UrBC, Moscow, September 30, 2016. The International Ski Federation (FIS) announced on its website that their Ski Jumping World Cup championship 2016/2017 won’t be held in Nizhniy Tagil, Sport Express reports. The city of Nizhniy Tagil was supposed to host women’s and men’s competition rounds on December 11-13. The federation, however, was unhappy with the organization of the event: the city appears to lack the necessary infrastructure and, besides, the previous championship’s prize money was not paid to the winners in time.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 30, 2016. Demand for ready-made businesses dropped by 17% on Yekaterinburg market in August 2016 compared with one year earlier (the country’s average decrease was 7%), the website Avito’s press service informs UrBC. Businesses in the tertiary sector sell best: such deals made up 30.5% of all market sales in August 2016 (-6.6% on a year earlier). Companies dealing in trade are the second most popular choice (their market share came to 22.7% (+2.1% on a year earlier), followed by catering (15.7%, up 2.4% on a year earlier), online sales (8.3%, up 2.1%),

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 30, 2016. Thirty-nine criminal lawsuits involving debt collectors allegedly applying illegitimate persuasion methods were instituted in Yekaterinburg by local public prosecution authorities, their press service reports. Following Sverdlovsk Region’s Public Prosecutor’s order, 362 pre-investigation check dossiers filed at Yekaterinburg police stations were looked into and inspected in September 2016. The checks all started after local citizens submitted their complaints regarding the illegitimate actions of micro-financing organizations’ and collection agencies’

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 30, 2016. Obshchestvo Malysheva 73, one of the Urals’ largest developers, reports they adopted a new brand name for some of their construction projects, the company press service reports. The company’s new housing projects will now be branded as Greenwich-Zhilaya Nedvizhimost. ‘Everyone knows about Greenwich Shopping Mall in Yekaterinburg, where it is located, and how to get there. Customers need to trust their developer and to understand clearly what they invest in. So an association with a well-known building is crucial. A developer which owns an asset as big

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 30, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation took part in the 12th annual RAEX-600 Forum in Moscow, the company press service reports. The forum was attended by high-profile President Administration officials, national ministries’ representatives, and Russia’s leading businesses’ owners and top managers. RAEX-600 Rating featuring the country’s largest companies was presented in the course of the forum’s plenary session. The ranking helps to look into performance and prospects of all the key economic sectors in the country. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation both made it to