July 30, 2014. Evgeniy Olkhovik was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors at Koltsovo Airport, the Yekaterinburg-based airport reports. The election took place during Koltsovo Airport BOD meeting on July 25. The airport’s company secretary was also elected during the meeting. Following the annual general meeting which was held on June 30, a new Board of Directors was elected as well. The BOD now comprises Andrei Shtorkh, Alexander Zaporozhskiy, Evgeniy Olkhovik, Evgeniy Chudnovskiy, Alexei Piskunov, Dmitri Kasatkin, Nikolai Ulyanov, and Oleg Fedotovskikh.

Moscow, July 29, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region residents proved some of the most active users of the United Government Services Portal in the first half of 2014, the Russian Telecommunications Ministry reports. People living in Sverdlovsk Region use the portal as often as those living in Moscow, Moscow Region, Saint Petersburg, and Samara Region. Checking for road fines, unpaid taxes, and being on the list of enforcement proceedings instituted by the Federal Service of Court Officers was the most popular service. Also, more people applied for international passports and pension savings online than

July 30, 2014. The e-banking system of the Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development was declared the best in the Convenience of Payments & Data Layout category among the banks based in Central and Eastern Europe. The award was given out by the respected international magazine Global Finance which decides upon the best financial institutions all over the world every year, the bank’s press service reports. Winners were announced upon the completion of a large-scale research on e-banking systems for private individuals offered in six sectors of the world. Based on the research

July 30, 2014. Eric Trump, son of the American billionaire Donald Trump, is going to visit Yekaterinburg in the fall. He confirmed his participation in the international high-rise construction forum (100+Forum Russia) that will be held in Yekaterinburg on September 24-26 with the Russian Construction Ministry’s support, the forum’s press service says. Eric Trump is now executive Vice President, Development and Acquisitions, at The Trump Organization, one of the major US construction companies with a reputation for skyscrapers. One such skyscraper is Trump Tower, the world-renowned 58-storey

July 30, 2014. A subsidiary of the State Hermitage Museum might open in Yekaterinburg soon. On July 29, Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob met the Hermitage representatives to talk about Russia’s largest museum’s arrival in the Urals’ capital. According to the city council’s press service, Head of Yekaterinburg Council Culture Department Tatiana Yaroshevskaya and Director of Yekaterinburg Fine Arts Museum Nikita Korytin took part in the meeting as well. The State Hermitage Museum’s team comprised Deputy Director-General Alexei Bogdanov and Deputy Head of the West-European Fine Art