UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 3, 2019. The prices on Yekaterinburg new home market are expected to rise by 6% to 8% by the end of 2019, President of Ural Real Estate Chamber Ilona Soboleva said at a press conference today. 'The price of an existing home currently comes to RUB 50,600 per m2 on average in Yekaterinburg's remotest locations and to RUB 102,000 per m2 on average for centrally located apartments. Last year, the price of homes in newly commissioned apartment buildings rose by 10%, that of existing homes rose by 5%. This year, the increase will be less pronounced: new and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 3, 2019. Banking scams tend to focus on the customers these days, with losses at RUB 5,000 to RUB 7,00 per customer on average throughout the country; in some cases, however, a lot of money gets stolen, Information Security Director at SKB-Bank Denis Uleyko said at a press conference in Yekaterinburg today. According to experts, while the Central Bank reports that the number of cyber-attacks the banks get exposed to has been going down, Russian banks still have to deal with them on a weekly basis. In the year 2018, the overall amount of money stolen from

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, December 3, 2019. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) representative gave a talk on the plant's green projects to reduce the negative impact on Magnitogorsk Reservoir and local rivers during the latest meeting of the Ural River Rehabilitation Coordination Council, MMK's Information & PR Department reports. According to manager at MMK's Environmental Protection Lab Alexander Levashov, the plant's management is making every effort to reduce the business's negative impact on the water bodies. In 2015, MMK adopted an environmental protection

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 3, 2019. ChelPipe Group's Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ) got certified within InterGazCert voluntary certification system and proved its goodwill and compliance with Gazprom's standards. ChelPipe Group's press service reports the certification audit involved looking into the plant's quality management system, its share of the market, its financial performance, and other key operation parameters. Additionally, auditors looked into the plant's goodwill index, an indicator of how much trust the market has in the company. The index makes

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 3, 2019. Children's Sports Federal Project coordinator and President of the All-Russian School Sports Federation, three-time Olympic champion, ten-time world champion, a public figure and a government official Irina Rodnina paid a visit to EVRAZ Kachkanarsky Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise (KGOK), EVRAZ Holding Ural's Corporate Communications Center reports. Irina Rodnina went to the new sports facility EVRAZ Arena Olimp and started a mini-football game. She then met with members of the local sports community and gave out autographs. Rodnina