UrBC, Magnitogorsk, March 1, 2018. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) is currently taking part in the international building exhibition UzBuild-2018 in Uzbekistan. The exhibition opened today, MMK Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. Uzbekistan’s market is one of MMK’s key interests in the CIS zone. The plant delivered more than 300,000,000 kg of metal goods to its Uzbek customers last year, which amounted to 80% of MMK’s Central Asia sales. ‘MMK is presenting a wide range of metal products at the event, most of these being meant for the building industry: hot- and

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, March 1, 2018. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) recently completed repairing and remodeling its central work wear and footwear depot, the plant’s Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. The renovation jobs were part of MMK Director-General Pavel Shilyayev’s special project; the goal was to improve the system of supplying the plant’s metallurgical workers with individual protective gear. ‘The old hangar that used to serve as a stock issue point has been replaced with a spacious, light-filled structure. New central heating and ventilation units were

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 1, 2018. Sverdlovsk Region-based companies’ consolidated profits (excluding small businesses) amounted to RUR 257.1bn in January-December 2017; this was 10.6% more than in 2016, Sverdlovskstat reports. 1,101 local businesses made RUR 279.2bn in profits, which exceeded the figures for the year 2016 by 5.7% and amounted to 7.6% of revenues stemming from sale of goods and services (compared with 8.5% in January-December 2016). 403 businesses incurred RUR 22.1bn in losses, which was 30.2%, or RUR 9.6bn less than in January-December 2016; the overall share of loss-making

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 1, 2018. 305 batches of poor quality alcohol produce (3,230 liters altogether) were confiscated in Sverdlovsk Region in 2017, Rospotrebnadzor’s regional division reports. Rospotrebnadzor officers inspected 557 alcohol-selling locations last year, with problems detected in 33% of cases (183 stores). ‘650 alcohol samples were taken, and 117 (18%) of them turned out unsatisfactory. This included 13 samples of imported drinks (2% of all samples),’ the division says. Problems were detected in samples of vodka, cognac, wine, and wine-based drinks. Following the checks,

UrBC, Moscow, March 1, 2018. Head of Rostourism Oleg Safonov believes over 1.5m people will arrive in Russia for the World Football Championship of 2018, Interfax reports. ‘We expect one and a half million people to come, but a more precise estimate will have to be based on ticket sales data (which will be over by the end of May). Perhaps the final figure will prove even larger than this. For the time being, we believe we are looking at a traveller traffic increase of 1.5m people,’ Safonov said. In the meantime, Yekaterinburg Council reported earlier they were counting on 100,000 visitors to