UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 20, 2020. A new terminal might open at Yekaterinburg’s Koltsovo International Airport, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev said at a press conference in Yekaterinburg. According to Governor Kuivashev, the airport needs reconstructing: the place was only big enough to service a million passengers a year back in 2010 and grew large enough to fit 8 million fliers by 2019; in 2030, the annual passenger traffic might reach as many as 16 million people. The Governor said the reconstruction would be handled by the airport owner, Airpots of Regions Group. ‘The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 20, 2020. Ural Airlines introduced new price options on the connecting flights from Krasnoyarsk via Yekaterinburg, the air carrier’s press service reports. The airline now operates flights from Krasnoyarsk via Yekaterinburg to Moscow, Krasnodar, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Mineralnye Vody, and Simferopol, with prices starting from RUB 7,000 (all fees included). Special price offers also apply to flights from Krasnoyarsk to Prague, Beijing, Dubai, Osh, Yerevan, Dushanbe, Khujand, Tashkent, Bishkek, Munich, Almaty, and Namangan, with prices starting from RUB 14,000

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, January 20, 2020. G.I. Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University coordinated a press tour for the local media reporters on Russian Press Day. According to Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) Information & PR Department, MSTU representatives talked about their research and the university’s collaboration with MMK. ‘The reporters went to ThermoDeform-MSTU Engineering Center. The center mainly works to develop advanced technologies that will get launched at Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works in the near future,’ the company says. The reporters could take a look

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 20, 2020. The Urals-based Snag Racing Team (supported by OOO FORES and headed by racer Sergei Kariakin) came second in SSV at 2020 Dakar Rally. According to FORES’s press service, this is the first time a Russian has won silver in the race. ‘The competition was held in Saudi Arabia for twelve days. The final round of the race with a special-purpose, 167-kilometer-long section to drive through, took place on Friday, January 17. Sergei Kariakin’s team finished 39 minutes and 12 seconds later than the gold winner, the U.S. national Casey Currie,’ the company says.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 20, 2020. EVRAZ member enterprises Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Plant and Kachkanarsky Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise awarded their last year’s best-performing young workers, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s Corporate Communications Center reports. Around a hundred people received company awards, thank-you letters that will become part of their work dossier, and money premiums. ‘Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Plant has been holding Best Young Workers’ Team Contest for over a decade now. This time, the prizes went to the teams from Metallurgical