UrBC, Moscow, August 14, 2018. International tour operators warn that staying in Turkey will cost Russian customers 5% more in the next season after the ruble grew weaker against the U.S. dollar and the euro again, Russia’s Association of Tour Operators reports. As the market players explain, the simultaneous weakening of the Turkish lira isn’t going to offset the tour prices, as all the agents involved use dollars in their cash settlements. It is estimated that a trip to Turkey might grow 5%+ more expensive by the time next season hits. The USD/RUR exchange rate exceeded 1/68 for the first

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 14, 2018. MMK Group’s vehicle department Avtotransportnoye Upravleniye issued a performance report in celebration of a special day: the department was set up on August 13, 1969. The company is now one of the Southern Urals’ leading vehicle and transportation businesses with over a thousand rolling stock and automobile/truck units at its disposal. The department also maintains a large production facilities network, MMK’s press service reports. Avtotransportnoye Upravleniye contributes greatly to the area’s socioeconomic development and handles both MMK’s cargo (the

UrBC, Mezhdurechensk, August 14, 2018. EVRAZ Holding set up an all-purpose sports playground on the premises of School 23 as part of its CSR program, the company press service reports. The sports playground is suitable for playing basketball, volleyball, and mini-football. The holding directed around RUR 4m to the project. This is the fourth sports facility in Mezhdurechensk. In 2017, a multifunctional sports center and a workout site got set up on the premises of School 26, and a gazebo with fitness appliances inside was introduced next to Kristall Sports Center as well. ‘EVRAZ has been

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 14, 2018. Ural Airlines are launching extra flights from Saint Petersburg to Kaliningrad starting August 10, 2018, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘Yet another Saint Petersburg-Kaliningrad flight will be made available soon. U6 54/54 will be operated every Friday between August 10 and September 7 as well as on August 15, 19, and 22 and September 5. This means there will be up to two flights to Kaliningrad daily,’ the press service says. Special prices (as little as RUR 3,000 for a one-way ticket) apply for certain eligible passenger categories.

UrBC, Moscow, August 14, 2018. The RUR/USD exchange rate fluctuated by RUR 0.94 at Moscow Exchange today and came to RUR 68.66 per USD 1; this was the first time since April 18, 2016 that the exchange rate exceeded the 68/1 ratio, the exchange states. The RUR/EUR exchange rate fluctuated by RUR 0.9 and came to RUR 78.15 per EUR 1. The last time one euro cost more than RUR 78 was on April 11, 2018.