UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 2, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Director-General Oleg Sienko took part in Board meeting coordinated by Russia’s Machine-Builders’ Union and Defense Industry Support League. The goal was to look into the national defense industry’s performance and to come up with strategic goals for the future. The meeting was held in Moscow on October 31, 2016. According to the corporation’s press service, Oleg Sienko, who is Russia’s Machine-Builders’ Union’s Deputy Chair, spoke about the improvements that need to be introduced in the defense procurement legislation,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 2, 2016. A new show room presenting a family home opened at 11 Pavel Shamanov St in Yekaterinburg’s Akademichesky District, RSG-Akademicheskoye’s website states. ‘The idea was to model a comfortable, functional two-bedroom home for a family with two children of different ages. The room layout is a bit unusual, with special engineering features such as heated floors instead of radiators and a recuperation system to ensure ventilation and air-filtering. All this creates a cozy place that is 15% more energy-efficient than usual.’ ‘Designers picked the color schemes

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 2, 2016. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) now offers express Business Growth loans to corporate customers based in Sverdlovsk Region, the bank’s press service reports. The decision is taken within as little as two work days, with loan amount ranging between 300,000 RUR and 1m RUR. ‘Business Growth is the best option for a quick loan when your business can’t afford to wait. This is a collateral-free loan for companies that don’t like missing good business development opportunities. The money can get directed to operating flow, invested in

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 2, 2016. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) directed over 1.8m RUR to charity in the third quarter of the year, the bank’s press service reports. The money was directed to charity events for children living in orphanages and foster homes and for children with disabilities and Down syndrome. Also, some funds were spent to pay orphanages and boarding schools’ bills and to buy groceries, medicines, school supplies, children’s clothes, school uniform, toys, and board games. The bank has transferred more than 4.6m RUR to its Children Believe in

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 2, 2016. Sverdlovsk Region’s residents’ nominal incomes amounted to 1.3312bn RUR in January-September 2016, which exceeded the figures for a year earlier by 3.7%, Sverdlovskstat reports. At the same time, people’s factual disposable incomes (what’s left after all the necessary bills have been paid, considering the current consumer price index) actually went down by 5.3%. A person’s monthly income came to 34,161 RUR on average (up 3.6% on a year earlier). Sverdlovsk Region-based employee’s monthly pay came to 31,774 RUR on average in January-August 2016, which was