UrBC, Magnitogorsk, November 28, 2017. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) is going to present its produce at The Big 5 Show in Dubai, MMK Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. ‘The Big 5 Show is a major event in the Middle East’s building industry. The exhibition will take place on November 26-29. MMK has participated in the show for several years now, as the Middle Eastern market is one of the key export ones for the plant. Last year, some 1,700,000,000 kg of MMK produce got delivered to the area, which amounts to more than 50% of our exports,’ the Department says. MMK

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 28, 2017. Two-thirds of Sverdlovsk Oblast-based workers do not see their pay as adequate. HeadHunter’s analysts’ research findings indicate. Only 2% of their respondents said they made enough money considering their qualification and needs. This is the same percentage as last year, actually. When broken down by professional skills, those happiest with their salaries and wages turned out to work in Fossils Extraction (39%), IT (33%), and Top Management (33%). The number of those surveyed who don’t make enough to cover even the basic expenses rose from 35% in 2016

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 28, 2017. Sverdlovsk Oblast authorities completed all the coordinating procedures relating to drafting the budget bill for the year 2018, their Information Department reports. ‘Representatives of local governments and town councils as well as deputies and pubic group members all took part in the procedures. Most of the proposals were taken into account when working on the budget balance. The budget also makes provisions for the decrees put forth by the Russian Federation President and the Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast and for the Five-Year Development Program,’

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 28, 2017. A Sverdlovsk Oblast-based borrower took out a consumer loan of RUR 155,840 on average in the third quarter of the year, which was 0.3% more than one year previously, the National Credit History Bureau’s research findings indicate. At the same time, the average consumer loan amounts soared by as much as 44.9% in Leningrad Oblast, by 39.2% in Ulyanovsk Oblast, by 32.5% in Saint Petersburg, and by 26.3% in Altay. The average consumer loan amounts also plummeted by as much as 54% in Nenetsky Autonomous Region, by 29.6% in Kaliningrad Oblast, by 23% in

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 28, 2017. Sverdlovsk Oblast Arbitration Court declared Rezh Stone-Crushing Plant (RKDZ) bankrupt, the court reports state. The plant was set up in Rezh, Sverdlovsk Oblast, and registered in Yekaterinburg in 2009. The business mainly deals in cutting and treatment of stones. The insolvency claim against the plant was placed with the court by Ural Granite Company in April 2017. It was determined in the course of the hearing that creditors’ claims amounted to RUR 55.418m and the defendant was unable to pay in time. Sverdlovsk Oblast Arbitration Court ruled that the