UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 31, 2016. An accident at Chkalovsky Heat and Power Station left over four hundred buildings in the area without any hot water supply since May 27, the district’s communal housing services department informed UrBC. The problem is expected to be fixed by May 30. However, other buildings in Chkalovsky District may still be left without any hot water supply on June 1-5 since the power station is planning to do hydraulic pressure tests. Last year, residents of Vtorchermet and Shinniy actually had to make do without hot water for one and a half months. The supplier simply

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 31, 2016. Russian Copper Company’s charity foundation organized a number of events to celebrate Children’s Protection Day in Karabash, Sverdlovsk Region, the company’s press service reports. For one, a special ceremony was coordinated for two hundred children (elementary school students, kindergarten-goers, and children from the less socially adjusted families) next to School 1. ‘This was an interactive event. The boys and girls, as well as their parents, grandparents, and children, were involved in various games by the favorite presenter Uncle Sasha Zaitsev. All the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 31, 2016. Ural Airlines and Yekaterinburg’s Koltsovo Airport are now working on introducing more connecting flights with a stopover in Yekaterinburg for international transit passengers, the air carrier’s press service reports. For one, scheduled flights from Yekaterinburg to Rome and Paris were launched in late March 2016, timed conveniently with those from Beijing to Yekaterinburg. This means passengers traveling from China can enjoy a new opportunity to fly to Europe through Yekaterinburg. In fact, the share of transit passengers on Yekaterinburg-Beijing flights

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 31, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s head plant in Nizhniy Tagil coordinated its 74th Mashinostroitel Prize Relay Race, the company press service reports. This year’s race was dedicated to the plant’s 80th anniversary, with last year’s winners and sports veterans from Sputnik Hockey Club taking part in the opening parade. ‘Our company has always had strong sports traditions, and every single issue of the company newspaper Mashinostroitel always covered this or that sports event. I hope the race participants set some new records that our newspaper can write about

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 31, 2016. Chair of Kamensk-Uralsky Foundry Plant/KULZ (a member enterprise of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation) trade union Alexandra Vinogradova is going to make part of Sverdlovsk Region Aviation Industry Trade Union’s delegation coming to the17th national trade union’s conference in Moscow, the corporation’s press service reports. The agenda of the conference covers issues related to protection of workers’ rights, job safety, trade union-member enterprises interactions, and other points. Delegates from different parts of the country will also have to elect a new Chair