UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 16, 2016. Sverdlovsk Region-based courts sustained 1.773bn RUR worth of claims laid against taxpayers by local fiscal authorities in the first half of the year. All in all, 426 claims (2.86bn RUR in total) were heard in courts in January-June, which means that 62% of the overall claim amount got sustained. Most of these court cases involved legal entities: there were 296 claims laid against them (2.339bn RUR in total), 38 claims laid against sole traders (73.5m RUR in total), and 92 claims laid against private individuals (447.3m RUR in total).

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 16, 2016. The amount of international shipments Yekaterinburg’s Koltsovo International Airport handled this year has been going down since January, the airport’s press service reports. ‘Domestic cargo traffic, on the other hand, has been increasing noticeably. The airport used to have more international cargo earlier, but now domestic consignments prevail. This year so far, we dealt with more than 7,757,000 kg of domestic cargo (up 73% one one year earlier) and 5,514,000 kg of international cargo (up 5.5%)’, the press service says. The airport processed 13,271,000

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 16, 2016. Sverdlovsk Region’s construction market amounted to 41.79bn RUR in money terms in the first half of the year, which is 2% less than one year earlier (40.691bn RUR), Rosstat reports. Last year’s overall amount dropped by 15.2% by the end of December (down to 92.366bn RUR), and by 8.9% in the first quarter of 2016 (down to 18.37bn RUR).

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 16, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s head plant won in the Best Employer Contest in Nizhniy Tagil, the company press service reports. Mayor of Nizhniy Tagil Sergei Nosov congratulated the plant’s team during a solemn ceremony in celebration of Town Day. Nosov also awarded Chair of Ural Vagon Zavod Veterans’ Council Georgiy Bedrik with For Merit to the City of Nizhniy Tagil Decoration. ‘Ural Vagon Zavod getting the first prize in the contest is an acknowledgement of our head plant’s contribution to urban improvements and social infrastructure development in the

UrBC, Moscow, August 16, 2016. Tank Biathlon 2016, part of an international military championship held at Alabino Range in Moscow Region, rounded up with the Russian team winning the first prize. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Director-General Oleg Sienko and Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu presented the winners with medals and keys to UAZ Patriot automobiles, their prizes. According to the company press service, eighteen teams from all over the world (Russia, Iran, Kuwait, Angola, and other places) competed in this armored vehicle control contest. The winning team got decided upon