UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Omsktransmash adopted a new collective agreement that will control the defense enterprise’s social and labor relations in the next three years, the corporation’s press service reports. The collective agreement is a local normative act aimed at improving the workers’ social welfare and legal guarantees as stated in the existing labor laws. The paper was signed by Omsktransmash management and Transmash OBORONPROF Trade Union on behalf of the plant’s staff and came into effect this month. Given the recent legislative changes

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. EVRAZ Holding’s West-Siberian Integrated Metallurgical Works (EVRAZ ZSMK) supplied over 3,000,000 kg of fittings for the construction of Yuzhny Airport in Rostov Region, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s press office reports. The plant intends to deliver another 1,000,000 kg of metal goods to the construction site before the end of the year. A500S and A500SP fittings, an improved modification on the thermally strengthened A500S steel, are used for the purpose. The fittings are meant for the construction of the main terminal, airport runway, control tower, and a

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. The fast-fission reactor BN-800-based Power-Generating Unit 4 ran at 100% of its capacity for the first time at Beloyarskaya Nuclear Power Plant, Sverdlovsk Region. The reactor is expected to serve as a prototype for the more powerful commercial reactors in the future, Rosenergoatom’s website states. ‘This means the power-generating unit is now being thoroughly tested at its entire projected capacity. This is the main and the final proviso the unit has to meet before it can actually be launched in the operation and maintenance phase. During the next

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. Rosset’s Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems is about to complete the upgrades of its 500-kilowatt Kurgan Substation, which is expected to make the Russia-Kazakhstan power supply considerably more reliable; the supply system involves a 500-kilowatt international OHTL Kurgan-Aurora. The upgrades will also benefit the power supply in Tyumen Region, with its 500-kilowatt OHTL Kurgan-Berkut, the company press service reports. The substation gets all of its older switches gradually replaced with the modern sulfur-hexafluoride circuit breakers. The new

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development proved one of the best banks for small and medium enterprises in terms of the payments and cash management options it offers, the bank’s press service reports. Markswebb Rank & Report did a price comparison of twenty-three Russian banks in June and July. According to their Business Banking Fees Rank 2016 report, UBRD offers some of the most advantageous terms and conditions for B2C and B2B companies, retail businesses, and freelance workers. The bank offers its customers operating account options that