UrBC, Magnitogorsk, October 25, 2018. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) and Sinosteel Equipment & Engineering Co (China) signed a memorandum of cooperation in order to have MMK’s coke and by-product process facilities upgraded, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. The paper was signed by MMK Director-General Pavel Shilyayev and Sinosteel Equipment & Engineering Co., Ltd Chair of the BOD Lu Pengcheng. The two parties agreed to sign contracts for the construction of new facilities as part of MMK’s coke and by-product process departments’ reconstruction. Under the terms

UrBC, Moscow, October 25, 2018. 10,467 forged ruble bills were found within the Russian Federation’s banking system in the third quarter of 2018; this is 267 banknotes fewer than one year earlier, the Central Bank’s press service reports. 5,000-ruble bills get forged most often (7,616 bills got uncovered in the given period all in all); the number of forged 1,000-ruble bills is nearly three times smaller: 2,425. Added to this are 95 forged 2,000-ruble bills and 3 forged 200-ruble bills, as well as 37 counterfeit coins (4 10-ruble ones, 32 5-ruble ones, and 1 1-ruble one). As for foreign

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 25, 2018. About nine hundred more doctors are still needed in Sverdlovsk Region, the constituency’s Healthcare Minister Andrei Tsvetkov announced at a press conference in Yekaterinburg on October 24, 2018. ‘These are both currently unfilled job openings and the potential replacements for doctors going into retirement,’ the minister said. According to Tsvetkov, locations in Sverdlovsk Region’s north suffer from medical staff shortage particularly badly. The Healthcare Ministry is now trying to make up for the shortage by hiring both local medical school graduates

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 25, 2018. Workers from EVRAZ Holding’s Ural and Siberia divisions are going to take part in the nationwide blue-collar job championship WorldSkills Hi Tech for the fifth time this year, the holding’s press service reports. The championship will be held at Yekaterinburg EXPO on October 24-28. EVRAZ’s team comprises 35 contestants and 33 experts for the judges’ panel. This year, the company representatives will compete in twelve different categories: Mechatronics, Welding, Wiring, Industrial Automation, Lab Chemical Testing, Sheet Metal Treatment, Nondestructive

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 25, 2018. Ural Airlines is launching its new flight from Zhukovsky, Moscow Region to Prague, Czechia and back on December 26, 2018; flight U6 751/752 will be operated every Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘The flights are offered within very convenient time slots: you leave Zhukovsky at 6:30 AM and arrive in Prague at 7:30 AM, so you’ll have a full day ahead of you to enjoy the city. On the way back, you leave Prague at 8:30 AM and arrive in Zhukovsky after three hours on board,’ the press service says. Prices