UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 16, 2015. Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant/ChTPZ paid some 4bn RUR in taxes (directed to Chelyabinsk Region budget) this year, the company press service reports. The plant’s BOD Chairman Alexander Fedorov presented the figures during his meeting with Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Boris Dubrovsky. ‘We have an understanding that ChTPZ is going to meet all the target figures for the year 2015. This year, we supplied our large-diameter pipes to major infrastructure projects such as the Power of Siberia, the Southern Gas Corridor, and Bovanenkovo-Ukta; we also

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 16, 2015. Sverdlovsk Region’s industrial production index (IPI) declined by 6.7% in November 2015 compared with October 2015 and by 0.3% compared with last November, Sverdlovskstat reports. Also, the IPI in January-November 2015 was 3.9% less than in January-November 2014. The processing industries’ IPI dropped by 9.6% in November compared with a month earlier and by 0.8% compared with November 2014. The IPI for January-November 2015 was 2.7% lower than in January-November 2014. The fossil resources development industries’ IPI went down by 10% in the course of

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 16, 2015. Sverdlovsk Region-based companies’ turnover rose by 8.1% in January-November 2015 compared with January-November 2014 and amounted to 5,129,021,000,000 RUR, Sverdlovskstat reports. Things look best in the wholesale and retail trade sector (which includes car mechanic’s services and repairs of household goods and personal items), with turnover at 2,847,047,000,000 RUR, up 7.1% on a year earlier. The processing industries’ turnover came to 1,393,457,000,000 RUR, or 16.3% more than a year earlier. At the same time, the construction industry’s overall

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 16, 2015. Sverdlovsk Region division of Russia’s Federal Service of Court Officers banned 61,174 locals from leaving the country in the last eleven months, the division’s press service reports. According to the division, this is 8,484 people more than a year earlier. These people’s unpaid debts come to 108,000 RUR on average. Most of the debtors are the ones who failed to make their loan repayments in time.

UrBC, Moscow, December 16, 2015. Russia’s diamond jewellery market declined by 40% in ruble terms and by three times in dollar terms (down to $1bn) this year, Vedomosti refers to Bain & Co as reporting. The company says this decrease in sales has to do with the current economic situation, people’s shrinking incomes, and, consequently, more competition with less expensive precious stones, designer jewellery not made of precious materials, and silver items. According to the company’s experts, the Russian market has always tended to focus on less expensive items, but this trend has grown