UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 10, 2019. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) extended its special offer on an enhanced annual interest deposit for another month: the offer now holds through January 31, 2019. The decision was made due to the outstanding demand for the bank’s new product, the bank’s press service reports. The deposit in question is one of the UBRD’s most profit-yielding banking products. The annual interest rate can reach as much as 8.5%; the deposit period starts from 210 days, with the interest either paid into your bank card account or added to the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 10, 2019. Ural Airlines are offering their customers reduced-price tickets for Moscow-Larnaca-Moscow flights, the air carrier’s press service reports. Prices start from RUB 3,120/€40 (one way, one piece of luggage under 10 kg included) for Promo tickets on Moscow-Larnaca flights; from RUB 4,368/€56 (one way, one piece of luggage under 10 kg included) for Promo tickets on Larnaca-Moscow flights; and from RUB 6,084/€78 (round trip, one piece of luggage under 10 kg included) for Promo tickets on Moscow-Larnaca-Moscow flights. As for Economy tickets, prices start from

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 10, 2019. EVRAZ Holding’s Raspadskaya Mine (Raspadskaya Coal Company’s flagship quality coal-making asset) was launched forty-five years ago this month. According to the company’s press service, a solemn ceremony took place at Raspadsky Culture Palace, with additional festivities for the workers on the site itself the day before. The plant’s 376 best workers and long-service employees received federal, local, municipal, and company awards. An ad hoc medal was designed in celebration of the special date and given to two hundred miners in the course of a solemn

UrBC, Moscow, January 10, 2019. Russian Post Unitary Enterprise can now charge customs duties on the Russians’ online purchases, and do so remotely. The duty-free limit has been halved since January 1 and now comes to €500 for all purchases made within one month’s time. According to Kommersant, a pilot project takes off on January 1 to enable Russian Post to charge customs duties on online purchases from abroad remotely. It hasn’t so far been explained what retailer businesses will be involved, but the expectation is that all the major market players will join the project eventually. Under

UrBC, Moscow, January 10, 2019. The World Bank adjusted its June forecast for the global economy’s growth by 0.1 percentage point (the figure is now 2.9% a year) due to a downfall in the trade sector and industrial activity as well as trade tensions, Prime refers to the bank’s Global Economic Prospects report as indicating. The GDP growth expectations for the year 2020 are also more pessimistic: the figure is down by 0.1 percentage point and comes to 2.8%. ‘In all, global growth is projected to moderate from a downwardly revised 3 percent in 2018 to 2.9 percent in 2019 and 2.8 percent in