Mayor of Yekaterinburg Alexander Yakob has officially launched the municipal authorities’ innovational project: a free Wi Fi Internet connection in the city’s Historic Square. Under this project, the coverage area includes Lenin Ave, Malyshev St, Voyevodin St, and Gorky St as well as the entire Historic Square: there will be no need to switch to a different Hotpoint if a user moves around the area. The hot-points meet the 802.11n, 802.11g, and 802.11b standards and are located no farther than 100 meters off the coverage area. The hot-points’ capacity does not exceed 100 mW, while their

The Ural tour operators are having trouble getting their customers’ visas issued by the Consulate-General of the Czech Republic in Yekaterinburg; this involves people willing to get a higher education in that country. ‘Visa issuance for educational programs has been dragging on at the consulate. The officials explain the existing quotas have been exceeded. At the same time, they do not say how big these quotas actually are. We are trying to find a way out, for one, we work with students from other regions more, as their visas can be issued through the Czech Republic’s Consulates-General in

Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev spoke to Head of the Governor Administration Yakov Silin about the strategic aspects of his work. For one, the Governor touched upon such projects as the Ural International Industry & Innovations Exhibition/Forum Innoprom. Kuivashev asked the new Head of Administration to take part in the preparations for the event. ‘If we really want Yekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk Region to be granted the right to host the World Fair EXPO 2020, we must learn to coordinate such exhibitions as Innoprom professionally,’ the Governor said. Kuivashev pointed out

Ural Heavy Engineering Plant’s Director-General Oleg Danchenko resigns before the end of his term. The decision to accept his resignation will be considered by the company’s BOD tomorrow. Besides, UrBC found out that Danchenko’s First Deputy and Director-General of Uralmash-Engineering Boris Belman is leaving office as well. Oleg Danchenko became Ural Heavy Engineering Plant’s Director-General in 2009. Prior to this appointment, he was head of Uralkhimmash.

On May 22, 2012, Sverdlovsk Region division of Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service declared the outdoor ad of KODU interior design boutique distributed by Sign & Hold inappropriate, as the ad demonstrates the process of smoking, the agency’s press service reports. The proceedings against Sign & Hold were instituted on April 26, 2012 when a complaint was placed by a private individual regarding an improper KODU ad on the front side of an apartment block. The ad was considered inappropriate because it demonstrated the process of smoking. Sverdlovsk Region division of Russia’s Federal