UrBC, Moscow, October 11, 2018. The Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Enforcement at Russia’s Internal Affairs Ministry uncovered a fraud at FOREX’s Russian representation. ‘According to the information we have, the suspects used the name of the well-known brand to act as legitimate forex e-traders for their customers and collected private customers’ funds, promising enormous profits and ROI in return. In actuality, all the money got transferred to ad hoc accounts and stolen,’ says Russia’s Internal Affairs Ministry’s official spokesperson Irina Volk. To make everything look

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 11, 2018. Ural Airlines are introducing a new flight from Vladivostok, Russia to Sapporo, Japan on December 4, 2018. The new flight will be operated every Tuesday and Friday, the air carrier’s press service reports. There is a special offer at the start: prices for Vladivostok-Sapporo-Vladivostok flight start from as little as RUR 7,600 (€100) and RUR 14,100 (€186) (one way and round trip, respectively). ‘Welcome to Sapporo, Hokkaido’s No.1 city! This is one of the key locations to do winter sports. The island is sometimes referred to as ‘the Japanese Siberia’; it

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 11, 2018. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) now offers all of Samsung Pay options to the bank’s MasterCard holders. Customers who have both a UBRD-issued MasterCard and a Samsung device can pay for their shopping using their smartphones, the bank’s press service reports. ‘We’ve already launched Samsung Pay for Visa holders a bit earlier,’ says UBRD Marketing Director Alexei Merzlyakov. ‘This resulted in an increase in the number of card payments, including contactless ones. As we see customer service improvements and customer satisfaction

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 11, 2018. Federal Grid Company United Energy System’s Western Siberia branch invested in a number of new special-purpose vehicles in order to get ready for winter, the company’s PR & Media Group reports. ‘FGC UES Western Siberia is in charge of power facilities operating in Tyumen Region, Yugra, and Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous Region. We need very specific, custom-made vehicles for this climatically challenging territories,’ the Group says. The branch currently operates 363 automobiles and special-purpose vehicles, of which about 33% are wheeled and tracked

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 11, 2018. The Louis Vuitton outlet located in a shopping arcade in Sacco & Vanzetti St in Yekaterinburg will stop operating on January 1, 2019, the shop informs its regulars via phone calls and texts, Kommersant reports. The brand’s Moscow office confirmed the news yet refused to comment on the reasons behind the decision to close the shop down. As things are, there will be only six LV shops operating in Russia all in all: four in Moscow and one in Saint Petersburg and Sochi each. Now Bosco Sport and Etra outlets also closed down at Yekaterinburg’s Evropa