UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 23, 2019. 94,500 m2 worth of new housing got commissioned in Sverdlovsk Region in April 2019; this was 15% less than in April 2018, Sverdlovskstat reports. 428,400 m2 worth of housing got commissioned in January-April 2019, which was 22% less than one year previously. The share of privately put up houses came to 281,800 m2, which was 21% less than in January-April 2019.

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, May 23, 2019. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) and Siemens AG’s daughter enterprise OOO Siemens signed a three-year contract for the supply of electric equipment to the former. According to MMK’s Information & PR Department, the two companies will work together through OOO Siemens’s online store Industry Mall. MMK’s tech experts will be able to select the necessary equipment using a configuring tool and customize their order with extra options such as additional protection appliances, more engine sensors, and so on. All the order-placement routines will now

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 23, 2019. Ural Airlines are now offering their customers extra discounts on state-subsidized flights from Kaliningrad to Moscow and back. According to the air carrier’s press service, prices start from RUB 1,700 (one way) and RUB 3,400 (round trip) for Moscow-Kaliningrad and Kaliningrad-Moscow flights if you book before June 30; the offer holds for people under 23, women over 55, and men over 60. Children under 12 can travel for as little as RUB 1,275 (one way) and RUB 2,550 (round trip). ‘Eligible to apply for the state-subsidized plane tickets are Russian nationals

UrBC, Moscow, May 23, 2019. The Central Bank of Russia recently made its data protection policy for banks even stricter, the CBR’s press service reports. The CBR’s new regulations make it obligatory for the banks to ensure information security for the following transactions: — collecting money from natural persons and legal entities to put in bank deposits; — depositing the funds in question within the banking system; — opening and administration of natural persons’ and legal entities’ bank accounts. Russian banks only used to be obliged to ensure information security for money transfers. The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 23, 2019. Ural Airlines are putting the tickets for their flights operated from Yekaterinburg on sale, the air carrier’s press service says. The special price offer applies to the following flights: Yekaterinburg-Prague-Yekaterinburg (prices start from RUB 18,000); Harbin-Yekaterinburg (prices start from RUB 18,000); Yekaterinburg-Harbin (prices start from RUB 18,000); Yekaterinburg-Harbin-Yekaterinburg (prices start from RUB 25,000); Harbin-Yekaterinburg-Moscow (prices start from RUB 18,000); Moscow-Yekaterinburg-Harbin (prices start from RUB 18,000);