UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 22, 2017. EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) proved Sverdlovsk Oblast’s largest charity donor among ferrous metallurgical enterprises, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s press service reports. EVRAZ Kachkanar Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise (KGOK) was also among the largest donors in the mining sector. This year, the company directed over RUR 1.6m to charity and social projects in the Urals. NTMK also proved one of the most prolific benefactors in Nizhniy Tagil. ‘EVRAZ Holding supports educational, culture, and healthcare establishments

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 22, 2017. A new kindergarten for 250 children opened in Yekaterinburg’s Akademicheskiy District today. This is the ninth pre-school establishment in the area. Kindergarten 43 can be found at 38 Wilhelm de Gennin St. The building was put up impressively fast: workers entered the construction site in the summer and completed all the jobs in December. This cost RUR 140m to build and get ready. According to RSG-Akademicheskoye’s Director-General Viktor Kisselev, everything was ready so fast due to efficient public-private partnership schemes. ‘We provided a land

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, December 22, 2017. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) was among the top three companies on the National Purchasing Transparency List for the year 2017 as Private Commercial Customers, MMK Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. The awarding ceremony took place at Russia’s Chamber for Commerce & Industry in Moscow. The event was attended by representatives of state, local government, municipal, corporate, and commercial customers. MMK came third in the rating of 113 private commercial customers and first in the rating of High Transparency Companies.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 22, 2017. Sinara Group’s/ Sinara Transport Machines’ Ural Diesem Motor Plant (UDMZ) and Zvezda set up a joint venture meant for making high-speed engines on a serial scale, Sinara Group’s PR Center reports. According to Russia’s Minister for Industry & Trade Denis Manturov, setting up a leading national engine-building plant is the first step necessary to start making new-generation Russian engines that will be fully comparable with their foreign counterparts and will prove even better than those in certain respects. ‘The key thing is that UMDZ and Zvezda

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 22, 2017. 32% of local companies are only going to have reduced budget for their office New Year parties this year, HeadHunter reports. According to HH’s survey findings, the share of Russian businesses that choose to celebrate New Year at an office party hasn’t changed since 2014: 74% of respondents keep having them, despite the country’s ongoing economic hardships. ‘Restaurants remain the preferred event venue: nearly a half of those surveyed are going to have their company New Year party at a restaurant. 16% of businesses will have office parties, and every