UrBC, Moscow, August 29, 2018. MegaFon now offers flat-rate Internet access to customers who subscribed to the company’s popular payment plans, the mobile carrier’s press service reports. ‘The unlimited Internet access option is now available free of charge and can get signed up for through the customers’ online accounts. New customers won’t need to do even that, as the flat-rate access is already included in the payment plans,’ the press service says. The offer applies to five new payment plans introduced in June that also cover special offers on voice calls, TV/video viewing, and listening

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 29, 2018. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) Group is holding its annual Metallurgical Family of The Year Contest again, the company press service reports. The contest is supported by MMK Group’s trade union and is open to trade union members’ families with two or more children. ‘The goal is to promote families and family values as a crucial part of a community’s socioeconomic development, help families feel more spiritual unity, and offer a proactive family recreation option. Additionally, we hope to encourage the younger generations’ aesthetic and spiritual

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 29, 2018. Russian Railways have to pay a 100,000-ruble fine for traffic safety violations in Yekaterinburg once again, Sverdlovsk Region Court’s press service reports. Rostechnadzor’s recent inspection of the company’s local facilities revealed quite a few cases of non-compliance related to shortage of the necessary tech equipment and an insufficient number of safety/entry checkpoints. It was also determined that even the individuals who failed to meet the traffic/transport safety access requirements were still allowed to enter Russian Railways’ restricted

UrBC, Moscow, August 29, 2018. The majority of Russians who contributed to a recent opinion survey (87%) said they would have to reconsider vacationing in Turkey if the country gave up on its all-inclusive meal and entertainment options, OneTwoTrip’s press service refers to the company’s survey findings as indicating. 67% of respondents explained they would have to start price-comparing Turkey with other countries for the best value for money offers. Another 20% said they would stop going to Turkey for their vacations altogether if the AI options were no longer available at hotels. Now the

UrBC, Moscow, August 29, 2018. Approximately every one in ten Russian loan-takers (12.5%) have to direct 50% or more of their monthly income to repay their loans as of January-June 2018, Izvestia reports. Three years previously (January-June 2015) their share was actually 15.14%. According to the Bank of Russia, the decrease in the number of heavily debt-burdened borrowers has to do with the fact that quite a few mortgage-takers have recently gone for the refinancing schemes available to them.