UrBC, Moscow, January 23, 2019. Russia’s inflation rate rose from 4.3% in 2018 to 4.7% a year on January 14, 2019, the Economic Development Ministry’s report on inflation in January 2019 indicates. ‘Two inflation-boosting factors came into effect in January 2019, namely, the VAT increase from 18% to 20% and an increase in the cost of utilities by 1.7% starting January 1. As a result, the inflation figures stood at 0.65% on January 1-14, 2019 compared with 0.21% a year earlier. As of January 14, the inflation rate was estimated to speed up to 4.7%,’ the report states. The ministry’s analysts

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 23, 2019. MegaFon Ural’s subscribers are among the country’s most independent people, MegaFon believes: every one in four of My Account users on the company website is based in the Urals, the company’s press service reports. 2.2 million locals prefer to deal with their telecom issues online, with peak on-site presence time between noon and 2 PM. Every one in five users (18%) belongs in the 46-60 age group, while 35% of users are people in the 26-35 age group. The share of those in the 18-22 age bracket comes to 22%. My Account is mostly used to look into one’s

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, January 23, 2019. ChelPipe Group and the All-Russian National Military Patriotic Social Movement Association (Yunarmiya) signed a cooperation agreement. The paper was signed by the Group’s Director-General Boris Kovalenkov and Head of Yunarmiya’s HQ, Hero of Russia, space pilot Roman Romanenko. According to the Group’s press service, the goal is to work together on the initiatives in the field of military training and patriotic values courses for children and teenagers, support physical education and sports projects, and promote and popularize the idea of the Russian Army

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 23, 2019. Ural Airlines are now offering their customers tickets for Yekaterinburg-Kaliningrad-Yekaterinburg flights. Flight U6 403/404 will get operated every Monday and Friday starting from March 22, 2019. According to the air carrier’s press service, the departure time (Yekaterinburg) is 1 PM on Mondays and 11 AM on Fridays; the departure time for the return trip (from Kaliningrad) is 2:40 PM on Mondays and 12:40 PM on Fridays. Prices start from RUB 6,000 and 8,500 (one way). The flights will get operated between March 22, 2019 and December 31, 2019. You can

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 23, 2019. Ural Airlines are now selling tickets for Moscow-Mumbai flights; the very first flight has been scheduled for March 31, 2019; from then on, the flight will get operated four times a week (on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays (there)/on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays (back). According to the air carrier’s press service, the departure (Moscow/Domodedovo Airport) and arrival (Mumbai) time is 7:10 PM and 4:45 AM, respectively. For Mumbai-Moscow flight, the departure and arrival time is 5:50 AM and 10:50 AM, respectively. The flights