UrBC, Magnitogorsk, November 22, 2017. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) won the Priority 2017 Import Substitution Contest in Metallurgy for developing its high quality zinc-coated rolled produce facilities. According to MMK Information, PR & Advertising Department, the awarding ceremony took place in Moscow on November 17 and was attended by the Russian Government officials, State Duma deputies, Chamber of Commerce & Industry representatives, and members of other organizations and departments. MMK launched its Continuous Hot-Dip Galvanizing Unit 3 last summer and thus

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 22, 2017. Rosset’s Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems coordinated an electric safety workshop for Ministry of Emergencies representatives in Western Siberia. ‘Our power technicians talked about the specifics of putting out fire at electrical units that cannot get disconnected during a fire. This special information allowed the firefighting teams to come up with an improved action plan for possible fires at power facilities, says FGC UES Western Siberia’s PR & Media Group. The workshop was held at the company’s Training Center. The electric equipment

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 22, 2017. The telecommunications provider MegaFon’s rural subscribers proved active Internet users and online game players, MegaFon Ural’s press service reports. ‘Interestingly, our customers based in smaller settlements downloaded five times more data than large city dwellers in the last two months. Russian-language social networks Odnoklassniki and VKontakte are their two most popular services. Users mostly look for jokes, health information, and current events in the country; the peak surfing time is from 8 to 9 PM every night,’ says MegaFon Ural Technical

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 22, 2017. Ural Airlines are opening a new Moscow-Tyumen-Moscow flight, the air carrier’s press service reports. The flight will be operated every day starting from February 18, 2018. The in-flight time is two hours and thirty-five minutes; the plane takes off in Moscow at 11 PM and arrives in Tyumen at 3:35 AM; the return flight departs from Tyumen at 8 AM and arrives in Moscow at 9 AM. You can now use the company’s special offer and book tickets for as little as RUR 3,200 (one way, all fees included). ‘The new flight is a great opportunity to plan a holiday trip

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 22, 2017. A contest for the best design of EXPO Park on the shore of Verkh-Isetsky Pond will be held in Sverdlovsk Oblast soon, Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast’s Information Policy Department reports. Governor Evgeniy Kuivashev invited the best local architects, designers, and developers to contribute to the selection procedure. According to Kuivashev, the necessary experts and the evaluation criteria have already been decided upon. The design concept is to be presented at the Bureau International des Expositions’ General Assembly’s next meeting in June 2018.

UrBC, Moscow, November 22, 2017. The amount of rice stored in Russia’s warehouses and processing facilities shrank by 45.8% in the course of one year, down to 32,000,000 kg as of November 1, 2017, Rosstat reports. At the same time, these November figures are 2.7 times better than those for October 2017. On the whole, the share of rice stock comes to 0.2% of all grain supplies in the country. The supply of corn also declined by 23.6%, down to 1,011,000,000 kg, that of millet by 19.1%, down to 27,000,000 kg. The share of corn and millet stock comes to 5.1% and 0.1% of all grain supplies in the