UrBC, Moscow, April 20, 2020. RosSet’s Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems (FGC UES) started getting their electric grid and mains ready for the winter/fall season of 2020/2021, FGC UES Ural’s press service reports. This year, RUB 13.7 million will get directed to repairs. The repairs will involve power substations and electric mains in 79 different parts of Russia. This will ensure a reliable electric power supply to end users even during the peak workload months. In the season of 2019/2020, the company already managed to bring its accident/outage rate down by 12%. 39 transformer

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 20, 2020. Ural Airlines operated their special-purpose Flight U6 3622 (Bangkok-Kazan-Ufa), taking 179 Russian nationals back home from Thailand, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘The special-purpose flight was operated on April 16, with 179 passengers on board. 111 people were headed for Kazan and 68 people for Ufa. The flight landed in Kazan at 11:15 PM and then in Ufa at 04:20 AM on April 17 (local time). The flight for the Russian nationals was operated in accordance with the Rosaviation-approved evacuation schedule,’ the press service says. The airline

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, April 20, 2020. ChelPipe Group’s Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant is working on a project to upgrade the plant’s large-diameter pipe quality control system. Before the end of the year, two new laser control units will get launched on site, and an ultrasound testing unit will also get launched in 2021. The project will require more than RUB 150 million worth of investments all in all. ‘The new appliances will make it possible to detect surface defects of a steel sheet and to control the quality of the welded seam and the area around it. This means zero faulty metal sheets will

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 20, 2020. The housing developer Brusnika came up with a manifesto dwelling on the current economic situation and on what the home buyers should expect in time of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The company says they are keeping track of the Russian Government’s orders and decrees and adjust the work at their construction sites accordingly and in full in compliance with Rospotrebnadzor’s requirements so as to get the buildings commissioned on time. Sales are now fully converted to an online format. ‘We are fully aware the home buyers are worried about the construction

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, April 20, 2020. RUB 7,827,634 worth of donations have been collected in Metallurg Charity Foundation’s donations account as of April 16, 2020. The goal is to support the elderly of Magnitogorsk, Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works’ (MMK) press service reports. The fundraising event is part of MMK Group’s charity project to support the seniors living on their own, who are now having a hard time in self-isolation that has been imposed on the Russians in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The project aims to help seniors in the 65+ age group whose incomes