UrBC, Moscow, July 30, 2019. 59% of Russians are not prepared to get an electronic passport issued for them, even though as many as 85% are familiar with the idea, TASS refers to the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center’s survey findings as indicating. 22% of respondents don’t feel this type of ID would be reliable another 8% are wary of possible database glitches; 4% of those surveyed feel pessimistic about the e-passport because of the possible data leaks and the risk of losing the passport itself. Finally, 3% of respondents say the ID is not universally suitable for everyone and

UrBC, Moscow, July 30, 2019. People who’ve lost their money/prospective home in a housing building co-operative scheme might get offered apartments in completed or nearly completed buildings instead, RIA Novosti refers to Russia’s Vice Premier Vitaly Mutko as saying. According to Mutko, the government is only starting to think over the mechanisms needed to make this work; a change is the existing legislation is necessary, which could be made possible during the Parliament’s upcoming session in the fall. The proposal would serve as the third possible solution to the problem, in addition to

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, July 30, 2019. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) is currently hosting an experience-sharing workshop for the coke and by-product process department workers from Russia’s metallurgical enterprises, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. MMK’s Coke & By-Product Process Department is now open to forty-one delegates from nine Russian companies: Severstal, Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK), Altai-Koks, West-Siberian Metal Plant (EVRAZ ZSMK), Nizhny Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Plant (EVRAZ NTMK), Koks, Mechel-Koks, Ural Steel, and Gubakhinskiy Koks. The workshop

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 30, 2019. The Walk of Finance opened in Yekaterinburg’s District Akademichesky on the eve of the Russian Finance Ministry’s 100th anniversary. We planted some willow trees here last fall; the trees are quite small just now, but we hope they’ll eventually grow into a large, beautiful canopy that will protect the walkers from the summer heat. We’d like this to be more than just an alley: this is meant as a landmark and a venue for all sorts of financial literacy events, Vice Governor of Sverdlovsk Region and Sverdlovsk Region Finance Minister Galina Kulachenko said at

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 30, 2019. OOO FORES’s Asbest branch is working to upgrade the plant’s dust-exhaust facilities. According to the company’s press service, the introduction of extra cyclone dust collectors and three sock filters on the rotary drum dryer will make the entire appliance’s performance much more reliable. The addition of a second stage to the de-dusting process and the expansion of filtering facilities helped reduce the filters’ overall workload and provided the necessary reserve. What is more, there’s now considerably less dust at workplaces,’ says Director at OOO FORES’s