemented with help from Russia’s Union of Machine-Builders. The blood was collected on the premises of the plant’s health unit located at Foundry Shop 7, the corporation’s press service says. ‘The last time Uralvagonzavod coordinated an event like this was 9 years ago. It was now decided to have such days on a regular basis.

March 19, 2014. Sinara Transport Machines (STM, a divisional holding of Sinara Group) completed its transaction with TransFinGroup Management Company (which acted as the trustee of Blagosostotyaniye Non-State Retirement Fund in the purchase of the controlling shareholding in Kalugaputmash, a track machine and hydraulic drive plant). As a result, STM now owns 86.61% of the plant’s ordinary registered shares, Sinara Group’s PR Center reports. Besides, Kalugaputmash BOD appointed Andrei Antropov the company Director-General. Also, Governor of Kaluga Region Andrei Artamonov visited the plant on