February 10, 2015. Rosneft and Uralvagonzavod Corporation are starting to work together on scientific research on, production of and introduction of hi tech lubricating materials. According to the corporation’s press service, the oil company representatives attended Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant in order to hold talks on the partnership agreement that was signed by Rosneft President and Chairman of the Board Igor Sechin and Uralvagonzavod Corporation Director-General Oleg Sienko. The talks resulted in a cooperation strategy and in plans to develop, test, and produce lubricating

February 10, 2015. Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant museum is currently running For the Good of the Fatherland, an exhibition dedicated to the plant workers who took part in the local wars in the second half of the 20th century. According to the corporation’s press service, there are materials on over forty people and some 200 exhibits in the exhibition hall. The exhibits and artifacts were provided by the war veterans and their families themselves as well as by Special Operation Unit 12 from Ural Interior Troops, and by Nizhniy Tagil Local War Veterans Museum. ‘Many of these exhibits

February 10, 2015. Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court is going to consider the claim laid by Stupinskiy Trading Firm: the plaintiff asks for Sysert-based Energomash-Uralgidromash to be declared insolvent. The claim was placed with the court on February 4, 2015. Now Energomash-Uralgidromash was a successor or Uralelectrotyazhmash-Uralgidromash, which, in its turn, was set up as a result of a merger between Uralelectrotyazhmash and Uralgidromash. The company was registered on March 2, 2009. It primarily focuses on making pumps and liquid-lifting equipment; the company also deals in repair and

February 10, 2015. This year’s first issue of the monthly magazine Technowars came out; the magazine is the product of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation and is supported by the Russian Industry & Trade Ministry’s Military & Industrial Committee and by the Promising Research Fund. According to the corporation’s press service, while working on the issue the editorial board couldn’t but consider the changing geopolitical circumstances and the way this will affect the Russian defense industry. Judging by the key industrial projects under way at the moment, the Russian

February 10, 2015. Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob thanked the coordinators and participants of Russian Ski Track 2015, the All-Russian ski race, the city council’s press service reports. The outcome of the race has proved once again that Yekaterinburg can easily host any large-scale events on a great organizational level. This year, Russian Ski Track gathered together over 20,000 sports lovers, all of whom had to be invited, delivered to their pistes, and protected against any security and safety problems. Thanks to the city council, all the planning had taken place well in