UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 18, 2018. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) will be offering lower interest rates on mortgages for existing homes and those currently under construction (by the bank’s trusted developers) starting July 17, the bank’s press service reports. You can apply for a mortgage at 7.9% a year (8.9% a year once the special offer no longer applies). You can find the list of the UBRD-authorized developers on the bank’s website, under Mortgage. The bank is also offering a greater discount for those who manage to go through with all the paperworks in under

UrBC, Moscow, July 18, 2018. The Russian Government might introduce a separate customs duty to be paid by the Russian national on goods they purchase from international shops online. The draft bill on Customs Regulations, with all the amendments made for the second reading, has been presented to the State Duma’s Budget Committee already. It is explained that the new version of the Customs Regulations Act is expected to bring the Russian law in compliance with the Eurasian Economic Union’s Customs Code (adopted in 2017). Under the new terms, the Russian Government will be able to impose a duty

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, July 18, 2018. The representatives of the Chinese business delegation proved quite impressed by the job the South Urals Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s interpreters did at the contracts exchange in Chelyabinsk on July 11-12, the CCI’s press service reports. More than a hundred Chinese companies and over three hundred Chelyabinsk-based businesses took part in these negotiations. Interpreters from a range of professional sectors, including those from the South Urals CCI, were engaged to ensure smooth communication. ‘We were helping our Chinese partners under the Far East

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 18, 2018. EVRAZ Holding supported the annual innovative ideas contest (known as A Minute of Tech Fame) for the seventh time this year; the contest is held at the Governor of Sverdlovsk Region and Sverdlovsk Region Government’s initiative, the company press service says. In the last seven years, the company has directed more than RUR 15.5m to support the constituency’s young scientists and researchers. This year, college undergraduates and grad students submitted over thirty-five different projects for the contest; the ten best proposals got selected in two

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 18, 2018. Rosatom-Atomenergomash’s Yekaterinburg-based asset SverdNIIkhimmash is going to supply a number of evaporation plants for the heat transfer fluid systems and drain systems at Power-Generating Units 3 and 4 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in India, the company press service reports. Under the terms of the contract, SverdNIIkhimmash will have to deliver the equipment before the end of the year. The heat transfer fluid system’s evaporation plant is meant for extraction of boric acid from boron-containing water. The drain systems evaporation plant is meant