The value of net assets of Energy - Mixed Investments (the unit investment trust) managed by Eurogreen Management Company Ltd. went down by 6.45% between December 14, 2007 and December 17, 2007. According to Eurogreen’s website, the company’s net assets decreased from 3,674,402.03 RUR on December 14, 2007 to 3,437,540.33 RUR on December 17, 2007.

Russian Copper Company coordinated an exhibition of Russian copper castings that date back to the 12th to the 20th century. The exhibition, located in Yekaterinburg, features 400 items, most of which are portrayals of various saints. The opening ceremony took place in the Cathedral-on-Blood on St. Nicholas’s Day. All the exhibits come from Russian Copper Company’s collection, supervised by the Central Museum of Old Russian Culture and Art in Moscow. Visitors can attend the exhibition from 9 AM to 20 PM beginning from December 20, 2007.

Over the nine months that Aston Group and Sverdlovsk Gubernskiy Bank’s joint mortgage program has been running, no mortgager has moved in in their apartment yet. According to the company’s website, even the first part of Aston Group’s housing complex in Yekaterinburg’s Zheleznodorozhniy district has been completed yet. The mortgage program was launched in March 2007.

Nizhniy Tagil Iron & Steel Works (part of Evraz Group) has successfully finished testing the dust-exhaust system of its first converter; the latter underwent an overhaul and was launched in November 2007 as part of the company’s four-year steel-smelting equipment upgrade project. The enterprise’s environmental experts had been gauging the machine’s conservation system’s performance for seventy-two hours and came to a conclusion that upgrading the first converter resulted in cutting down on atmospheric emissions by 2.5 times (from 200 milligrams per cubic meter of air to 80 milligrams per

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of call loans given by Tyumenbank to for-profit self-regulatory organizations went down by 75.76% (from 4.03 million RUR to 977,000 RUR) in January-November 2007.

Rostechnadzor (the state environmental, technological, and nuclear safety watchdog) has recently announced the results of the Environmental Management 2007 contest among the enterprises based in Ural Federal District. Nizhniy Tagil Iron & Steel Works (CEO Alexander Kushnarev) won the first prizes in three main categories, that is, Corporate Environmental Management System, Best Corporate Environmental Program, and Waste Treatment Achievements. In addition, the enterprise won the second prizes in the following categories: Atmospheric Protection Achievements and Surface Water Protection

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of loans given by UralFinPromBank to natural persons for 181 days to 1 year went down by 7.57% (from 151.197 million RUR to 139.748 million RUR) in January-November 2007.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of natural persons’ demand deposits and investments in Uralfinance Bank went down by 15.35% (from 18.125 million RUR to 15.343 million RUR) in January-November 2007.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Universal Bank to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for over 3 years went down by 30.63% (from 4.231 million RUR to 2.935 million RUR) in January-November 2007.

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of loans given by Tagilbank to natural persons for 91 to 180 days went down by 30.6% (from 2.205 million RUR to 1.53 million RUR) in January-November 2007.

The Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development managed to raise the number of its bank cards by 38% in January-November 2007, so these now amount to 389,000 pieces, including 159,000 bank cards given to customers who took a consumer loan from the bank and 213,000 cards attached to individuals’ salary accounts. The spokesperson for the bank says they have a very developed ATM network consisting of 200 machines and 73 cash terminals. In addition, the bank keeps expanding the range of services available through the ATMs. 'Being able to top up one’s account through an ATM is probably the

Ural Treasures Bank is to celebrate its 17th anniversary this winter. It was set up in 2001 when Asbestbank’s Yekaterinburg subsidiary was renamed into Ural Treasures Bank, with headquarters in Yekaterinburg. According to the Expert Ural magazine (Vol. 40 (303)), Ural Treasures Bank was Ural Region’s 16th largest bank in terms of asset volume and 20th largest bank in terms of ATM turnover in January-June 2007. In addition, it was declared the region’s 25th largest bank in terms of business loan portfolio, 14th largest bank in terms of securities portfolio, 12th largest bank in terms of

This winter, Ural Airlines is offering its customers a chance to visit Mauritius on January 5-16, 2008. The modern and comfortable TU 154M (business class is provided) takes off in Yekaterinburg and has one refueling stop in Oman, the carrier’s press officer reports. Mauritius is believed to be one the world’s most interesting and prestigious places for tourists to visit.

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of loans given by UralTransBank to natural persons for 31 to 90 days went down by 44.37% (from 1.769 million RUR to 984,000 RUR) in January-November 2007.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by SberInvestBank to natural persons for 181 days to 1 year went down by 73.3% (from 6.331 million RUR to 1.69 million RUR) in January-November 2007.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Sverdlovsk Gubernskiy Bank to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for over 3 years went down by 81.23% (from 586.125 million RUR to 110 million RUR) in January-November 2007.

UralSib Management Company’s net assets went down from 1,091,323,639.99 RUR on December 13, 2007 to 1,082,836,583.91 RUR on December 14, 2007. This information was published in compliance with the demand that any joint stock investment fund and/or a management company of unit investment trusts must promptly reveal any essential data that might influence their stock price.

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of loans given by VUZ Bank to sole traders for 91 to 180 days went down by 64.89% (from 78.343 million RUR to 27.503 million RUR) in January-November 2007.

МSА a.s., the Czech fittings manufacturer and part of ChTPZ Complex Pipe Systems, and ALLPORT International Pvt. Ltd. of India signed an agreement that will enable the parties involved to set up a joint venture called MSA Allport Pvt. Ltd. in India. The new business will largely aim to handle export and import of pipe fittings, pipes and their parts, forgings, and castings, as well as to produce pipe fittings and their components. МSА and ALLPORT are going to get equal shareholdings, with one representative from each company to be appointed one of the BOD members. The new joint venture will

Uralmash Machine Building Corporation acquired Uralmash Metallurgical Machinery from Severstal. The cost of the transaction is reported to come to $15m. Uralmash Metallurgical Machinery was originally sold by United Machine Building Works (aka OMZ (Obedinennye Mashinostroitelnye Zavody, formerly United Heavy Machinery)) to Severstalmash/Severstal Group. Now, the newly bought business is going to become an integral part of Uralmash Engineering (Uralmashzavod’s daughter enterprise) that already comprises Mining Equipment Division and O&G Drilling Machinery Division. Uralmash Metallurgical