UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 19, 2016. Sverdlovsk Region’s cattle stock amounted to 263,200 head of cattle by the end of April 2016, which was 6.2% less than one year earlier, Sverdlovskstat reports. The number of cows dropped by 4.5%, down to 118,800 head of cattle, while that of sheep and goats declined by 5.6%, down to 78,000 head of cattle. Poultry stock rose by 6.9%, up to 14m head, pig stock rose by 5.7%, up to 350,200 head.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 19, 2016. MegaFon Ural Infrastructure Director Anton Shcherbakov took part in a round table discussion on the development of Russian and global broadband access technologies markets, 4G/5G expansion, and ways of improving telecommunications services. The speakers also talked about the global experience in LTE development, the prospects of 5G networks, ways in which the ISP/carrier and the subscriber can improve the quality of service, and mobile data transfer and this market’s current demand and supply ratio. ‘Sverdlovsk Region’s is a highly competitive market, as

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 19, 2016. EVRAZ Consolidated West Siberian Plant/EVRAZ ZSMK supplied its first batch of R50 rails for Baku Underground; it is reported the batch amounts to 1,000,000 kg. ‘The CIS member states have always bought large amounts of our rail goods, and we are now happy to take our cooperation with Azerbaijani partners to the next level. Baku Underground is our first-time customer, but we are confident that our rich experience in making underground rails for other cities on the post-Soviet territories will ensure a great partnership,’ says the plant Managing Director

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 19, 2016. Electromachine (a member enterprise of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation) opened an interactive study lab for NC machine operators and technicians in Chelyabinsk, the company press service reports. To equip the lab, numerically controlled Fanuc, Siemens, and Heidenhain machines were purchased for eight students’ workplaces and one trainer’s workplace, as well as manuals and textbooks. The would-be NC machine operators will be able to learn the standard ISO G-code programming as well as the modern dialog programming. Besides, the plant intends to buy the exact

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 19, 2016. 1,467,139 passengers have flown with Ural Airlines since the start of the year so far, which is actually 19% more than one year earlier, the air carrier’s press service reports. The number of flights operated by the airline rose by 14% against last year, with 12,157 flights operated in the four months of 2016 (7,567 domestic ones, 2,817 flights to or from the CIS member states, and 1,773 international ones). The company’s passenger turnover reached 3.33m passenger-kilometers in January-April 2016, exceeding the figures for a year earlier by 19%. Ural

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Region, May 19, 2016. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works/MMK sheet-rolling department made 1,540,000 kg and shipped to customers 1,591,000 kg of zinc-coated pipes in April 2016. This is a record-setting figure throughout the department’s entire history of making hot-rolled galvanized products, the company press service reports. The last time a record was set was in February, when the department produced 1,461,000 kg and shipped to customers 1,514,000 kg of zinc-coated pipes. Last year, the output came to 6,700,000 kg, while this year, the output reached some