UrBC, Magnitogorsk, October 23, 2018. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) directed RUR 13m to fund the trade union members’ children’s stays at countryside camps/resorts this year so far. According to the company press service, MMK has allocated RUR 2m more for the purpose this year compared with two years earlier. ‘The special program the trade union committee adopted early on in the year involves the trade union members/employees whose children go to summer camps during the school break. These workers get a subsidy of RUR 3,500 to co-fund their children’s summer travel,’ the press

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 23, 2018. EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) is now Russia’s first enterprise to launch the SAP ERP- and SAP APO PP/DS-based production planning system. The PPS adjusted the plant’s order-placing, production planning, and spare parts manufacturing processes and resulted in a 10% drop in the amount of warehouse stock, the holding’s press service reports. ‘The new system allows for more efficient tracking of new orders and for timely production planning and control. Orders and applications for new spare parts get entered into an

UrBC, Vladikavkaz, October 23, 2018. North Ossetia-Alanya’s public prosecution authorities are now investigating a fire outbreak at Ural Mining & Metallurgical Company’s ElectroZinc in Vladikavkaz. The investigation is meant to evaluate the actions taken by the people in charge at the plant, TASS reports. ‘An investigation is taking place to look into the fire; once it has been completed, an assessment of the plant’s management’s actions will be issued,’ a public prosecution authorities representative is quoted as telling TASS. The fire broke out at the plant’s electrolysis shop on

UrBC, Moscow, October 23, 2018. The number of Russians who booked a flight to Europe for the upcoming New Year break is down 17% this year compared with one year earlier; the share of Europe-bound passenger traffic declined from 16.1% to 13.3%, tutu.ru refers to its own research findings as indicating. The company looked into bookings made for December 15, 2018-January 15, 2019. ‘The prices for European flights have remained essentially the same, with the average amount down by 2% from RUR 25,677 to RUR 25,242 (round trip); the price of flying to other international destinations rose by 1% on

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 23, 2018. MegaFon now has more mobile experts available in Sverdlovsk Region, the ISP and mobile carrier reports. MegaFon’s professional telecom consultants are now working at thirteen more mobile supermarkets. The new outlets got opened in Yekaterinburg, Verkhnyaya Salda, Zarechny, Kamyshlov, Nevyansk, Nizhniy Tagil, and Pervouralsk. In Yekaterinburg alone, more experts are now available at stores in Alatyr Shopping Mall, Greenwich Shopping Mall, and Belka Market, as well as in smaller outlets in Uralmash and Staraya Sortirovka. MegaFon’s analysts relied on their