UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 18, 2018. President of Ural Chamber of Commerce & Industry Andrei Besedin said during a recent press conference that he believed Yekaterinburg had good chances of winning the privilege of hosting the EXPO 2025 Exhibition. ‘In my view, Yekaterinburg and Osaka will compete as the two most likely candidates. It’s a matter of common knowledge that the host city can get selected with certain help such as gifts, personal persuasion skills, and facilitation payments. This is what we’ve learned from the past experiences of competing for EXPO 2020. The Japanese are a

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 18, 2018. Ural Airlines are currently selling tickets for their Saint Petersburg-Tel Aviv flights at a reduced price, the air carrier’s press service reports. The offer holds through March 21, 2018 and applies to flights to be operated to Tel Aviv from Saint Petersburg on January 15-March 24, 2018. Prices start from $120 (one way) and $269 (round trip), all fees, a meal, cabin luggage, and one piece of luggage under 23 kg included. Prices may vary depending on the rate of exchange on the date of booking. ‘Israel is a compact but very diverse country. Its holy

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 18, 2018. A 2ES6 with an improved control system is currently undergoing successful pull and energy efficiency tests at Oktyabrskaya Railways. ‘Five Sinara 2ES6 Series locos first arrived at Oktyabrskaya Railways in December 2017. Under the terms of their lifetime maintenance agreement, Ural Locomotives will have to offer Russian Railways a full range of their after-sale services for the next 28 years. The plant’s new service center already opened at Babaevo Depot to do all the maintenance jobs for the new locos,’ Sinara Group’s PR Center reports. 2ES6 units have

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, January 18, 2018. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) is almost done with the preparatory stage of putting up a new sintering plant, MMK Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. Workers on the site are busy driving piles, laying foundations, and assembling the metal frameworks. The assembly of the basic technological equipment is expected to begin in March. The sintering plant, which will improve the sintered ore quality considerably and will reduce the plant’s environmental impact, will require some RUR 22bn in total investments. ‘The construction jobs

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 18, 2018. ChTPZ Group shareholder Andrei Komarov took part in a press conference in Moscow; the event was part of a professional competition in Russia’s best mentorship practices, the Group’s press service reports. First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kirienko, Assistant to the President of Russia Andrei Belousov, and Director-General of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Svetlana Chupsheva also spoke at the conference. The competition gets coordinated by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives in order to select and share