March 2, 2015. Yekaterinburg is going to host Russia’s ice skating championship this year, the city council’s press service refers to Head of Yekaterinburg Council Physical Culture, Sports, & Tourism Department Lyudmila Fitina as saying. According to Fitina, the championship will be held at Uralets Club (90 Bolshakov St) on December 23-28. Yekaterinburg was granted the right to host the championship after competing with Sochi for the privilege.

March 2, 2015. Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration court is going to consider an application by Moscow-based Kronika, which insists that Yekaterinburg-based Elmash (UETM) be declared bankrupt; the claim was placed with the court on February 26, 2015. As can be inferred from the case-related materials, the court made Elmash pay Kronika over 13m RUR in September 2014. The defendant did not agree with the court’s ruling and tried to appeal against it, yet the 17th Court of Arbitration & Appeals supported the earlier ruling. Elmash (UETM) was registered as a business on April 28, 2012 and is now

March 2, 2015. The import of strong drinks to Russia went down considerably in January, Interfax refers to the Center for National Alcohol Policy as stating. For one, beer import dropped by a whopping 78%, down to 3.04m liters, while that of champagne and sparkling wines plunged by 48% (down to 1.18m liters) against January 2014. The import of still wines went down by 48% as well, down to 12.48m liters. Additionally, the imports of vodka, liqueurs, and spirits decreased to 1.15m liters, which was 19.4% less than a year earlier; those of cognac, brandy, and grappa declined by 41.2%, down to

March 2, 2105. A group of Russian and Kazakh delegates, headed by Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Boris Dubrovsky and Governor of Kostanai Region Nuraly Saduakasov visited Vysota 239 Department of Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant (ChTPZ). A tour of Chelyabinsk Region’s largest industrial enterprise was part of the Kazakhstan’s representatives’ visit to the Southern Urals in order to reinforce the two parties’ foreign economic connections and to negotiate over some promising cooperation projects, the plant’s press service reports. The department’s production facilities and the company’s corporate

March 2, 2015. Uralvagonzavod Corporation adopted an industrial safety policy for hazardous industrial facilities. This policy is based on the government industrial safety policy and is customized to meet the company’s specific production technicalities, the corporation’s press service reports. ‘The main goal is to ensure secure industrial safety levels at the departments where facilities are run that could do economic, social, and environmental damage to society in case of an accident,’ the press service says. To prevent accidents, the industrial safety must reach a level that brings their