April 17, 2014. 17,547 fake banknotes modeled on those issued by the Bank of Russia were detected in Russia in the first quarter of 2014. This can be compared with 17,923 fake banknotes detected in January-March 2013, which means the figure went down by 2.1% in one year, Banki.ru reports. 5,297 fake bills were detected in January 2014, 5,833 bills were detected in February, and 6,367 bills were detected in March. The five-thousand-ruble bill proved the most-often-forged one: 11,916 fake 5,000-ruble banknotes were found, followed by 4,520 fake 1,000- RUR banknotes, 948 fake 500-RUR banknotes,

April 17, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region Court supported the ruling of a court of lower instance that stated OOO SUAL-Kremniy-Ural should develop and implement a sanitary protection zone before 2015, the court’s press service says. In 2011, the court followed the public prosecutor for the environment’s demand and made SUAL-Kremniy-Ural develop and implement a sanitary protection zone before the end of 2012 and to install gas purification facilities before the end of 2013. The enterprise failed to comply with these requirements in due time. The enterprise appealed to court, asking to shift the design

April 17, 2014. Some modern machining centers with numeric program control – the UniSpeed-5 makes made in Germany - were installed at Shop 23 of Plant No. 9 (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation). According to the corporation’s press service, the centers, each of which weighs 36 tons, were delivered in parts on special platforms. Upon delivery, the parts were taken inside through the gates with the help of a crane and hoisted to the installation site. ‘Given its considerable weight, the equipment could not be lifted with the help of bridge cranes, as

April 17, 2014. The industrial production index for electronic and optical equipment in Yekaterinburg rose by 9.4% in January-February 2014. According to Yekaterinburg Council’s press service, the increase has to do with the viable infrastructure for the development of clusters such as the Instrument Making Industry (the production of instruments and automation systems) and the Medical Equipment Industry (the production of medical machines and appliances). ‘The development infrastructure is represented by the communities of producers and designers as well as industrial parks and technological

April 17, 2014. Designers from Transport Integration Group took into account the proposals put forth by Yekaterinburg Council in terms of restoring the city roads in preparation for the World Football Championship of 2018, the council’s press service says. The designers and the city council are currently looking into all the aspects relating to transport links connecting the near and the distant roads to Central Stadium and are getting ready to present their projects to the federal authorities. Now Yekaterinburg Council expects to have almost 15 vital elements of the city’s transport