June 19, 2014. A teaser site for the innovative tram R1 (Russia One) made by Uraltransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) is now available at r1.uvz.ru. According to the corporation’s press service, the website gives visitors an idea of some parts of the tram and of what the model will look like. ‘The tram in its entirety will only be presented at the Innoprom 2014 Exhibition in Yekaterinburg on July 9, as well as on the website – r1.uvz.ru will get updated, and specialized accounts within social networks will start operating as well,’ the corporation says. The R1 Project

June 19, 2014. In 2013, Yekaterinburg had the biggest advertising market among all the Russian cities with population over 1m people, Deltaplan Advertising Group’s research findings indicate. ‘Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk, whose ad markets amount to 4.47bn RUR and 4.41bn RUR, respectively (13% and 15% more than in 2012), remained the market leaders in 2013. Kazan, with its 3.05bn RUR, is No.3 on the market, even though its figures are considerably smaller. If it hadn’t been for Kazan market’s impressive growth rate last year (a 25% increase on 2012, the biggest rise among all the cities in

June 19, 2014. Ural division of the Federal Environmental, Technological, and Nuclear Surveillance Service detected 391 violations of industrial security requirements at EVRAZ NTMK. The violations were all related to operation of hazardous industrial objects, the Service’s press officer reports. The violations were detected during a scheduled on-site inspection of 18 hazardous objects located at 1 Metallurgov St, Nizhniy Tagil and 1 Engels St, Nizhnyaya Salda. For one, the enterprise did not have a provision on the industrial safety management system; nor did it design an action plan for

June 19, 2014. Yekaterinburg-based football supporters will be able to enjoy a live broadcast of the Russia-Belgium game on June 22: the game will be broadcast in the fan zone in Mayakovsky Park, Yekaterinburg Council’s press service reports. The FIFA International Supporters Festival 2014 Yekaterinburg coordinators are planning on improving the fan zone navigation by installing additional information signs that will help visitors find the fan zone and by expanding the range of food items available for purchase in the food court. On the day of the match, Soviet Sport Show will begin on the

June 19, 2014. Sberbank is currently trying to sell the building of Corteo Fashion Mall in Yekaterinburg. There are several potential customers for the asset, yet the purchase and sale agreement or any other binding document has not been signed by any party so far, which is why the bank is willing to negotiate with other potential buyers, Sberbank of Russia’s Ural branch’s press service informed UrBC. It was announced in late September 2013 that WEDA Fashion Group had to put its shopping center up to auction because of the money it owed to Sberbank of Russia. The creditor’s claims amounted to