July 18, 2014. On the eve of Metallurgist's Day, the best employees of Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant ( a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) were awarded with state, local government, industrial sector, and departmental awards. All in all, 267 workers were awarded, the enterprise's press service reports. Five of the plant's workers were given the title of Honored Metallurgist. Four people received honorary certificates issued by the Russian Federation Industry & Trade Ministry, and three employees were awarded with Governor of Sverdlovsk Region's honorary certificate. All

July 18, 2014. Ural Airlines are offering their customers special rates on south-bound flights during the off-peak season, the airline's press officer reports. Ural Airlines' customers can already book flights to Sochi, Anapa, Gelendzhik, Simferopol, Rostov-on-Don, and Mineralnye Vody via Moscow (the prices quoted are for one-way tickets and do not include any fees and charges). The appealing prices for flights bound for the Black Sea resorts and holiday destinations in Krasnodar Territory and the Caucasus will come into effect on September 1, 2014: flights from Nizhnevartovsk start

July 18, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region will receive about 601m RUR from the federal budget this year to raise the salaries of civil sector workers, RIA Novosti reports. The civil sector workers pay rise program for 2012-2018 was adopted by the Government in late 2012 in compliance with the President's May decrees. The aim of the program is to convert the civil sector to an 'efficiency contract' system, which means their salaries will depend on the complexity and quality of the government services they offer. Prior to this, Putin asked the government to assess the federal

July 18, 2014. Deputy Head of Yekaterinburg Council for Consumer Market and Services Vladimir Bolikov held a meeting with heads of local hostels on Wednesday, July 16. According to the council's press service, the meeting was dedicated to the possibility of hosting supporters during the World Cup 2018. The hostel managers were given out instructions that will have to be considered to ensure good quality service and a comfortable stay for visitors to Yekaterinburg. There are currently 42 hostels operating in Yekaterinburg, with a total of 180 rooms (over 1,000 beds). The city authorities

July 18, 2014. Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob signed a decree on adopting an action plan targeted at enhancing the investment appeal of the Urals' capital and at creating propitious conditions for business development, the council's press service reports. The action plan was adopted for 2014-2016 and covers a set of actions relating to creation and modernization of highly productive jobs and improvements in labor productivity, in the labor market situation, in the training and retraining of skilled workers, in th quality and accessibility of production and transport

July 18, 2014. In the first half of 2014, Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) remained the leading flat rolled products supplier and was also the top supplier of deep-level processing goods on the home market. These are the data provided by Metallosnabzhenie I Sbyt magazine that carried a rating of leading ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgical products suppliers in the first half of 2014. MMK is No.1 in the FRP Supplies rating as usual. Besides, this year the company moved from the second to the first place in the Deep-Level Processing Goods category. The improvements in the