January 22, 2015. 28 Sverdlovsk Region-based enterprises announced they were going to lay off staff, Sverdlovsk Region Labor & Employment Department’s press secretary Olga Ruleva informed UrBC. ‘Nearly all of these enterprises informed us as early as at the end of last year, and only one enterprise notified us in early 2015,’ Ruleva said. Uralasbest (Asbest, Sverdlovsk Region) will lay off 441 people, VSMPO Avisma (Verknyaya Salda) will let go over a hundred workers, Vodokanal (Volchansk) will lay off 80 workers, and Municipal Filtering Works of Bogdanovich will lay off 41 people.

January 22, 2015. Ural Airlines is launching new flights from the Volga Region to the country’s capital. Starting on January 30, 2015, a new flight U6 384/383 (Kazan-Moscow-Kazan) will be operated by the air carrier every Monday and Friday (Kazan-Moscow) and every Friday and Sunday (Moscow-Kazan), the airline’s press service reports. Starting from January 30, another scheduled flight will be offered by the company: U6 382/381 will take passengers from Volgograd to Moscow and back. The flight to Moscow will be operated every Friday and Sunday, the return one every Monday and Friday. Besides,

January 22, 2015. Two Starbucks cafes will open at Yekaterinburg’s Koltsovo Airport very soon: the first one will appear next to Terminal B airside, the other one in Terminal B landside within three months’ time, the airport’s press service reports. ‘Passengers can treat themselves to the entire range of the famous coffee chain’s drinks and dishes: espresso-based drinks, Starbucks Frappuccinos, freshly made coffee, pour-over coffee, sandwiches, desserts, and other offers. Besides, the cafes will coordinate seminars where every visitor will be able to learn about different kinds of coffee and

January 22, 2015. Volchansk subsidiary of UVZ, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant, produced flat car 23-5176 for in-plant transportation purposes. According to the corporation’s press service, the platform was designed by Ural Carriage-Making Design Office (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) and was customized to meet the specific needs of the customer, one of Sverdlovsk Region-based industrial enterprises. перевозок. ‘This 23-5176 flat car, mounted on 18-194-1 makes, is meant for transportation of processing tools and equipment that weighs up to 110,000 kg. Volchansk

January 22, 2015. Sverdlovsk Region Government is not going to sell its 17.28% shareholding in Koltsovo Airport, the Public Property Management Ministry’s website states. All in all, Sverdlovsk Region (through the Mid-Urals Development Corporation) owns 34.56% of the airport’s shares. The airport’s shareholders agreed to raise the enterprise’s authorized capital by 200,000 RUR through a share issue (200,000 of ordinary registered shares with face value of 1 RUR each), which means the government’s shareholding risks being diluted. A portion of the shareholding will be sold by auction on