UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 24, 2020. The number of paid parking slots in Yekaterinburg is expected to double by the end of 2020, Senior Expert at Yekaterinburg Council’s Transport & Urban Transit Committee’s Legal Department Alexander Vegner told reporters today. According to Vegner, there are 2,600+ paid parking slots in Yekaterinburg at the moment. 12,000 slots are expected to appear by 2025 and as many as 30,000 slots by 2030. ‘The introduction of paid parking space is mostly meant to improve the traffic situation. We expect some changes to come through in federal laws soon which

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 24, 2020. Sverdlovsk Region’s agribusinesses produced less of every type of animal produce last year compared with one year previously, Sverdlovskstat reports. Milk output dropped by 5.4% (from 119,300,000 kg down to 113,200,000 kg), egg output dropped by 3.5% (from 44.1m units down to 42.6m units), and meat and poultry output dropped by 7% (from 42,900,000 kg down to 40,100,000 kg). As for the output of all the agribusinesses in the Middle Urals combined (including agricultural organizations, private households, and farms), that of milk rose from 739,600,000 kg

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, January 24, 2020. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) cold-roll Mill 2000 made 1,703,800,000 kg of cold-rolled steel sheets last year, which was the absolute annual output record since the launch date, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. ‘The last time a new output record was set was in 2014, when 1,669,600,000 kg of cold-rolled goods got manufactured at the mill. Mill 2000, launched in 2011, is the key component of the hi tech cold-roll facility at MMK’s Sheet-Rolling Department 11. The unit’s primary function is to produce good quality cold-rolled and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 24, 2020. OOO FORES’s Sukhoi Log branch coordinated a guided tour of its production site for schoolchildren from the town’s Gymnasium 1. The twelve- and thirteen-year-olds could take a look at how propping agents are made, the company’s press service reports. ‘The tour started off with a job safety video. Following this video induction, the children put on special protective gear (helmets, earplugs, and breathing masks) and went to look at the dry- and wet-grinding sites and the Quality Control Department. A set of tubs with propping agents of various sizes was

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 24, 2020. The housing developer RSG-Akademicheskoye is coordinating a tender to find a contractor for a set of high-rise apartment buildings in Quarter 9, the company’s press service reports. The winning bidder will be able to sign a contract for the construction of both the above-the-ground and the underground sections of high-rise Buildings 9.6.1 and 9.6.2 and underground Parking Lot 9.6.01 in Block 9.6, Quarter 9 of District Akademicheskiy in Yekaterinburg; the contractor will be in charge of supplying the materials and the equipment for the project and will