UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 1, 2015. There are now 2,354 pay parking slots in Yekaterinburg, Roman Barakovskikh from the city council Transport Committee said in the recent broadcast of Poslesloviye. The official said 854 new slots were provided last week alone. 'Pay parking lots are introduced in the busiest parts of the city, where cars have to be parked in several rows. We met all of this year's target figures for parking lots,' he said. Six patrol cars to control compliance with the parking regulations cruise the city streets 24/7. At the end of the day, their data get

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 1, 2015. Sverdlovsk Region residents‘ spending increased by 12.5% in the first half of 2015 compared with a year earlier and came to 877.1bn RUR all in all, while their income rose by 9.3% and came to 848.4bn RUR. Sverdlovskstat reports 687.7bn RUR were directed to goods and services (up 7.1% on a year earlier). In June 2015, the locals‘ income came to 154.4bn RUR (8.8% more than a year earlier), while their spending came to 158.2bn RUR (up 8.3% on a year earlier).

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 1, 2015. The amount of money deposited at Ural Federal District-based banks rose by 23.8% in the first half of 2015 and thus reached 536bn RUR, Deposit Insurance Agency reports. Deposits over 1m RUR large grew the fastest and thus increased by 1.5 times. Deposits in the 700,000 RUR to 1m RUR range went up by 44.7%, while those in the 100,000 RUR to 700,000 RUR range remained more or less at the same level. Deposits in the under-100 RUR range rose by 3.8%. A private individual's bank deposit came to 197,400 RUR on average as of July 1, 205. That of a sole

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 1, 2015. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) made its bid in Gazprom's auction for the delivery of a set of large-diameter pipes for the company, TMK press service reports. The company representatives explain their bids won in two lots, so now TMK will have to deliver 37,535,000 kg of 1,420mm LDPs (wall thickness 21.6mm, strength grade K60, working pressure 9.8 mega-pascals) to Gazprom Invest by the end of the year. Also, another 7,292,600 kg of 720mm LDPs (wall thickness 10mm, strength grade K55, working pressure 7.4 mega-pascals) to Gazprom Tsentrremont. The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 1, 2015. Plant 9 (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) launched a modern laser cutting unit made in Russia; this equipment is less expensive than its foreign counterpart and allows for cutting metal that is up to 20mm thick, the corporation's press service reports. 'The ytterbium fiber laser LS4 was installed at the plant's welding department, which has been given a complete overhaul recently and is now being fitted with new equipment. The unique LS4 unit has been assembled, undergone start-up and commissioning, and is now fully