UrBC, Moscow, July 4, 2019. MegaFon operates more base stations in Russia than any other telecom company, Roskomnadzor announced at the end of May 2019. The company runs over 238,520 communication units, including 98,100 4G stations (many more than MegaFon’s competitors currently have), the company’s press service reports. In Russia on the whole, the number of 4G base stations increased by 16% in the first five months of 2019 and reached 283,400 units, Roskomnadzor’s report states. MegaFon owns more 4G base stations that any other ISP or mobile carrier: 98,100. The company’s rivals from the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 4, 2019. Andrei Komarov was re-elected Chair of the Board of Directors at Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant (ChelPipe), the company’s press service reports. ‘The decision was made during the re-elected BOD’s first meeting on July 1, 2019. The new BOD, elected by shareholders in the course of the annual general meeting, now comprises Boris Kovalenkov, Andrei Komarov, Dina Mikhryukova, Alexander Fedorov, Sergey Yankovsky, and Independent Directors Vadim Makhov and Oleg Seleznev (who was accepted as an Independent Director by the BOD’s special decision based on the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 4, 2019. Atomenergomash’s member enterprise SverdNIIkhimmash Board of Directors appointed Vitaly Starikov the company’s Director-General, the company’s press service reports. SverdNIIkhimmash is one of the Russian nuclear industry’s key research institutes. As the Director-General, Starikov will have to both ensure continuity and inspire a new wave of growth on the nuclear plant equipment market and in other sectors of the national economy,’ says Director-General at Atomenergomash Andrei Nikipelov. Vitaly Starikov worked as Deputy Director-General at Consolidated NPP

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 4, 2019. Amendments have been made to Yekaterinburg Council’s urban improvement program for 2017-2020; the order was signed by Mayor Alexander Vysokinsky, the town council’s website states. The changes mainly have to do with the way inter-budgetary transfers from higher-tier budgets get accounted for in the town’s own budget. In 2019, Yekaterinburg’s urban improvement program got allocated RUB 5,924,967, including RUB 4,509,467 from Yekaterinburg’s budget, RUB 510.5m from Sverdlovsk Region’s budget, and RUB 905m from the federal budget. Besides, adjustments have been

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 4, 2019. RUB 250.45m got allocated from Yekaterinburg’s budget to design the second line of Yekaterinburg Underground. Changes to this effect have been made to the town council’s Yekaterinburg Underground Development 2014-2020 Program; the paper was signed by Mayor Alexander Vysokinsky. Under the new terms, RUB 351.41m will get directed to the subway’s development all in all. Some funds (RUB 89.4m) will also come from Sverdlovsk Region’s budget; RUB 100m will come from non-budget funds. The second line is expected to ensure a link between ZhBI and VIZ in