UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 25, 2016. Police officers from Yekaterinburg division of the Internal Affairs Ministry’s Criminal Investigation Department and officers from Police Station 9 identified and detained three people suspected of crimes against property, the department’s press service reports. Two Yekaterinburg residents and a native of Nizhniy Tagil are charged with armed assault, robbery, and theft committed in December 2015. The suspects presumably attacked mobile phone shops, as one of them was actually employed as a sales assistant in one of such stores. The information he had about

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 25, 2016. 4,041 new cars were sold in Yekaterinburg in the first two months of the year 2016, which was actually 30% less than one year earlier, Auto-Dealer-Yekaterinburg reports. The market shrank by a quarter in February, with local dealers selling 2,333 automobiles (-25%). Broken down by the most popular brands, the sales figures look like this: 571 Ladas (the current bestseller on Yekaterinburg market), 529 Toyotas (the best-selling foreign brand at the moment), and 310 Hyundais. The latter is now among the three brands whose sales decreased the most over the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 25, 2016. Over a hundred children living in Sverdlovsk Region’s foster homes and boarding schools for orphans took part in a football championship dubbed ‘The Future Depends on You,’ the telecommunications provider MegaFon Ural, one of the championship sponsors, reports. Games are held in Yekaterinburg, Verkhniy Tagil, Kamensk Uralsky, Maly Istok, Nizhniye Sergi, and (for the first time this year) Pervouralsk and Nizhniy Tagil. Eighteen games were held and over fifty goals were scored altogether. The first prizes in both the junior and senior contests went to the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 25, 2016. Ural Airlines operated this season’s first flight to France, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘This year’s first Yekaterinburg-Paris flight was operated on March 24, 2016, with over 120 passengers on board. The scheduled flights from Yekaterinburg to Paris and back will now be operated every Thursday,’ the press service says. The airline says there is a special offer on flights departing on March 31, April 7, and April 14 – tickets can be booked for 16,800 RUR (round trip), all fees included. You have to travel there and back within seven days to

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 25, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s Director-General Oleg Sienko and Czech Export Bank’s Director-General Karel Bureš signed a memorandum on the restructuring of debt occasioned by the delivery of technological equipment to the corporation in 2007. According to the company press service, the paper was signed during the Czech-Russian Intergovernmental Committee on Economic, Industrial, Scientific, and Technological Development. The loan was restructured at 2.9% a year through the year 2021. The paper-signing ceremony was attended by

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 24, 2016. Akademichesky proved the city’s most comfortable and developed district, N1. RU reports. Yekaterinburg residents were asked to assess the district they live in against fifteen infrastructure parameters. It appears that overall, people (wherever they live within the city) are the least happy with the traffic situation and the quality of roads and the happiest with the number of shops and with friendly neighbors. According to the survey findings, people living in Akademichesky complain mostly about the traffic jams and shortage of parking lots, while all the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 24, 2016. Sverdlovsk Region’s budget deficit came to 8.584bn RUR in January-February 2016, the Finance Ministry’s website states. Budget revenues amounted to 17.138bn RUR (9.7% of the target figure for the year), budget expenses reached 25.722bn RUR (13.5% of the target figure). Sverdlovsk Region’s state debt came to 67,980,958,000 RUR on March 1, 2016.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 24, 2016. Sinara Development (a member enterprise of Sinara Group) commissioned 210,500 m2 of housing and commercial estate in Yekaterinburg, Volgograd, and Volgograd Region last year, the Group’s press service reports. In Yekaterinburg, the first extension of Krylov, a premium class condo near Central Stadium, was commissioned in 2015, as was The Gulf Stream, a set of five apartment buildings in Mashinnaya St and Luganskaya St. The company commissioned 164,600 m2 worth of housing in the city altogether. In Volgograd, the Group commissioned Vertical, a set of

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 24, 2016. Kalugaputmash (a member enterprise of Sinara Transport Machines) got visited by students from Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (MIIT) Kaluga subsidiary, the Group’s press service reports. Students and their professors took a look at various production departments’ performance and saw how wheel sets are made, how track machine components are assembled, how sheet metal gets cut and bended, how hydraulic transmission gear is assembled, how components get subjected to thermal treatment, and how frames and smaller parts of track machines get

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 24, 2016. Electromachine (a member enterprise of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation) is going to direct some 16m RUR to servicing of its engineering infrastructure systems and application software, the company press service reports. A portion of this money will also be spent on maintenance and repairs of office appliances, IT infrastructure, and communication services. The portion designated for the IT segment will be doubled this year compared with the year 2015. For one, Electromachine is planning to purchase new engineering design software, which is expected to cost

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 23, 2016. Prices dropped by 9.2% on Yekaterinburg existing home market compared with February 2015, Ural Real Estate Chamber reports. As of March 21, 2106, the average price of a square meter came to 69,633 RUR, and the customers currently have plenty of options to choose from. Even though the market supply declined somewhat in January and February, it is still 28.6% larger than one year earlier: there are 10,360 apartments and 1,850 rooms in communal apartments for sale in the Chamber’s database (compared with 8,000 apartments and 1,200 rooms in February 2015). The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 23, 2016. Sverdlovsk Region residents’ accumulated income amounted to 1,809.5 trillion RUR last year (up 8.4% on a year earlier), while their spending was estimated at 1.867.6 trillion RUR (up 11.4% on a year earlier), Sverdlovskstat reports. Their paying capacity (calculated against the minimum shopping basket) dropped by 7.3%. For example, Sverdlovsk Region resident’s average monthly pay could get you 121.7 kg of beef in 2014 against 109.4 kg in 2015, or 650.3 against 641.6 liters of milk, or 6,414 against 6,103 eggs, or 857.7 against 650.1 kg of sugar,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 23, 2016. Ural Airlines are now offering new flight-planning options for online customers, the air carrier’s press service reports. For example, when booking online you can select and pay for any seat of your choice and get a boarding pass printout immediately. If you do not have access to the web at a given moment, you can also check in by contacting the company call center (the 300 RUR that this service costs get paid by credit card). You can buy an insurance policy for your flight alongside with your ticket online or through the call center (8-800-7700-262) and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 23, 2016. Omsktransmash (a member enterprise of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation) manufactured and delivered to customer its first two special fire trucks that are expected to be produced on a serial scale in the future. According to the company press service, the trucks withstood all the tests and trials and were approved all around. Under the terms of the contract, the customer is to receive the vehicles at the end of March. The special-purpose fire truck was designed at Omsktransmash in 2012 and presented at Russia Arms Expo in Nizhniy Tagil in September 2013. The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 23, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s company television recently aired the 100th broadcast of its UVZ Segodnya, newly themed for the purpose, the company press service reports. The program was first broadcast on March 28, 2014 and still retains its general concept today. The idea is to inform the teams of the corporation’s member enterprises located in different parts of Russia about the company news and the Russian machine-building and defense industry trends which influence the company’s current performance and its future prospects. UVZ company television is

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 22, 2016. A cyclone and a strong wind (up to 25 meters per second at some points) destroyed the electric mains and caused power cuts in thirty-nine towns and villages in Sverdlovsk Region, the local division of Russia’s Ministry of Emergencies reports. Also, several flights were delayed at Koltsovo Airport in Yekaterinburg. 104 rescue teams (over 600 people) and 110 vehicles were involved in the restoration work. All the jobs were completed on March 20, ensuring a stable power supply for all the users in the area.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 22, 2016. Ural Airlines are now starting to sell tickets for their direct flights to Crete, Greece, the air carrier’s press service reports. Yekaterinburg-Heraklion-Yekaterinburg flights will be operated every Thursday starting from April 28. Starting from May 29, 2016, two more flights (on Tuesdays and Sundays) will be available weekly. Tickets can be booked for as little as 13,350 RUR (one way) and 28,420 RUR (round trip), all fees included. ‘Heraklion offers amazing beach holiday options, rich history, and well-developed infrastructure, which makes it one of the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 22, 2016. Ural Airlines made booking extra in-flight services easier for its customers, the air carrier’s press service reports. When you book online, you can now select and pay for any comfortable seat of your choice as well as book and pay for the transfer of your pet on board. ‘The extra services options are available at Step 4 of the booking procedure. For example, passengers flying Economy class can pay extra for a seat close to the entrance/emergency exit (the other seats in the cabin are fully covered by the price of their ticket). Then, the price of taking

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 22, 2016. EVRAZ NTMK now produces a new variety of rolled metal products, namely, core components of P65 insulated rail joints. The first batch has already been delivered to the plant’s first customer, the company press service reports. ‘This is a popular product for railway builders and operators, essential for automatic block systems and electric interlocking,’ the press service says. The components are made from 30XGSA steel which has the necessary strength, hardness, and resilience parameters. A set of new rollers was purchased specially for this new product

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 22, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation presented its Voentur Project at the 11th International Intourmarket Exhibition, the company press service reports. The corporation’s and the city of NizhniyTagil’s joint stand got quite a few visitors, including Executive Director for Programme and Coordination at the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Zoltán Somogyi and head of Rostourism Oleg Safonov as well as deputy heads Roman Skory and Alexei Konyushkov. Mr. Somogyi was also shown souvenirs from the corporation’s UVZSHOP and presented with a small copy of today’s most