UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 28, 2020. Sverdlovsk Region’s inflation rate is estimated to come to 2.5% a year in March 2020, the Bank of Russia’s Ural division’s report states. In Ural Federal District on the whole, the annual inflation rate was 2.5% as well. Kurgan Region (2.8%) did the worst, followed by Chelyabinsk Region (2.6%). In Tyumen Region, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region – Yugra, and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region, the figures were, respectively, 2.2%, 2.1%, and 1.3%. ‘In Ural Federal District, the annual food inflation was 0.8% more pronounced in March 2020 than in February 2020 and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 28, 2020. Ural Airlines evacuated 199 Russian nationals back home from India (Flight U6 3740 Goa-Novosibirsk-Yekaterinburg) on Saturday, April 25. The departure time was 5:38 PM (local time) on April 24; the plane landed in Novosibirsk at 1:00 AM and arrived in Yekaterinburg at 2:50 AM on April 25. According to the air carrier’s press service, 137 passengers (including eight children) were headed for Novosibirsk and 62 people (including two children) were traveling to Yekaterinburg. All sanitary precautions were taken both at Tolmachevo Airport in Novosibirsk and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 28, 2020. NEYVA Bank’s management coordinated a live Q&A session to answer the most pressing finance-related questions and suggested its customers prepare for hard times in advance. Vice Chair of the Board at NEYVA Bank Pavel Yefremov said during the online webinar that the current global financial crisis would be different from all the other ones and would very likely be quite long. ‘I don’t believe we’ll see anything positive happening before the end of the year. Even the leading analysts cannot say at the moment how deep the global economic recession will be

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 28, 2020. 5,400,000+ kg of EVRAZ NTMK’s hot-rolled H-beams have been delivered to the construction site of Sberbank Technopark in Skolkovo, the company’s press service reports. The trading company EVRAZ Metall InProm handled the delivery. The plant made H-beams (strength grade: C355) with enhanced operational properties for the tech park’s primary facilities. The beam thickness is 20+ mm, which makes them particularly strong and durable.

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, April 28, 2020. The staff of MMK-supported Metallurg Charity Foundation put together and handed over to Magnitogorsk social welfare centers 12,552 food packages meant for the local seniors, Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) Information & PR Department reports. The foundation representatives also collected 9,500 sets of PPE (gloves, masks, sanitizers, and soap) for the elderly living on their own and have already delivered these to their intended users. Lonely seniors in the 65+ age group who have no family living with or near them were the first group to