UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 4, 2016. 1,360 people were made redundant in Sverdlovsk Region since the start of 2016, and 1,244 more people working for eighteen different organizations are going to be let go soon, the Legislative Assembly deputy Andrei Alshevskikh refers to the Labor & Employment Department as stating. As of March 2, Yekaterinburg Champagne Factory reported 121 out of 127 workers were made redundant and Giprospetsgaz Ural made 109 out of 109 people redundant. According to the Labor & Employment Department, 770 workers out of jobs have already managed to find new

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 4, 2016. Winners of the annual Compliance 2015 Prize were awarded at the 5th annual International Compliance Association (ICA) Conference. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) won the Compliance Leadership Prize. TMK Compliance & Foreign Economic Activity Director Vladimir Pribylovsky received the award on his company’s behalf. Compliance consists in meeting the legal, state, and regulatory bodies’ requirements as well as various standards (from quality standards to environmental to accounting ones). Compliance is also understood, in broader terms, as an

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 4, 2016. The telecommunications provider MegaFon started selling MegaFon Login 4G, a new tablet computer, MegaFon Ural’s press service reports. The device is now available at all of the provider’s local outlets as well as online. The new tablet comes for 4,990 RUR if you subscribe to Internet services. This is an Android 5.1-based gadget, with a quad-core chip to ensure smooth operation of all the apps, 1Gb worth of random access memory and 8Gb worth of internal memory (plus a 32Gb microSD slot), and a 1024*600 screen to ensure best viewing of HD videos. The tablet

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 4, 2016. D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak Nizhniy Tagil Drama Theater is now working on the production of We, the Undersigned, a play by Alexander Gelman, and getting ready for the Bulat Okudzhava Theater Festival. Both events, scheduled for April 22-24, 2016, are meant to celebrate Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s 80th anniversary. According to the company press service, the first night of We, the Undersigned is expected to become the three-day festival’s key feature. These are not only the Nizhniy Tagil Drama Theater actors who are starring in the play but also the nationally

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 4, 2016. Electromachine (a member enterprise of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation) declassified an order on the creation of new production facilities issued by the USSR Industry Minister P. Finogenov on June 20, 1985. The company press service explains this document has some historic value and will be directed to Chelyabinsk Region State Archive. The order touches upon the foundation of Electromachine: ‘Given Chelyabinsk Electromachine Plant, SKB Rotor, and SKB Turbine’s instrumentality in the production and maintenance of electrical equipment, fire- and tank-control