UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 26, 2015. Four employees of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation were awarded Sverdlovsk Region Government's honorary certificates for their work performance, the corporation's press service reports. The awardees made great contribution to the Russian tank-making sector's and defense industry's development. They are: Head of Ural Vagon Zavod Tool-Making Office Evgeniy Kochergin, leading engineer from the Welding Department Mikhail Rozin, combat and special-purpose vehicles operator/tester Pavel Semenov, and leading engineer from Production

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 26, 2015. ChTPZ Group held a presentation for representatives of Russia's leading oil and gas companies and the Group's key customers: Gazprom, Transneft, LUKoil, Surgutneftegas, Bashneft, Slavneft, Irkutsk Oil Company, and SIBUR, the company press service reports. The Group made a presentation on its development strategy for 2015-2020. Within the next five years, the company intends to keep growing more financially healthy and gradually reduce its debt burden, which will make it possible to invest in technological advancement to suit the market's

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 26, 2015. Ural Airlines is offering special rates on its domestic flights on October 23-26, the company press service reports. The offer is valid for bookings made between October 23 and 26 only for flights to be operated between October 26, 2015 and April 22, 2016. Special rates are offered on all domestic flights operated from Moscow as well as on Novosibirsk-Khabarovsk-Novosibirsk and Irkutsk-Vladivostok-Irkutsk. Tickets can be booked on the airline website, with the help of Uralairlines App or the company's call center as well as at any booking office.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 26, 2015. MegaFon Ural looked into its subscriber data to find out residents of which cities seem more interested in numerical effects in the mobile communications sphere, the company press service reports. It follows from the analysis of the telecommunications provider's database that most of its 'good-looking' numbers belong to subscribers based in Tyumen, Yekaterinburg, and Surgut. These cities currently host the greatest number of people with the so-called 'gold', 'silver', and 'platinum' digit combinations that

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 26, 2015. The prices of consumer goods and services went up by 11.4% in September 2015 compared with December 2014; a year earlier, the increase stood at 6.1% (September 2014 against December 2013), Sverdlovskstat reports. The overall increase in food prices (including strong drinks) was above that of last year (11.7% against 8.9%). Food items (excluding strong drinks) grew 12.3% more expensive ( against 8.7% a year earlier). Fish and seafood, meat, bread and pastry, milk and dairy products grew 19.2%, 9.4%, 9.2%, and 9.1% more expensive, respectively. The price