UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 12, 2018. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development’s female cardholders spent nearly RUR 14bn paying with their cards for goods and services last year; this is nearly 40% more than what the bank’s male customers spent, the UBRD’s press service reports. Women spenders mostly use their bank cards to pay for food, clothing and footwear, and drugstore items. Compared with one year earlier, they used their cards 27% more often, spending 22% more money than in 2016. This much is clear from the number and amount of transactions registered. ‘In terms of spending

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 12, 2018. Ural Airlines will be operating direct flights from Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, and Samara to Bologna beginning in April, the air carrier’s press service reports. The flights will be operated every Saturdays; tickets are already available for purchase. This new destination, Bologna, is yet another holiday-making opportunity for those interested in both enjoying the seaside and doing sights. Arriving in Emilia-Romagna’s historic capital gives travelers improved sightseeing options that cover northern Italy

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 12, 2018. Chair of ChTPZ Group’s Board of Directors Andrei Komarov took part in a meeting dedicated to vocational education system’s development. The meeting was coordinated in Yekaterinburg and chaired by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the Group’s press service reports. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Andrei Fursenko, constituency governors, and representatives of business community and the education sector. Andrei Komarov made a report on ChTPZ Group’s

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 12, 2018. Sverdlovsk Region’s private medical insurance market declined 1.5% in 2017, Renessans Strakhovanie Group’s press service refers to the Bank of Russia’s data as indicating. In the country on average, the market actually expanded in the course of last year, the press service says. All in all, Sverdlovsk Region’s insurance market rose by 4.9% by the end of 2017 and reached RUR 24.2bn. In the country on the whole, the market grew 8.2%.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 12, 2018. Sverdlovsk Region’s inflation rate reached 1.9% in February 2018 compared with last February, Sverdlovskstat reports. Food items grew 1.4% more expensive in the course of one year, non-food items grew 2.2% more expensive, alcohol and services grew 4.3% and 1.6% more expensive, respectively. Compared with January 2017, inflation rate reached 0.4%.