July 24, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region division of Rospotrebnadzor (the Russian consumer rights watchdog) conducted an unscheduled inspection of Sberbank of Russia and detected that the bank was charging its customers an illegitimate commission for taking out more than 50,000 RUR in cash from their accounts, the agency's press service reports. Contrary to the current legislation, the bank unilaterally changed the rates and terms on which its services were offered to customers. For one, the holders of Social cards were faced with a limit of 1.5m RUR a month (50,000 RUR a day) that could be

July 24, 2014. 70% of Russian companies are willing to hire a college graduate with no work experience. 21% are absolutely against considering applicants with no experience: the most widely spread argument is that such candidates' education is insufficient, Superjob's survey results reveal. Five years ago, only 54% of companies would agree to employ a recent graduate. The surveys conducted over the last few years indicate that the situation has grown more stable: in 2012, 71% of companies were willing to consider college graduates with no experience, in 2013, the figure was 72%,

July 24, 2014. By the end of 2014, Russian citizens will have borrowed from Russian banks an amount that will be 500m RUR greater than the amount of money they will have placed on deposits: this was an estimate given to reporters by President and Chairman of the Board VTB 24 Mikhail Zadornov at a press conference, Prime reports. According to Zadornov, the balance of transactions between Russian banks and Russian population was positive in 2009-2013. Last year, for example, the net amount of money citizens deposited stood at 468bn RUR, while in the first half of 2014, the balance was negative.

July 24, 2014. Yekaterinburg Council prepared and sent to authorities for approval a number of technical assignments for reconstruction of training sites at the city-run Ural Sports Club. According to the city council's press service, this facility is going to become one of the training sites for the football teams that will take part in the World Cup 2018. 'Experts completed and got the approval of the club's design, technical documentation is now being prepared. The city council is expected to finish up all the necessary papers and direct the reconstruction project to a board

July 24, 2014. In 2014, 2,397 residents of Sverdlovsk Region are to move from obsolete and emergency-state housing to new homes, his press secretary refers to Sverdlovsk Region Prime Minister Denis Pasler as saying. According to Sverdlovsk Region Energy & Communal Housing Services Minister Nikolai Smirnov, the first stage of the local special-purpose relocation program is in progress now. The program is expected to run in 2013-2017 and involves 18 cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Region. 'This work started in 2013, and the first stage should be completed this year. People from 136

July 24, 2014. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) won in the Best Russian Exporter 2013 Contest. Russia's Industry & Trade Ministry declared MMK the best exporter to the CIS member states among all of the Russian ferrous metallurgical companies. 'The CIS member states' dynamically developing markets have always been considered MMK's priority ones alongside with the Russian one. In 2013, the enterprise supplied more than 1.2m tonnes of metal goods to the CIS, which was nearly 33% more than a year earlier,' MMK reports. The awarding ceremony of the Best

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) is launching an industrial audit system on the basis of big data processing technology. The enterprise reports that the ubiquitous development of IT within today's automated production process results in accumulation of enormous amounts of data. This means that further successful development is only possible if extra-big data volumes, including non-structured data, can be processed efficiently and quickly. This task can be fulfilled with the help of BigData. MMK felt an acute need for big data processing after a set of requirements was created