April 24, 2014. Russian car dealers are going to go bust, while the home market on the whole is going to consolidate due to a drop in sales, RBC refers to Avtostat's research findings as claiming. Last year's decrease in sales resulted in 502 companies losing their franchises or giving up on their dealer status, yet 508 new dealers emerged at the same time, the research states. According to the data published by the European Business Association in early April, some 602,500 automobiles were sold in Russia in the first quarter of 2014, which was 2% less than in the first quarter of

April 24, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region Government signed a cooperation agreement with Deutsche Messe RUS and RTE Group in order to work together on coordination of the International Industrial Technologies for Metal Treatment, Machine-Building, and Mining Forum WIN RUSSIA URAL. This decision to organize the forum together was voiced by President of Ural Chamber of Commerce and Industry Andrei Besedin, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region's Information Policies Department reports. Exhibitions are a kind of business in themselves. By inviting such a powerful operator as Deutsche Messe, we both get

April 24, 2014. Tomsk Region Administration, headed by Deputy Governor of Tomsk Region for Agricultural Policies and Nature Management Andrei Knorr paid a visit to Rubtzov subsidiary of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation, the corporation's press service says. Deputy Head of Tomsk Region Forestry Department Vladimir Zabolotsky, Deputy Director of Tomsk Forestry Management Yuri Valuyev, and Head of Tomsk Aviation Forest Protection Base Konstantin Abashev were among the delegates as well. The agenda of the visit included a discussion on how Rubtzov caterpillar track

April 24, 2014. Tverskoy Court of Moscow extended eco-activist Igor Zhitenev's detention until July 22, 2014, In Protection of Khoper, a website, states. Igor Zhitenev is accused of extorting money from Ural Mining & Mountain Company representative (the charge is based on Article 163 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code). The claim against him and Mikhail Bezmensky was laid by UMMC Counselor to Director-General Petr Yamov. Eco-activists pointed out that Zhitenev's lawyer was not actually present at the court hearing where it was decided to extend the detention period.

April 24, 2014. LEPSE (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) came up with a performance report on the efficiency of the company collective agreement in 2013. According to the corporation's press service, 137 different steps relating to reconstruction, and technical and social development of the company were taken last year. The tentative annual economic effect was estimated at 55.5m RUR. 126.3m RUR were spent on buying equipment; ten compliance certificates were issued for 14 types of goods, and inspection control of two products took place. The median paycheck rose by

April 24, 2014. The total economic effect resulting from energy-saving measures implemented by Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) in 2013 is expected to amount to more than 49.5m RUR over a twelve-month period, MMK PR Department reports. The measures implemented in 2013 will result in over 6m kilowatt/hours worth of electric power savings (some 15m RUR). These savings were effected by replacing the energy-intensive equipment with better counterparts, improving the performance of production facilities, and replacing the old-fashioned light bulbs with energy-saving ones. What is more,