UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 28, 2015. The inflow of foreign stars who bring their shows to Yekaterinburg is down due to the financial and economic crisis in the country, Teleclub and Dom Pechati producer Semyon Galperin told UrBC in an interview. According to Galperin, the performers' fees went up in proportion to the growing dollar and euro exchange rate, which was to be expected. A $10,000 show used to cost 300,000 RUR before but costs as much as 700,000 RUR now. 'Hardly anyone can cope with such price increases; as a result, the demand for foreign stars' shows has been

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 28, 2015. Existing home prices keep dropping on Yekaterinburg estate market, Ural Real Estate Chamber reports. As of September 21, the average asking price came to 72,455 RUR per m2, down 4.9% on the start of the year. Prices in the most expensive part of the city went down to 99,712 RUR per m2 in the last four weeks; as for the second most expensive districts, the average asking price declined by 0.7%, down to 76,854 RUR per m2. As for the third and fourth most expensive areas, prices dropped by 0.5% (down to 66,704 RUR per m2) and by 1.3% (down to 62,344 RUR

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 28, 2015. Seversky Pipe Plant/STZ (a member enterprise of Pipe Metallurgical Company) can now make CC rough stock for boiler tubes, the company press service reports. The rough stock was ordered by Sinarsky Pipe Plant (one of Pipe Metallurgical Company's Urals-based member enterprises as well). The plant used to get its rough stock from Volzhsky Pipe Plant (yet another one of Pipe Metallurgical Company's member enterprises) before. The technical parameters for boiler tube stock made of 20/5 steel were designed by Seversky Pipe Plant in cooperation with

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 28, 2015. ChTPZ Group organized a business conference for over forty representatives of industrial enterprises from different parts of Russia, the company press service reports. Visitors to the conference took a tour of Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) first, taking a look at the Iron Ozone 32 (the electric steel-smelting facility) and Finishing Center, among other things. The Group's development strategy was the primary focus of the forum. The company's key priorities for 2015-2020 are improvements in the Group's

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 28, 2015. Vyacheslav Popov, an electrician from Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant/ChTPZ was awarded the Order For Merit to the Fatherland (1st Class) by the Russian Federation President's decree, the company press service reports. The award was given out by Plenipotentiary Representative of Russian Federation President in Ural Federal District Igor Kholmanskikh. 'The future of this country depends on just how independent we grow from imported produce and how efficiently we make our own. It's no secret the blue-collar jobs have lost their prestige