July 8, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation is going to present its innovative low-floor tram R1 (Russia One) at the international industrial exhibition Innoprom 2014, the corporation reports. R1 is a joint project by Uraltransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) and Atom Design Office’s Alexei Maslov. In technical terms, this new tram is only 10% different from the series-produced model, yet thanks to its ‘space look’ it was unofficially dubbed ‘iPhone on rails’. The project’s teaser site was launched today at r1.uvz.ru. The tramway itself will be

July 8, 2014. Students of Pervouralsk Metallurgical School (ChTPZ Group’s partner in running the Future of White Metallurgy Project) left for the village of Gorny Shchit to serve their army term, the company’s press service reports. This military unit supported by ChTPZ will welcome 22 newly drafted soldiers, all of whom have studied on the program and were selected by the officers of Central Military District’s Air Forces and Air Defense Forces. The prospective metallurgists will serve in the telecommunications and security departments and will stay on combat alert duty within the district’s

July 8, 2014. Following a three-year break, Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporaiton) is going to deliver some tractors by order of Russia’s Defense Ministry, the corporation’s press service reports. The B10 bulldozer with a mulcher will head for the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago in July; it will be used there for maintain local infrastructure facilities. The vehicle with mechanical transmission and ChTZ-produced engine has all of the so-called northern options, including the engine pre-heater, the radiator next to the driver’s seat, and double glazing of

July 8, 2014. On July 7-31, 2014, Ural Airlines customers will be able to book tickets to Moscow at appealing prices. The departure dates have to fall between September 1 and December 15, 2014, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘Prices for Yekaterinburg-Moscow flights start from 5, 250 RUR, prices for Nizhnevartovsk-Moscow flights start from 5,500 RUR, prices for Novosibirsk-Moscow flights start from 6,000 RUR, prices for Irkutsk-Moscow, Ulan Ude-Moscow, and Chita-Moscow flights start from 8,000 RUR, 8,500 RUR, and 10,000 RUR respectively. Upon their arrival in Moscow, all passengers

July 8, 2014. Director-General of Uraltransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) Dmitri Nosov met with Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport Infrastructure Maxim Liksutov at Moscow’s Krasnopresnenskoye Tramway Depot on July 5, the corporation’s press service reports. The two parties talked over the testing of the newest low-floor trams made by Uraltransmash in cooperation with the Polish company PESA. ‘We are currently testing four trams that have already proved to be more passenger-friendly, safer, and quite noiseless,’ Liksutov said. He also explained that eighty more such