UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 18, 2020. As of February 3, 2020, the average asking price on Yekaterinburg existing home market came to RUB 72,622 per m2 (up 0.3% on one month earlier), Ural Real Estate Chamber’s Analytical Department’s research findings indicate. The number of apartments on offer through Ural Real Estate Chamber’s database has remained the same for the last four weeks: 8,430. It currently takes 124 days on average to sell an existing home in Yekaterinburg.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 18, 2020. Sverdlovsk Region came 13th in the recent national rating of living standards, with its average score at 57,141. The rating position hasn’t changed since the year 2018, RIA Novosti’s data indicate. The rating relies on the data available from Rosstat, Russia’s Healthcare Ministry, Russia’s Finance Ministry, the Central Bank, and other public sources. Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Moscow Region came first, second, and third in the rating, as has been the case for many years now. North Ossetia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Ingushetia, Altay, Kurgan Region,

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, February 18, 2020. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) saved around RUB 500 million through a series of energy efficiency-boosting programs, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. ‘The impressive savings figure stems from MMK’s efforts to enhance energy efficiency at every section of production site. Implementation of improvement proposals proved one of the most important strategies: the company employees submitted 921 proposals through Energy Management Platform App last year; 298 proposals got implemented on a project basis, with RUB 208 million in expected

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 18, 2020. NEYVA Bank’s new service fees for businesses and sole traders come into effect on March 1, 2020. According to the bank’s press service, their basic packages are now even more appealing, price-wise: if you open a bank account with NEYVA, the company card and a card with signature samples come free of charge (the offer does not apply to Discounter Package). Besides, the cost of payments made to the self-employed is already covered. ‘Payments made by legal entities and sole traders to the self-employed (i.e. those paying earned income tax) are part of the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 18, 2020. Alexei Zaitsev, who works as a screener at OOO FORES’s Kamensk-Uralsky branch, won the third prize for the year 2019 at the amateur running club Ural 100, the company’s press service reports. ‘Alexei Zaitsev took part in 53 races (total distance: 1,268 km). The gold winner took part in 83 races (total distance: close to 2,020 km); the silver winner took part in 72 races (total distance: 1,490 km),’ the company says. ‘I decided to say yes to the adventure of Ural 100 Cup last year; the plan was to compete with the well-known runners Alexei Kurochkin,