December 3, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Corporation decided to set up a youth organization that will unite young workers from all of the corporation’s member enterprises and will help deal with the most important issues in youth policy. According to the corporation’s press service, the creation of a youth organization will become the next important step in the holding’s integration process. ‘Nearly all of our plant, design offices, and scientific research institutes have youth organizations of this or that kind, the most efficient ones being the organizations at Yekaterinburg-based Plant 9 and

December 3, 2014. Yekaterinburg proved to be one of Russia’s top five cities to visit in 2014, Travel.ru claims. The website’s rating was based on the data available on this year’s tourist bookings. The top ten best places to visit in Russia are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Sochi, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Nizhniiy Novgorod, Perm, Novosibirsk, and Samara. According to Travel.ru, this year travelers make 3.5-day trips around Russia on average and spend an average of 3,900 RUR per night in a hotel (which is 15% less than abroad). As for Yekaterinburg, tourists arrive for three days and

December 3, 2014. Yekaterinburg was given the third position in the rating of international brands as they are represented in Russian cities this year; this rating was drawn up by Magazin Magazinov and featured the country’s thirty-six largest cities. ‘The first five positions have been given to the same cities over the last few years (2011-2014): Moscow is on top of the list, with 90% of all the international brands operating in Russia running their outlets in the capital; Saint Petersburg is in the second place (50%) and Yekaterinburg is in the third place (37%). Krasnodar (32%) and

December 3, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region came third in Generalny Director magazine’s rating of Russian constituencies with the best investment climate. The constituency is Russia’s fifth best place in terms of labor force available, third best place in terms of demand for everyday commodities, fifth best place in terms of demand for long-term use goods, sixty-first best place in terms of economic growth rate, fifty-eighth best place in terms of infrastructure development, and second best in terms of fiscal system development. Now Moscow was on top of this rating, and Kaliningrad Region was given

December 3, 2014. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development landed a contract with MOTIV Group: the telecommunications provider will now use the bank’s acquiring services, so all of its subscribers can put money into their mobile phone account online at motivtelecom.ru using their Visa card (issued by any bank). All you need to do is fill in a special form on the company website, providing your phone number, the amount of money you’d like to put into your account, and your bank card details. The UBRD, the acquiring bank, does not charge any commission for the service, the bank’s