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