UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 10, 2016. United Energy Systems’ Federal Grid Company (FCG UES) gave a number of maintenance sessions and overhauls to its power facilities in Western Siberia in the first half of the year, the company press service reports. The goal was to make sure the upcoming fall/winter heating season is accident- and emergency-free, and to ensure a more reliable power supply to end users in the area. For one, the 220- to 500 -kilowatt electric mains in Khanty-Mansiysky Autonomous Region, Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous Region, and Tyumen Region got 207 new insulators and 53

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 10, 2016. Over six hundred children of ChTPZ Group’s employees are going to get gift certificates to buy school supplies this year; more than 1.5m RUR have been directed to the purpose, the company press service reports. ‘Helping these kids get ready for school is a regular thing to do for the company, as are the annual theatre festival, children’s entertainment projects, and summer job opportunities. We also support sports and promote a healthy lifestyle. These are our investments in the future, we want children to grow up happy and healthy and their parents to be

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 10, 2016. Oleg Moskalenko’s team from EVRAZ Holding’s Raspadskaya Coal Company’s Uskovskaya Mine have produced 1,000,000,000 kg of coal since the start of the year, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s press office reports. Raspadskaya Coal Company Director-General Sergei Stepanov congratulated the miners on this great production achievement. ‘The valuable, great quality GZh coal that is produced at Uskovskaya Mine is very popular with Russian metallurgical companies. Quite a few mines in Kuzbass are now producing this coal type, so in order to stay competitive on this market,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 10, 2016. The telecommunications provider MegaFon came up with a new service for its business customers: these customer companies’ employees can be offered the Internet access at work that only allows them to use the web for work purposes, MegaFon Ural’s press service reports. ‘Since Pokemon Go proved astoundingly popular all over the world, and players keep looking for rare virtual creatures in order to get the fullest collection and set a world record, companies are growing increasingly concerned about how rationally their staff are using the company’s mobile

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 10, 2016. A new double-point cold stamping press is currently being assembled at Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s head plant’s pressing/welding department, the company press service reports. The machine was made by one of Russia’s major forging and pressing equipment manufacturers. ‘The modern 1,600-ton-strong press will be used for performing various cold-stamping operations such as cutting, bending, forming, and so on needed to make bulky parts out of rolled steel sheets. The mill will also be used for making spare parts for Ural Vagon Zavod’s entire railcar