February 12, 2015. Panorama was chosen as an official broadcasting partner for Russia Arms Expo 2015 and for the large-scale demonstration of the Russian military vehicles’ combat and operation potential, Uralvagonzavod Corporation (RAE’s primary coordinator) press service reports. ‘Panorama has broadcast over 700 sports, political, and cultural events in Russia and abroad. The company’s key project was on the national TV signal for the 22nd Winter Olympics and the national and international TV signals for the 11th Winter Paralympics 2014 in Sochi. The International Olympic Committee awarded

February 12, 2015. A home front workers memorial will be unveiled in Chelyabinsk on Victory Day to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the country’s victory in Great Patriotic War. The management of ChTZ Uraltrac (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) decided to donate to the memorial a historic mill made in 1936 that was earlier used by the plant. According to Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service, the memorial is to portray two teenagers, a boy and a girl, kneeling over a mill and making a shell. ‘The unnatural juxtaposition of children and weapons is meant to produce a

February 12, 2015. MegaFon and QIWI (a payment service) launched a new, Visa-based QIWI Wallet together, the mobile carrier’s press service reports. MegaFon subscribers can now make payments to Visa QIWI Wallet providers at no extra charge. Money can be transferred from the mobile phone account or QIWI wallet; the e-wallet can be used to pay Internet and housing bills and fines and to do shopping online. In addition to this, MegaFon subscribers get a bonus (0.5% of the payment amount) for each transaction via Visa QIWI Wallet; the bonus goes to a subscriber’s mobile phone account. New Visa

February 12, 2015. A sports player from Seversky Pipe Plant (STZ, a member enterprise of Pipe Metallurgical Company) Anna Medvedeva won the Ural round of Russian Ski Track 2015, an All-Russian ski race. Medvedeva was the best in the ten-kilometer free style race, the company’s press service reports. Master of sports in ski racing, Anna Medvedeva has been working at STZ Pipe-Rolling Department since 2008. The 25-year-old sports woman spends all of her free time practicing with the help of Andrei Medvedev, her brother and coach at Polevskoy Junior Sports School. This is the first time an STZ

February 12, 2015. In December 2014, the average amount of money a customer spent at Ural Federal District-based shops kept growing primarily due to an anomalous surge in consumer demand, which, in its turn, was caused by the plummeting exchange rate of the ruble. The country’s average came to 670 RUR, which was 15% more than a month earlier, Romir, a research holding, reports. This figure was also 10% higher than in December 2013 (605 RUR). The average bottom line on a cash receipt changed in all parts of Russia last December; the figure grew the most in the south of the country (+21%), by