June 2, 2014. According to the data provided by SverdlovskStat, 437,600 sq m of housing got built in Sverdlovsk Region in January-April 2014, with financing provided from all the possible budgets and private funds. This figure is 2.3 times bigger than in January-April 2013, Sverdlovsk Region Economics Ministry's press service reports. Private builders put up 63.4% of all this housing (277,600 sq m), which is 1.8 times bigger than in January-April 2013. 28,300 sq m of economy class housing were commissioned in Sverdlovsk Region in the four months of 2014; this was 2 times more than a year

June 2, 2014. 82% of Russian restaurateurs expect a complete ban on smoking to result in declining numbers of visitors, the findings of Yuri Levada Center's recent research on a complete ban on smoking in restaurants on June 1, 2014 state. This information was provided by activists of the Smokers' Rights Movement. Most of restaurant business owners and managers surveyed (82%) believe that a complete ban on smoking in restaurants will effect a drop in the number of customers. 17% of respondents feel that the customer turnover will remain the same. Only one of those surveyed expects a

June 2, 2014. ChTPZ Group directs some money to organizing summer holidays and leisure activities for children of Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant and Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant's employees this year. According to the company's press service, more than 4,000 kids will be able to enjoy a vacation in the company summer camps Yelanchik and Gagarinsky in June, July, and August. The first 'season' will begin on the eve of Children's Protection Day. 'ChTPZ Group has actually made investing in good quality children's holidays its tradition. The Group's company

June 2, 2014. As of May 27, 2014, Yegorshinsky Radio Plant transferred 5.8m RUR to the bank card accounts of its former employees after selling its assets, Sverdlovsk Region Government's press secretary reports. Besides, 500,000 RUR were directed to payments of writs of execution issued by court officers, including 103,800 RUR relating to moral damage. All in all, the plant's former employees received 6.3m RUR. Now under the agreement the staff representatives, the new plant's management, and the trustee in bankruptcy signed in April 2014, the sum total was to have come to 5.6m

June 2, 2014. The Director-General of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation Oleg Sienko paid a two-day visit to Algeria in the capacity of Chairman of the Russian Section of the Russian-Algerian Business Council; he also took part in the Council's meeting involving both the Russian and the Algerian parties. In his speech, Sienko stressed the importance of the Council's efficiency in the development of fruitful cooperation between both countries. 'The Russian-Algerian Business Council was set up in March 2006 and has proved an efficient mechanism that promotes