UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 28, 2019. Ural Airlines are now launching a sale on their Moscow-Kaliningrad-Moscow flights: prices start from RUB 6,170 (round trip) through March 31, 2019, the air carrier’s press service reports. You can book your flight on the company website www.uralairlines.com, on Ural Airlines mobile app, over the phone +7-800-7700-262, or at any booking office. The price of state-subsidized tickets for Saint Petersburg-Kaliningrad-Saint Petersburg and Moscow-Kaliningrad-Moscow flights is now also lower: RUB 2,000 (one way) for adults and RUB 1,500 (one way) for children

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 28, 2019. Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems (FGC UES) had its 220-kilowatt electric mains in Knyazhevo-Zavodoukovsk section in Tyumen Region reconstructed, FGC UES Western Siberia’s press service reports. The mains got reinforced with four new supports that came to replace the worn-out ones. This 220-kilowatt Knyazhevo-Zavodoukovsk Main is located between Tyumen Region’s District Yalutorovosky and District Zavodoukovsky and is involved in power transit from Tyumen Heat & Power Station 2 to the south of Tyumen Region. Special-purpose off-road vehicles

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, January 28, 2019. ChelPipe Group’s warehouse depot supplied 174,000 kg of large-diameter pipes for the fourth bridge across the Ob in Novosibirsk. According to the Group’s press service, the LDPs will be used to relocate the engineering infrastructure from the bridge construction site in Ippodromskaya St. The pipes were made at Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant (ChelPipe). The shipment comprises electrically welded, longitudinal pipes (diameter: 530 mm to 1,220 mm; layer thickness: 10 mm to 12 mm) made from improved 17G1S steel. The entire batch got shipped to customer in two

UrBC, Moscow, January 28, 2019. The Bank of Russia intends to resume making foreign currency purchases (postponed in 2018) on the domestic market starting February 1, 2019, the bank’s website states. The purchases will be made in roughly equal installments throughout the next thirty-six months, which will increase the daily purchase amount by RUB 2.8 billion. ‘The Bank of Russia reserves the right to stop making the foreign currency purchases on the home market in case there arise threats to the country’s financial stability,’ the website says.

UrBC, Moscow, January 28, 2019. The Russian banking market’s overall assets increased by 6.9% last year, mainly through the banks’ more proactive lending policies. The accumulated loan book (to both private borrowers and non-financial organizations) went up by 10.7% in 2018. The increase was most noticeable in the retail lending sector (+22.8%), the Bank of Russia’s website indicates. According to the Bank of Russia, banks tried to encourage borrowers throughout the year by offering reduced interest rates; a certain upward economic trend and people’s rising disposable incomes were also a