UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 10, 2019. TVEL and Ural Electrochemical Combine’s management met with the NGO members and residents of Novouralsk and Sverdlovsk Region at the initiative of Rosatom State Corporation’s Public Council and with support from Ural Electrochemical Combine, the latter’s press service reports. The issues relating to safe treatment of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) interested the locals very much. First Vice President at TVEL Mikhail Zarubin stressed in his opening address that depleted UF6 was a strategic stock of a valuable resource vital to the Russian nuclear industry’s

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, December 10, 2019. Chair of the BOD at Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) Viktor Rashnikov and Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Alexei Teksler held a work meeting to talk about a series of projects on Magnitogorsk’s socioeconomic development and about MMK contributing to National Projects, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. Governor Teksler said Chelyabinsk Region Government and Magnitogorsk Council worked in close cooperation with the plant. ‘Under your management, MMK has been making a positive impact on the development of Chelyabinsk Region in general

UrBC, Moscow, December 10, 2019. The telecom company MegaFon opened its first Experience Store with a focus on the customers’ digital experience at Metropolis Mall in Moscow. According to the company’s press service, this is their next step towards upgrading MegaFon’s retail network. Before the end of the year, a hundred outlets in different parts of Russia (including the Urals) will get updated as well. ‘Experience Store is a new format of a retail outlet. The place is four times bigger than MegaFon’s typical stores; smartphones and tablets, including the latest iPhone makes, are displayed

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 10, 2019. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) reduced the interest rates it charges on all of its mortgage options: the rates now start from 8.8% a year (8.6% for homes in buildings still under construction). According to the bank’s press service, you can also apply for a mortgage refinancing scheme starting at 8.8% a year; if you used your multiple-child allowance to cover a portion of your mortgage payments, the rate goes down to 8.9%; if you’d like to use your existing real estate as the loan collateral the rates start from 11.5% a year.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 10, 2019. Ural Airlines’ tickets for new, direct Moscow-Mumbai flight are now available for booking, the air carrier’s press service reports. Starting March 30, 2020, the flight will get operated four times a week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. All flights will get operated on Airbus А320neo liners; the flight is six hours and forty-five minutes long. ‘If you book before the end of the year, special price offer applies for the flights to be operated between March 30 and October 24, 2020: prices start from RUB 12,070 (€170) for Moscow-Mumbai flights