Adobe Systems announced the results of its efforts to protect copyright regulations in the Russian Federation in 2011. Last year, most of criminal lawsuits involved those installing and selling pirated software. However, these figures went up considerably against the year 2010: there were 632 installing culprits (against 395 in 2010) and 248 sellers (against 161 in 2010). In 2011, 160 criminal lawsuits were also instituted against the end users (against 111 in 2010). The number of lawsuits involving the users who distributed pirated software via the Internet more than doubled and came to 33

Failing to comply with the safety regulations around the railways caused deaths of 130 people at Sverdlovsk Region Railways last year. In 2011, 233 casualties were registered around Sverdlovsk Region Railways infrastructure network, including 130 victims who were killed. Thanks to Russian Railways’ injury-decreasing programs and safety measures, the total number of those injured dropped by 20% in comparison with the year 2010, while the number of those killed declined by 17.7%. However, avoiding casualties altogether turned out to be impossible.

Ural Airlines is now selling tickets for its summertime flights. Tickets for flights to all destinations are already available for purchase, so the air carrier’s customers can already plan their vacations. All of Ural Airlines’ flights are operated using Airbus A320 aircraft that have a full-scale business class section. Tickets for flights to all destinations can be booked via the airline’s official website www.uralairlines.com and in the booking offices. The number of seats is limited.

Avianova decided not to contest the ruling of Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court regarding the airline’s debt to Koltsovo Airport. Under the existing claim laid by the airport against the company, the court ruled that the airline (currently in demise) has to pay 1.22m RUR worth of debts resulting from the ground servicing of its aircraft.

Kachkanar Ore Mining & Processing Plant (KGOK) Vanadium dumped 71,900 tons of pollutants in the air in 2010. This discharge figure was the one of the largest among all of Sverdlovsk Region-based enterprises in 2010. These data are available from the public report on the state of and protection of the environment in the Russian Federation in 2010. The public report on the state of and protection of the environment in the Russian Federation in 2010 was prepared by Russia’s Ministry for Natural Resources & the Environment in cooperation with the NGO International Projects Center, the

The performance dynamics of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) might prove the best in the metallurgical sector this year, says Nomos-Bank’s analyst Yuri Volov. ‘MMK managed to get a discount on the benchmark price of iron ore on its contract with the main raw stuff supplier, the Kazakhstan-based ENRC. The exact figures are not quoted, it is only reported that the discount is rather ‘impressive’ and that it comes into effect starting from the last quarter of 2011,’ he explains. ‘The terms of ENRC delivering iron ore to MMK were the subject of an animated discussion at the end of last

Nizhniy Tagil Iron & Steel Works dumped 66,100 tons of pollutants in the air in 2010. This discharge figure was the one of the largest among all of Sverdlovsk Region-based enterprises in 2010. These data are available from the public report on the state of and protection of the environment in the Russian Federation in 2010. The public report on the state of and protection of the environment in the Russian Federation in 2010 was prepared by Russia’s Ministry for Natural Resources & the Environment in cooperation with the NGO International Projects Center, the interested ministries,

Under the existing tenant agreements, H&M is supposed to open its outlets in MEGA Ufa and MEGA Samara in the second quarter of 2012, while outlets in MEGA Parnas, MEGA Yekaterinburg, and MEGA Nizhniy Novgorod will be opened in the third quarter of the year. This means the Swedish brand’s stores will be found in eight MEGA malls in a number of Russian regions. As for Yekaterinburg, H&M stores already operate in Greenwich and ComsoMall shopping malls.

F Event (Formica Company) placed a claim against Innoprom and an NGO called Regional Politics Institute with the arbitration court, Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court’s website states. The company, which used to do business with the defendants in the course of Innoprom 2011 exhibition, insists that the deal effected by loan agreement 2/IRP-311 dated July 19, 2011 be declared invalid; the plaintiff also asks for the consequent procedures for an invalid transaction to be enacted as Innoprom, in the course of going through with the deal, violated the requirements set by the law for large-scale

Russian Direct Investment Fund and Strategic Initiatives Agency are to coordinate a visit of the major international funds’ representatives to Yekaterinburg and their meeting with the regional authorities and the local business community on February 15, 2012, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s PR Department reports. The visit is part of a regional tour organized by the two organizations in order to attract long-term foreign investments in Russia’s economy and to improve the country’s investment image one the federal and regional scale. A number of Sverdlovsk Region-based companies will be able

The passenger traffic at Yekaterinburg-based Koltsovo International Airport rose by 19.3% in January 2012 in comparison with the first month of 2011. In fact, the number of passengers went up as far as flights in all directions were concerned: the number of travelers on domestic flights increased by 25% (against January 2011), that on international flights increased by 0.9%, and that on flights around the CIS increased by 80.5%. ‘The rise in passenger traffic has to do with the increased demand for air travel and, consequently, the emergence of new air carriers and the introduction of more

The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development recently launched the new applications for Androids and iPhones that provide the bank’s customers with instant access to the necessary information on ATMs and offices, exchange rates, the bank’s news and its special offers. The apps make the use of the bank’s remote access Telebank Light system very convenient and make it possible for the user to benefit from the services offered via the UBRD’s website, the bank reports. The applications also allow the users to look for the ATMs and bank offices nearest to them, as well as for outlets where

Koltsovo Airport placed a claim against Czech Connect Airlines a.s. with Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court. The plaintiff insists on being paid $66,400. The preliminary court hearing has been set for April 5, 2012. Now the airline’s Board of Directors submitted its insolvency application to the territorial court of Ostrava on January 18, 2012. Czech Connect Airlines a.s. then promised to do their best to minimize the damage done to the company’s business partners. The airline, which used to operate a flight from Yekaterinburg to Karlsbad, stopped its business activity until March 24, 2012.

The shipment of the Finnish company Kumera’s machinery from Nizhnekamsk to Karabash-based Karabashmed has begun. The goods arrived from Finland to Nizhnekamsk by sea. The shipment comprises three horizontal 150-ton converters, a holding furnace for the separation of matte and slag melts, and an anode baking furnace, all of which will be used for the production of crude copper. The total weight of the shipment comes to 600 tons. The uniqueness of this machinery lies in that all the technical solutions employed are the best ones available. In fact, nearly all of today’s Western and Asian

The online stores logo.ru and Nord are not operating for the time being. The stores’ official websites explain that orders cannot be processed at the moment due to technical problems. ‘We’ll try to resume operation in the nearest future,’ the companies report. Meanwhile, a message regarding a fire at a white goods warehouse at 19 Ogneuporschikov St. in Verkhnyaya Pyshma was received by Russia’s DOE 01 Service at 12:30 PM (Moscow time) on February 11. The fire broke out in the area of 5,000 sq m. No one was injured or hurt. 30 vehicles and 142 people (including the cadets from Russia’s

OGK-5’s subsidiary Reftinskaya Power Station dumped 387,800 tons of pollutants in the air in 2010. This discharge figure was the largest among all of Sverdlovsk Region-based enterprises in 2010. These data are available from the public report on the state of and protection of the environment in the Russian Federation in 2010. The public report on the state of and protection of the environment in the Russian Federation in 2010 was prepared by Russia’s Ministry for Natural Resources & the Environment in cooperation with the NGO International Projects Center, the interested ministries,

Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court is to consider the claim laid by Rosprirodnadzor’s division in Ural Federal District against Serov Ferrous Alloys Works on February 17, 2012. The plaintiff wants the defendant to pay 18.32m RUR. According to the files of the case, Rosprirodnadzor’s division insists on the compensation of the damage done to the local soils (an environmentally protected asset) through chemical contamination, unauthorized waste dumping, and cover-up of the soil surface without a permit. Serov Ferrous Alloys Works reports that the environmental agency inspected the plant for

United Company RUSAL reports they are testing out the new technology aimed at recycling alumina production waste, that is, red mud. Once the testing has been completed, a pilot production unit will be designed and built at Ural smelter. The capacity of the unit will come to up to 200,000 tons of red mud a year; the launch has been scheduled for October 2014. Apart from UC RUSAL’s Ural smelter, Bogoslovsky smelter, Nikolayevsky alumina works, and UC RUSAL’s foreign alumina plants in Ireland, Guinea, Australia, and Jamaica will also be able to use the innovational machinery and alumina waste

The stockholder of cosmetics manufacturer Concern Kalina Igor Platonov insists that 2,844 shares of the company were written off his personal bank account illegally. Platonov took the case to Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court, placing the claim against VTB Registrator and demanding that the entry made in the register of registered shares owners that stated that 2,844 ordinary registered shares of Concern Kalina (5th share issue, serial number 1-05-30-306-D, face value 70 RUR apiece) had been written off his personal account No. 6838, registered in the name of Igor Ivanovitch Platonov, be

The German railway enterprise Deutsche Bahn’s daughter enterprise DB International GmbH is getting ready to purchase the shares of The Industrial Urals-The Polar Urals Corporation, DB International GmbH’s letter to the corporation’s management makes clear. The letter states, for example, that DB International GmbH pays particularly close attention to the flawless reputation of companies it is about to buy, and the corporation and question and its daughter enterprise UST were the object of unflattering rumors in the past. ‘We presume that the corporation has learned from its past mistakes and