HomeMaterials for 14.02.2018
14 February 201809:28

Ural Airlines Launch Summer Ticket Sale

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 14, 2018. Ural Airlines are once again offering their customers a discount of up to 30% on popular summer flights, the air carrier’s press service reports. The sale is on through February 25, 2018 and applies to flights to be operated between May 14 and October 28, 2018. You can now book tickets for your summer flights at a much better price than that offered shortly before departure: the discount could reach up to 30% of the flight’s cost; this is a limited offer. ‘February is the best time to think of a summer vacation. Ural Airlines are bringing your vacation
14 February 201809:28

Russian Banks’ Customers Lose RUR 2.5bn Through Cyberattacks

UrBC, Moscow, February 14, 2018. RUR 2.5bn got stolen from the Russian banks’ customer accounts last year, TASS refers to Deputy Head of the Central Bank of Russia’s Main Department for Security & Data Protection Aremt Sychev as stating. ‘According to the data the national banks provide the Bank of Russia with, the overall amount of unauthorized transactions involving legal entities’ accounts reached around RUR 1.57bn last year, that of unauthorized transactions involving credit/debit card accounts reached around RUR 0.96bn,’ Sychev said at the 10th Ural Information Security Forum.
14 February 201809:28

Medical Cluster Construction Site to Open in Akademicheskiy in March

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 14, 2018. The construction of a set of new buildings to house maternity and fertility clinic in Yekaterinburg’s Akademicheskiy District will begin at the end of March, Sverdlovsk Oblast Information Policy Department reports. The new facilities are meant to become the basis of a new medical cluster in the area. The fertility research institute will be located at the intersection of Amundsen St and Sakharov Ave. A 5.5-hectare stretch of land has been allocated for the purpose. The entire structure will be some 9,500 m2 large. The layout covers an in-patient unit
14 February 201809:27

Rostourism Says Sverdlovsk Hotels Overcharge on World Cup Days

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 14, 2018. Rostourism blacklisted seven hotels in Sverdlovsk Oblast for overcharging prospective guests during the World Football Championship 2018 days, Kommersant says. Rostourism’s ‘black list’ stems from the Russian Government’s decree that sets an upper limit to the cost of hotel accommodation in the FIFA Confederation Cup game-hosting cities and constituencies during the World Cup days. The agency first carried the list in late January 2018, with 41 hotels featured on it. The hotels brought their prices down shortly after the publication. The new list
14 February 201809:27

FAS Proposes Pharmaceutical Sector’s Licensing

UrBC, Moscow, February 14, 2018. Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service proposed a bill to the Russian Government requiring that all companies in the pharmaceutical sector get licensed for the sake of national security, the FAS’s press service reports. ‘The FAS has placed a proposal with the Cabinet stating that the Russian Government should take charge of granting permissions to use inventions, usable models, or industrial samples without the patent owner’s specific consent (but with notifying the patent owner as soon as possible and paying them a compensation) in order to protect the