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