UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 11, 2018. SKB-Bank collected some RUR 24m for charity in last year’s Everyday Charity, an event the bank coordinated in order to support 26 children, the bank’s press service reports. Last year proved the most successful one in the history of Everyday Charity Program, with donations at RUR 17,147,006. SKB-Bank has been involved in charity programs for many years now, helping the foundations which coordinate socially important projects in the healthcare, education, culture, and sports sectors and which also support specific children with health issues. ‘It is easy

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, January 11, 2018. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) had its environmental management system certified successfully for compliance with the latest version of the ISO 14001 standard, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. ‘Based on their checks, auditors from the Germany-based international certification body TÜV NORD CERT confirmed that the plant’s environmental management system fully complied with the said standard’s requirements and did help reduce the plant’s environmental impact,’ the Department says. 13 divisions, including the plant’s ore processing

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 11, 2018. MegaFon Ural’s customers used more than 300,000 Gb of traffic to send season’s greetings through messengers and social networks in December and January, which exceeded the figures for last season by 2.5 times and equals to roughly 60 million e-cards, the telecommunications provider’s press service reports. MegaFon Ural’s users mostly made calls on Viber, sent texts on WhatsApp, and used their 4G connection. ‘The fourth-generation network was definitely the preferred online greetings channel. The amount of 4G traffic within our network rose by as much as

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 11, 2018. Alcohol grew 6.8% more expensive in Sverdlovsk Oblast in the course of 2017, Sverdlovskstat’s press service reports. All in all, the price of commodities rose by 3.9%, that of services by 3% last year. Food items (excluding alcohol) grew 3.2% more expensive, non-food items grew 4.3% more expensive. In December 2017, the price of commodities rose by 2.5% on Sverdlovsk Oblast markets compared with one year earlier, that of services rose by 1.7%. Food items (excluding alcohol) grew 2.2% more expensive, non-food items grew 2.7% more expensive than one year

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 11, 2018. The number of existing homes currently on offer at Ural Chamber of Real Estate’s database dropped by 7.4% (600 apartments/rooms) in the last four weeks, the Chamber’s research findings indicate. There are currently 8,800 apartments and 1,700 rooms in communal apartments on sale in Yekaterinburg. ‘Even though the market has stayed a bit inert, the drop in market supply resulted in new price dynamics. The increase was not very significant, however, and only noticeable in certain market segments, whereas the average per-square-meter price throughout the