UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 17, 2016. Ural Airlines are offering reduced-price tickets for their Yekaterinburg-Saint Petersburg flights this winter, the air carrier’s press service reports. Starting November 16, 2016, special prices (from 3,500 RUR for a one-way ticket, all fees included) apply. ‘Saint Petersburg is one Russia’s best-looking cities in winter, and holiday season is also the time for one thousand and one urban adventures at prices much lower than those you face in the summer. You can walk along Nevsky Avenue, where all the major landmarks are right there for you, take a peek

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 17, 2016. Sinara Development came up with a special price offer on apartments in four new buildings in Yekaterinburg in time for the holiday season, the company press service reports. ‘You can get a 350,000-ruble discount on your new home in Svoi Krug, Peremena, Krylov, and Solnechny condos if you buy before New Year. In addition to this discount, you can also go for an interest-free payout plan for as long as the construction is still in progress. What is more, a free parking slot comes with some of the apartments on offer,’ the press service says. Sinara

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 17, 2016. EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Metallurgical Works (NTMK) recently purchased a new transportable repair depot mounted on GAZ 66 van to ensure timely repair jobs for its oxygen converter shop, the holding’s press service reports. The repair station can be used to transport special-purpose equipment and a team of mechanics (up to six people all in all) and to carry out repairs proper. This is a heated, insulated van with all the lighting fixtures, which makes the repairing process in winter or at night much easier. The van is also fitted with special

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 17, 2016. Inclusive training experts coordinated eight workshops for the visually impaired in the Urals over the last three months. Some 250 people attended the workshops to learn how to deal with everyday issues; they also came up with ideas for seven more inclusive training projects that will be implemented next year. Such were the first outcomes of a special program put forth by the telecommunications provider MegaFon and Belaya Trost (‘White Cane’), a charity foundation for the visually impaired. According to MegaFon’s press service, the workshop comprised

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 17, 2016. The international Russia Arms Expo Forum - an annual event coordinated by Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation - won the first prize as Business Project in the 4th All-Russian Event Tourism Contest. According to the company press service, the contest was part of the 5th All-Russian Russian Open Event Expo and Tourism Week at Yugra Expo in Khanty-Mansiysk. The exhibition and fair were organized by Yugra Government, with Russia’s Culture Ministry’s support. Russian Open Event Expo is held on a yearly basis to present the national travel opportunities for both