March 24, 2015. Ural Airlines and their partner Wheely are offering chauffeur services at reduced price, the airline’s press service reports. Wings Club members will be able to get 1,000-ruble promo codes for the purpose. Besides, every new member will be given a 500-ruble promo code as a welcome; the code can also be used for the chauffeur service. Respectable-looking cars with no taxi signs and professional drivers in suits are provided; payments can be made by credit card via an app. You can join Wings Club by submitting an application on the company’s website.

March 24, 2015. Sverdlovsk Region-based industrial enterprises shipped 269.5bn worth of goods (in current prices) to their customers in January and September 2015, which was 132.9% better than in the first two months of 2014, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policy Department reports. Most of the customer shipments (231.2bn RUR worth of goods) were made by enterprises in the processing sector. Metallurgical companies and metal goods manufacturers’ shipment output rose by 1.6 times, that of food, drink, and tobacco manufacturers went up by 24.8%, that of chemical companies increased

March 24, 2015. Moody’s confirmed Enel Russia’s corporate rating at Ba3 and its PDR at Ba3 PD, with Negative rating outlook. According to the agency’s press release, these ratings are reflexive of Moody’s expectations that Enel will be able to keep up with the financial performance necessary to retain its Ba3 status despite Russia’s macroeconomic straits.

March 24, 2015. Sinara Group is currently negotiating on supplying its freight locos and Lastochka electric trains to Azerbaijan, Sverdlovsk Region Government’s website states. A group of government officials went to Azerbaijan in March 2014; the projects that were discussed at the time have entered their implementation stage now. ‘This was a useful, multi-purpose visit; we took our relations with the Republic of Azerbaijan to a new level. Sinara is now successfully negotiating on supplying its locomotives to Azerbaijan,’ says Sinara Group BOD Chairman Dmitri Pumpyanski. The Group also

March 24, 2015. Ural Federal University will be allocated 750m RUR throughout the year 2015 to work on the Russian college competitiveness enhancement program, UFU’s press service reports. The decision to grant UFU the funds was taken by the board of the 5-100 Project, which coordinates the program. The press service did not specify where exactly the money will be directed.