UrBC, Moscow, August 22, 2018. 57% of Russians who took part in tutu.ru’s recent survey say they would be willing to cancel their international trips if the EUR/RUR exchange rate rose to more than RUR 80 to RUR 90 per €1, the travel service tutu.ru reports. ‘We conducted a survey after the currency exchange rate started fluctuating to see what changes would make our travelers reconsider going abroad. 4,300 respondents shared their opinions on August 13-20. It turns out that the EUR/RUR exchange rate of 1/80 is the ‘psychological benchmark’ that would be decisive in this respect,’ the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 22, 2018. Only 7,000 out of Russia’s 400,000 customers on the foreign exchange market are actually doing their business with legal, Central Bank-registered forex dealers, head of Forex Dealers’ Association Evgeny Masharov announced at a press conference in Yekaterinburg. ‘Only eight companies who are the Association members actually meet all of the Central Bank’s requirements. This means that more than two hundred other companies have been operating with no proper permits, so the customers are facing risks in trusting such market players,’ Masharov said. According

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 22, 2018. 4,680 lost luggage claims have been placed with Yekaterinburg’s Koltsovo Airport in the first half of the year, the airport’s press service reports. The airport’s passengers have checked in more than 846,000 pieces of luggage in these six months all in all. The share of lost items thus came to 0.56% of the entire number. Koltsovo Airport has also introduced an online luggage search system by now.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 22, 2018. MMK’s annual guitar poetry festival will be held at Gornoye Ushchelye Children’s Center on September 1, the company’s press service reports. This is the nineteenth time the festival will be held this year. Members of MMK Group’s trade union are expected to take part in the event. The goal is to promote art songs and single out the talented authors and performers who could represent MMK Group at the All-Russian amateur guitar poetry festivals. Besides, the event is meant to help performers of guitar poetry, amateur songs, hiking songs, and other

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 22, 2018. MMK Group’s Perm Territory-based Lysva Metallurgical Plant (LMZ) made RUR 430m in net profit (calculated in accordance with the Russian Accounting Standards) in the first half of 2018, compared with RUR 275 in net loss one year earlier, MMK refers to the company’s financial report as stating. LMZ’s revenues rose by nearly 2.4 times, up to RUR 6,798bn, its gross profit rose by 3.2 times, up to RUR 1.051bn. Sales revenues increased by 3.3 times, up to RUR 721m. The plant’s long-term liabilities dropped from RUR 4.276bn at the start of the year down to RUR