UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 31, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation is going to present over fifty vehicles at the 2nd International Army 2016 Exhibition, the company press service reports. The event will take place in Russian Defense Ministry’s Patriot Park in Moscow Region on September 6-11. Ural Vagon Zavod has already rented 1,360 m2 of exhibition space in preparation for the forum. The company stand will feature goods by eight of the corporation’s member enterprises: Ural Vagon Zavod (the head plant), Uraltransmash, Omsktransmash, Burevestnik, Vityaz Machine-Building Company, Plant 9,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 31, 2016. The National Rating Agency confirmed the Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development’s credit rating at AA (one of the highest), the bank’s press service reports. The agency analysts rated the bank’s risk management policy as well as its NPL reserves very high. Besides, the bank is a very strong player on its national markets, enjoys shareholders’ support, has greatly diversified asset and liability structure, and keeps making profit. ‘The UBRD keeps on developing even under the existing economic conditions. Its performance indicators are proof that

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 31, 2016. Once the new driving test regulations come into effect, the costs of going to a driving school might increase by 20% to 25%, President of Ural Driving Schools Association Georgiy Kovalenko said at a press conference in Yekaterinburg. The new rules come into effect on September 1. For one, the road police will now have to sign special contracts with the driving schools in order to use their facilities for driving tests. According to Kovalenko, there are currently only three driving schools in Yekaterinburg that have their own automobile tracks that meet

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 31, 2016. Over a half (54%) of Yekaterinburg residents faced difficulties persuading their employers to let them take a vacation, HeadHunter’s recent research indicates. It appears that people in the marketing, PR, and advertising sectors, as well as lawyers, builders, and those working in sales have to deal with this problem much more often than others. Workers in top managerial positions, on the other hand, almost never find themselves in a situation like this. ‘The main reason an employer might not allow you to go on vacation would be a very busy time at work,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 31, 2016. There were 124,000 cases of fraudulently issued loans in the country in the second quarter of 2016, National Credit History Bureau reports. This comes to 1.7% of all the loans issued to borrowers in the second quarter of the year; in the first quarter, the share was at a two-year high of 4.3% (267,100 loans all in all). ‘Thanks to its unique partner companies database which comprises all the banks and other possible creditors, National Credit History Bureau proved a very effective actor in preventing loan frauds. As all the lending market players are

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 30, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin officially thanked Director-General of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Burevestnik Central Scientific Research Institute Georgy Zakamennykh for his work performance. A special award was presented to the executive by Governor of Nizhniy Novgorod Region Valery Shantsev, the company press service reports. The award signifies the President’s gratitude for Zakamennykh’s contribution to the organization of festive and educational events dedicated to the 70th Victory Day anniversary, a celebration of winning the Great Patriotic

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 30, 2016. Six workers of EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) received state awards and titles for their professional achievements, improvement proposals, launch of new technologies, and serving as mentors for the younger generation of engineering cadre, the company press service reports. Heavy Milling Department foreman Viktor Panayev was given the Order of Frienship. ‘Panayev has been designing and implementing improvement proposals aimed at reducing the plant’s local environmental impact. His team are always among the production

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 30, 2016. Sverdlovsk Region Government classed an investment project on the urban development/housing construction in Quarters 3 and 4 of Yekaterinburg’s Akademichesky District as a large-scale one. As a result, the project developer RSG-Akademicheskoye is going to be allocated 31 hectares of land without any auction procedures, the Cabinet’s website states. ‘The use of non-delineated land allotments for housing construction is one of the key tasks the constituency’s government is expected to cope with. Akademichesky District has proven a very good place for such

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 30, 2016. Ural Federal District’s retail trade turnover reached 1.191,7 trillion RUR in the first half of 2016 and shrank by 7% in terms of goods volume, Sverdlovskstat reports. 96,800 RUR worth of goods got sold per capita, while the country’s average came to 89,800 RUR. Ural businesses’ wholesale trade turnover shrank by 2.6% compared with one year earlier (in comparable prices), down to 1.4 trillion RUR. The overall amount of paid services fell 2.1% short of last year’s first six months; their total worth amounted to 345.2bn RUR. Consumer price index went up by

UrBC, Moscow, August 30, 2016. Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev signed a decree that lifts a ban on chartered flights operated between Russia and Turkey, the Cabinet’s website officially states. The Russian Government’s latest decree to do with Russian-Turkish relations that earlier forbade any chartered flights between the two countries now reads, ‘Steps should be taken to ensure travel safety for Russia-Turkey aerial communication.’ Russia’s Transport Ministry reports Rosaviation informed Russian air carriers as well as the United Air Travel Coordination System as soon as the bans had

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 29, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Kamensk-Uralsky Foundry Plant (KULZ) paid 9,000 RUR to each of the teens who held summer jobs at the plant, the corporation’s press service reports. ‘High school students and those studying at vocational schools were busy cutting shrubbery, mowing the lawns, watering flowers, cleaning rooms, and reorganizing books at our tech library. A worker’s shift was four to seven hours, depending on how old they are,’ the press service explains. ‘Not a single teen said, ‘I wish this month was over already’. Quite on the contrary, they

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 29, 2016. Alexander Lyane’s mining team from Raspadskaya Coal Company’s Yerunakovskaya 8 Mine (EVRAZ Holding’s asset) has produced 2,000,000,000 kg of coal since the start of the year, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s press office reports. The miners were the first to make this year’s millionth ton of coal in early May; the second million tons were produced from Long Face 48-4 in just four months. ‘Alexander Lyane’s team was also the first to make their second million tons of coal in Kuzbass. Yerunakovskaya 8 miners proved very productive, even though they work on the less

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 29, 2016. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) Board of Directors called for an absentee-vote extraordinary shareholder meeting in order to decide on the payment of a dividend for the first half of the year, TMK press service reports. ‘Ballots can be submitted through September 29, 2016. The mailing address is AO Registrator R.O.S.T PO Box 9 18 Stromynka St Bldg 13 Moscow 107996 The list of eligible voters is based on data valid as of September 2, 2016,’ the company press service says. The Board of Directors recommends voting in favor of paying a dividend for the first

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 29, 2016. Ural Airlines are offering tickets for China-bound flights at a reduced price, the air carrier’s press service reports. Starting from August 26, tickets for Yekaterinburg-Beijing and Yekaterinburg-Harbin flights are available for 16,300 RUR (one way, fees and charges included) and 20,600 RUR (one way, fees and charges included), respectively. The luggage must be paid for separately. Flights will be operated starting from September 15, 2016. The flights to Beijing are available every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, those to Harbin every

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 29, 2016. MegaFon Ural’s subscribers are using their mobile Internet connection more often when going to other parts of Russia and abroad, the telecommunications provider’s press service reports. According to the company press service, their subscribers have sent/received 484 TB of data in roaming networks this summer so far, which equals to uploading over 130m photos onto the web. Most of this traffic went through smartphones, with more than 800,000 units used outside the subscribers’ home network area. ‘Our customers’ Internet traffic appetite is currently at its

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 26, 2016. Rosset’s Federal Grid Company (FGC UES) replaced 396 insulation units at six power substations in Khanty-Mansiysky Autonomous Region/Yugra to ensure a more stable power supply to the oil and gas companies in Nizhnevartovsky District, FGC UES West Siberian press office reports. The new high-voltage equipment was installed at 500-kilowatt substation Trachukovskaya and 220-kilowatt substations Megion, Mirnaya, Kosmos, Mirazh, and Uryevskaya. All the upgrades are part of the company’s investment strategy. Additionally, 174 more insulation units at power

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 26, 2016. Ural Airlines started operating a new, scheduled flight from Moscow to Bodrum this summer, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘Moscow passengers left for Turkey on a comfortable Airbus 321 liner on August 25. This is the first scheduled flight we introduced after Russia-Turkey air connection was made available again. The flight will be operated every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. Interestingly, the airplane received a traditional ‘watergate’ welcome in Bodrum, and passengers and crew were treated to Turkish Delight and soft drinks,’ the press

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 26, 2016. Sinara Development, the general contractor for the reconstruction of Yekaterinburg Central Stadium (Yekaterinburg Arena) in time for the World Cup 2018, had the concrete frames for the northern and southern spectator stands assembled and installed on site, Sinara Group’s PR Center reports. The stands are meant to serve as fan sectors in the future. The workers are now busy laying down the brick foundations and installing engineering infrastructure to ensure water supply, sewage, and ventilation. They are also working on foundations for the additional

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 26, 2016. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) shipped a set of large-diameter pipes to Turkmenistan’s Energy Ministry’s state-owned energy corporation Turkmenenergo. According to TMK press service, the shipment comprises over 17,000,000 kg of 720mm LDPs with corrosion-resistant outer coating. The pipes were made at TMK’s Volzhsky Pipe Plant. The LDPs are meant for the construction of a pipeline that will connect a new gas turbine power station near Mary in the Karakum Desert to the rest of the network. This is part of a state-run energy sector upgrade program in

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 26, 2016. Six T10MB marsh crawler made at Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ) were recently shipped to the Polar North by order of Taymyrgeofisika. The corporation’s press service reports the plant won a tender for the delivery of the crawlers; according to Sales Director for Ural and Siberian Federal Districts Artem Yezhov, the customers chose the marsh crawlers with stick shift transmission and D180 engine, which is the best option for harsh climates that has proved effective in the Polar North before. Five out of six tractors are