UrBC, Moscow, September 15, 2015. Russia got 5.283m tons of our wheat grains exported as of September 9, which was 1.5 times less than a year earlier, the Agriculture Ministry reports. ‘6,786m tons of grains were exported altogether, including 5,283m tons of wheat, 1,258m tons of barley, 204,000 tons of corn, and 41,000 tons of other crops,’ the Ministry says. A year earlier, the export figures stood at 8,753m tons, including 7,687m tons of wheat. The Agriculture Ministry’s forecast is that this year’s overall grain yield could reach 103m tons, with 25 to 30m tons available for export, RIA

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 15, 2015. Prices on Yekaterinburg existing homes market went down by 4.4% between late 2014 and August 2015, Ural Real Estate Chamber reports. On average, prices tended to decline by 0.2% a week and by 0.7% in the last four weeks. Interestingly, the price changes were most noticeable in the city’s fourth most expensive housing district and in downtown Yekaterinburg, where the decrease came to 0.8% over the last four weeks, down to 62,868 RUR and 101,520 RUR per m2, respectively. Homes immediately outside central locations became 0.6% less expensive, 77,137 RUR

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 15, 2015. Nearly 50,000 people came to the International Russia Arms Expo 2015 Exhibition in Nizhniy Tagil as visitors and exponents, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s Deputy DG Alexei Zharich said at a press conference. ‘The event was definitely a success, with an unprecedented number of delegations from sixty-five different countries. A military and technological cooperation pavilion was put up specially for these; besides, visitors could take guided tours of our defense enterprises in addition to just coming to the exhibition. They were offered a busy and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 15, 2015. Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) recently shipped one of its B10M bulldozers to Mongolia, the company press service reports. ‘The machine was sent across the entire country to Solovyevsk Station by rail; from there on, the platform with a tractor on it will be taken care of by the Mongolian railway workers. The tractor is to reach the easternmost part of the country, close to China and Chita Region,’ the press service says. Head of the plant’s export service Vladimir Klein says their Mongolian dealer Zhargal

UrBC, Nizhniy Tagil, September 15, 2015. Managers and lower-level employees of Uralvagonzavod Corporation‘s head plant received the Russian Defense Ministry‘s awards on September 12, Tankman‘s Day, the plant‘s press service reports. The solemn awarding ceremony was carried out by Lieutenant-Colonel Sergei Tarasov, who is in charge of military vehicles and arms quality control in MoD Sverdlovsk Region section. He pointed out that medals were given to the awardees for their great personal contribution to Russian tank industry development. 15 people were awarded altogether. Three workers from