HomeMaterials for 17.12.2015
17 December 201517:16

UVZSHOP, Zvezda to make toy Russian tanks

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 17, 2015. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s souvenir shop UVZSHOP.ru and Russia’s leading model and board games manufacturer Zvezda are launching their new collection of toy-sized replicas of military vehicles produced by the corporation’s member enterprises. According to the company press service, the first two models – T90S (tank) and Solntsepek TOS-1A (flame-throwing unit) – are already on offer in shops. 10,000 copies were made for each of the two models. Toy replicas of Terminator and Terminator 2 (combat fire support vehicles) and Meta-S (self-propelled
17 December 201517:15

Yekaterinburg welcomes over 2m visitors this year

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 17, 2015. Yekaterinburg incoming tourist traffic came to 2.1m people in the eleven months of 2015, the city council’s deputy head Sergei Tushin said in his interview to Open Studio. Yekaterinburg on Channel 41. ‘These figures definitely prove that our authorities’ continuous efforts to promote local tourist services have been successful. The steps we take to make the city’s economy more diverse result in various points of tourist attraction in Yekaterinburg,’ the official said. Tushin said companies organizing tours along the Trans-Siberian routes were key
17 December 201517:14

Sverdlovsk Region proves Russia’s 29th best place to get a mortgage

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 17, 2015. Sverdlovsk Region came 29th on RIA Rating’s list of Russian Federation constituencies with the most affordable mortgages. Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous Region was at the top, with mortgages possible for 49% of local households; Khanty-Mansiysky Autonomous Region (37%) came second, Magadan Region (35%) was in the third place, Kamchatka Territory (29%) was in the fourth place, and Murmansk Region (29%) was in the fifth place. Only 15.5% of Sverdlovsk Region’s households can afford to take out a mortgage, which is much worse than the figures for neighboring