January 20, 2015. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) was issued a certificate by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping: the enterprise is now officially recognized as manufacturer of shipbuilding steels РСD500Arc30(Arc50), РСE500Arc30(Arc50), and РСF500Arc30(Arc50) that can be up to 60mm thick when/if thermally treated. MMK rolled steel was declared to comply with the rules for classification, construction, and equipment of floating drill rigs and stationary offshore platforms and with the rules for classification and construction of marine vessels under technical supervision of the

January 20, 2015. Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s hockey team players are now getting ready for the opening game of the Russian Classic championship that will take place at the corporation’s Sputnik Stadium in Nizhniy Tagil. ‘On February 13, Vostochny Front (the corporation’s team) will play Zapadny Front (the Supreme Hockey League’s manager team). The names of the teams (‘Eastern Front’ and ‘Western Front’) were chosen in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War V-Day,’ the corporation’s press service reports. The team members now practice twice a week, with Sputnik Hockey

January 20, 2015. ChTZ Uraltrac (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) won a tender for the delivery of two PK 65 lift trucks to the Federal Agency for Special Construction (Spetsstroy). According to Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service, the first yellow-and-black-painted vehicle will be shipped to Saint Petersburg, to one of Spetsstroy divisions. ‘The other PK 65 will be going to Plesetsk space port. Its final destination point is in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Region. This truck will be painted in Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s colors,’ the press service says.

January 20, 2015. A design office will be set up in Sverdlovsk Region to calculate the costs of launching Lastochka high-speed electric trains (created by Ural Locomotives, a member enterprise of Sinara Group) to take its passengers from Koltsovo Airport to Yekaterinburg and then to Verkhoturye, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policy Department reports. The decision was made after Lastochka’s pilot ride to Verkhoturye. ‘Sverdlovsk Region Government, in cooperation with Sverdlovsk Railways and Sinara Group, decided to set up a design office as part of our commuter company in order

January 20, 2015. Yekaterinburg hotels have managed to get at least 55% of their rooms booked and used since 2009; in 2015, the demand is expected to rise to 60%, the city council’s press service reports. The scale of available accommodation in Yekaterinburg more than doubled in 2004-2014: there used to be as few as 48 hotels in the city back in 2004; in 2014, the figure reached 109 (with five more hotels expected to open next year). ‘The hotel industry keeps on developing and is now ready to provide its guests with everything one needs for a comfortable stay in the city. Yekaterinburg hosts

January 20, 2015. Ural Airlines launches a new Moscow Yekaterinburg flight on January 19, 2015: the new U6 273 flight takes off conveniently at 8:30 AM. According to the airline’s press service, flights will be operated four times a week, Monday through Thursday, on the comfortable Airbus liners that have both economy and business class sections. In addition, the company’s existing U6 270 flight (Yekaterinburg-Moscow) will be operated more often. The departure time is 20:15 PM, with flights offered four times a week, Tuesday through Friday. The flight only used to be available twice a week,