October 14, 2014. ZAO Regional Construction Group Akademicheskoye topped the rating of developers based in the Urals and Western Siberia; the rating was created by Expert Rating Agency based on data for the year 2013. According to the agency’s research findings, the company’s output grew by 15.1% last year, while its revenues increased by 1.4bn RUR and reached 10.6bn RUR. Tyumen Housing Construction Company came second in the rating, while Atomstroycomplex Corporation was the last of the big three. Now ZAO Regional Construction Group Akademicheskoye is the developer behind Yekaterinburg’s new

October 14, 2014. On October 10, 2014, the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense coordinated its Military Produce Acceptance Day, and Uraltransmash DG Alexei Nosov apprised the Russian Defense Minister General Sergei Shoigu of the fact that the enterprise’s three-year contract for the production and delivery of 152-mm self-propelled howitzers 2S19M2 had been fulfilled, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. ‘Our 2S19M2 152-mm self-propelled howitzer was a result of designer improvements of self-propelled howitzer Msta. The 2S19M2 model is a highly mobile, full-track combat

October 14, 2014. As of October 5, 2014, gasoline prices stood at 32.74 RUR per liter, which was 0.4% more than a week earlier (32.61 RUR), Rosstat reports. A liter of AI 92 costs 31.5 RUR (+0.45% on last week’s 31.36 RUR), AI 95 now comes for 34.03 RUR per liter against last week’s 33.9 RUR (+ 0.39%). The price of diesel fuel remained the same as last week and comes to 33.1 RUR per liter.

October 14, 2014. Unknown Tankprom: The Industry in the National Economy opened in State Central Museum of Modern Russian History on October 11. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation, Polytechnic Museum, and the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute for History of Natural Sciences & Technology acted as the main organizers of the event. The choice of the opening date was by no means a coincidence: October 11 is the official launch date of Uralvagonzavod. According to the corporation’s press service, the company’s Deputy DG for PR and GR Alexei Zharich said at the opening

October 13, 2014. Experts from ChTZ Uraltrac (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) are about to complete their testing of a bulldozer with a plough that is fitted onto the front of the vehicle. ‘In October, the vehicle will become part of the plant’s product range. This means this is going to be a series-produced bulldozer, and customers can already place their orders,’ the corporation’s press service says. The new product is expected to enjoy demand with foresters and firefighters. The bulldozer is meant for laying fire barriers that help prevent ground fire from spreading and

October 13, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Corporation delivered its final batch of fifteen 152-mm self-propelled howitzers 2S19M2 (Msta-S) to the Russian Federation Defense Ministry, Interfax Military News Agency refers to Alexei Nosov, the Director-General of Uraltransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) as saying. ‘This batch closes up on our three-year contract for the delivery of 108 self-propelled howitzers. The delivery was completed ahead of schedule,’ Nosov said. According to Alexei Nosov, the Defense Ministry has already received 93 self-propelled howitzers that are

October 13, 2014. Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) renewed its license allowing the company to neutralize and dispose of wastes pertaining to substance hazard categories I to IV, the enterprise’s press service reports. The license was issued by Ural Federal District division of the Federal Surveillance Service for the Use of Natural Resources in accordance with the legal requirements. This is a lifetime license, in fact. The plant underwent an inspection aimed at checking the performance of neutralizing facilities and waste disposal sites and at looking into the

October 13, 2014. The supply on Yekaterinburg existing homes market has reached a seven-year high, Ural Chamber of Real Estate’s Analytical Agency reports. There are currently nearly 10,000 apartments and 1,750 rooms in communal apartments available for sale in the Chamber’s database. At the same time, the new homes market supply is rising noticeably. In fact, the record-setting 2.8m sq m worth of new housing are being put up in apartment buildings this year. As for prices, the median price of a square meter of Yekaterinburg-based housing advertised for sale came to 75,830 RUR on October 6,

October 13, 2014. Experts from South Yekaterinburg division of Rospotrebnadzor (the state consumer rights watchdog) in Sverdlovsk Region inspected OOO Labyrinth Yekaterinburg and found unsafe alcohol produce at Red & White Wine Store at 37 Shcherbakov St in Yekaterinburg in September 2014. The strong drink is no longer sold there, Rospotrebnadzor’s press service reports. A lab test protocol provided by Sverdlovsk Region Hygiene & Epidemiology Center indicates that Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey Liqueur in a 0.7-liter bottle (bottled on June 15, 2013), 1926 Fayetteville Hwy Lynchburg,

October 10, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Corporation is going to take part in an exhibition called The Unknown Tankprom: The Tank Industry in the National Economy & Human Life; the corporation will present its exhibits there, the company’s press service reports. The opening ceremony will take place at the State Central Museum of Modern Russian History in Moscow on October 11. The exhibits will include Uralvagonzavod’s freight carriages that were made in the sixties, the seventies, and the eighties and were featured at the Exhibition of National Economy Achievements (VDNKh) at the time. The

October 10, 2014. Ural Airlines rendered its services to 4,052,074 passengers between January 1 and September 30, 2014, which was 18% more than in the nine months of 2013. In the nine months of 2014, 31,054 flights were operated via Ural Airlines’ aircraft, including 10,265 international flights, 14,809 domestic flights, and 5,980 flights within the CIS. This was 21% more than a year earlier. The company’s passenger traffic has risen by 16% since the start of the year compared with 2013 and reached 10,505,165,000 passenger-kilometers, the airline’s press service says. The company flew 565,003

October 10, 2014. As of October 1, 2014, the amount of overdue debt held by Sverdlovsk Region-based enterprises amounted to 23.642m RUR, Sverdlovskstat reports. This figure is 38.2% higher than in the previous quarter and 4.7 times higher than a year earlier.

October 10, 2014. Uralcryomash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) unveiled a bust portraying the plant’s first Chief Designer Mefodiy Veremyev to celebrate its 60th anniversary. According to the corporation’s press service, the unveiling ceremony was attended by Uralcryomash Director-General Dmitri Skoropupov, Designer-General Oleg Cheremnykh, Chief Designer Rudolf Zashlyapin, and the plant’s long-service employees and current workers. According to those present at the ceremony, the Nizhniy Tagil-based sculptress Angelica Yuzhakova recreated the designer’s appearance very

October 10, 2104. Omsktransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) coordinated a solemn opening ceremony of Omsk State Technical University’s Chair for Hydro-Mechanics & Transport Machines on its premises, the corporation’s press service reports. ‘Omsk Transport Machine-Building Plant (Omsktransmash) and Omsk State Technical University have been engaged in mutually beneficial cooperation for many years now. The university opened a special department to educate machine-building experts for Omsk Region’s largest defense enterprise. There are currently several dozen students

October 9, 2014. Transaero Airlines decided not to launch its direct Yekaterinburg-London flight after all, a protocol available on the Federal Air Transport Agency’s website states. The agency, also known as Rosaviation, granted Transaero its permission to operate flights from Yekaterinburg to London in May 2014. The air carrier was allowed to use Tu 214 aircraft as well as the air planes by Boeing (737, 767, 777, and 747). The flight was supposed to have been operated three times a week. However, it still has not been launched to date.

October 9, 2014. The youth organization of ChTZ Uraltrac (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) took part in a special event dedicated to the World Day of Trade Unions Acting in Defense of Decent Work, the corporation’s press service reports. ‘Trade unions primarily voice their opinions through pickets and demonstrations. However, the youth organization decided to do something different and, upon the suggestion of Russia’s Federation of Independent Trade Unions, coordinated a number of spectacular events that could serve as a visual presentation of their life stand,’ the press

October 9, 2014. In the three quarters of 2014, Koltsovo International Airport of Yekaterinburg (a member of Regional Airports Holding) offered its services to 3,544,734 people, which exceeds the figures for the three quarters of 2013 by 7.7%, the airport’s press service reports. Domestic flights passenger traffic rose by 13.9% and came to 1,839,567 people; 1,705,167 people were passengers on international flights (+1.8% on last year). The number of sorties increased by 4.6% compared with the nine months of 2013 and amounted to 18,585 take-offs. ‘Flights were operated to 120 destinations,

October 9, 2014. ChTPZ Group is taking part in the 14 international welding materials, equipment, and technologies exhibition Weldex/Rossvarka at Sokolniki Exhibition Center in Moscow on October 7-10. The company aims to present its own ceramic flux manufacturing options: flux is the material that is used in the welding process. ChTPZ Group currently makes six flux varieties that have all been certified by the National Welding Control Agency (NAKS); its production capacity stands at 14,000,000 kg of welding material a year. The Group’s produce is used in the metallurgical sector, in the

October 9, 2014. Ural Airlines was among the best taxpayers in 2013, the air carrier’s press service says. Last year, the airline paid over 1.2bn RUR worth of taxes to budget and non-budget funds, including more than 300m RUR directed to Sverdlovsk Region’s budget. ‘Ural Airlines operate flights all over Russia as well as worldwide and are among the most respectable taxpayers in this federal constituency,’ Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeniy Kuivashev stressed. Interestingly, Ural Airlines was among Russia’s top five air carriers in terms of traffic volume in January 2014. Besides, over

October 9, 2014. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) was on the list of the top five Russian metallurgical companies most frequently referred to in the media in September 2014, Interfax refers to its SCAN (Complex News Analysis System) as indicating. According to SCAN’s data, MMK was mentioned in the Russian media 1,686 times last month. Interfax believes a rating this high has to do with the fact that MMK announced they signed a memorandum on technical and scientific cooperation with ChTPZ Group and Kazakhstan’s KazTransOil; the news received extensive media coverage. The rating,