July 31, 2014. The authorized capital of NPO Avtomatiki, a scientific & production association and a federal government-run unitary enterprise based in Yekaterinburg, increased by 2.66bn RUR, the organization’s report states. In early July, the enterprise went through with an issue of 2.66m of ordinary shares with face value of 1,000 RUR per item. The joint stock company’s shares can be, as it is reported, ‘purchased by the Russian Federation, Russian Federation constituencies or municipalities if the latter or its divisions are being restructured into a federal or local government-run

July 31, 2014. The U.S. Consulate in Yekaterinburg temporarily stopped issuing visas due to a technical problem within the passport and visa-issuing system, the US Consulate-General in Yekaterinburg’s website states. The same announcements were made via the US websites in other parts of Russia. The announcements explain that it is not only Russia but also other countries where the problem exists. The Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs says some systemic changes were made at the weekend aimed at an increase in productivity, which resulted in this technical problem. It is not

July 31, 2014. The worth of all the construction jobs completed within Sverdlovsk Region with the help of local resources amounted to 40.8bn RUR in January-June 2014, Sverdlovskstat reports. This figure was, in comparable scores, 5.8% lower than a year earlier. As for Russia on the whole, the figure declined by 2.6%. In fact, in the first half of 2014, 777,000 sq m worth of housing were commissioned in Sverdlovsk Region, which was twice as much as in the first half of 2013.

July 31, 2014. NPO Electromachine, one of Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s Chelyabinsk-based member enterprises, started introducing the principles of lean production. The company has already come up with a production system development plan based on this method. Some of the basic principles are already being used at some of the company’s processing departments, Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s press service reports. Personnel training is one of the first stages of the project. Nearly 100% of staff are expected to be trained. The enterprise is offering workshops on the

July 31, 2014. Omsktransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) now offers a virtual tour of the company military and labor hall of fame on its website. Any visitor can now take a tour of the hall and have a look at the exhibits, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. Omsktransmash set up a hall of fame in 1980. The area of the hall comes to over 400 sq m, including 350 sq m of exhibition area. Hundreds of people visit the actual hall every year. Tours are offered to both the company employees and high school and college students. The hall of fame comprises some