Ordzhonikidzevsky District of Sverdlovsk Region division of Rospotrebnadzor (the consumer rights agency) received a complaint regarding the violation of consumers’ rights through rendering poor quality services at OOO Auto-Leader-Center at 8 Kosmonavtov Ave (Off 5) in Yekaterinburg on August 28, 2012, Ordzhonikidzevsky District of Sverdlovsk Region division of Rospotrebnadzor reports. The agency reacted to the complaint by taking administrative action against Auto-Leader-Center and by inquiring for the information necessary. Following Zheleznodorozhny District of Sverdlovsk Region division of

Ural Airlines’ first Moscow-Nukus-Moscow flight was operated the other day. The flight’s popularity was obvious not only because all the seats had passengers in them, but also due to the solemn welcome that the flight’s first passengers and Ural Airlines’ representatives received in Uzbekistan, the air carrier’s press service reports. The flight-launching ceremony was attended personally by Deputy Chairman of the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan’s Cabinet Zhenis Yembergenov and Nukus Airport Director-General Kenzhebai Khudaibergenov, who gave the crew and the airline representatives some

President of the Republic of Latvia Andris Bērziņš and Director-General of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation Oleg Sienko met in Riga, the corporation’s press service reports. For one, the meeting was dedicated to the implementation of a project on putting up a railway carriages-making and repairing plant. After the meeting, Sienko told reporters that President Bērziņš backed up the corporation’s plans. Jelgava was chosen as the location for the plant, and this has already been approved of by the local authorities. The prospective enterprise will be a compact and a fully

Under the Russian Government’s decision, Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ) got on the list of forest fire-fighting vehicles manufacturers from whom the state customers will be purchasing in 2012 without any tender, Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s press service reports. The acquisition of the necessary vehicles through a direct order placement with the sole supplier will help faster to re-equip the specialized forest fire-fighting organizations. This procedure will guarantee the delivery of good quality produce by the manufacturer without any intermediaries, ChTZ Deputy

Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant presented its B11 bulldozer at the international building industry exhibition BUDPRAGRES 2012 in Byelorussia, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service refers to Deputy Sales Center Director Alexander Sergeyev as saying. Minsk’s largest road and construction vehicles exhibition that features a wide range of digging devices comprised 332 participants this year, including Byelorussian manufacturers as well as companies from the United States, South Korea, Great Britain, and Russia. Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant presented this year’s predecessor, the B10-M bulldozer, in

MMK Group announces some new appointments: Sergey Ushakov will now become MMK-METIZ Director, Vladimir Lebedev has been appointed Director of Mechanical Repairs Unit, and Sergey Berdnikov was promoted to Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) Deputy Director for Capital Construction. ‘MMK management has always been guided by one basic principle when shaping the company’s management potential: professionalism and universal applicability of the managers’ skills and competences. Nowadays, one cannot limit oneself to the narrow professional field of very deep but very local knowledge of

On September 14, an exhibition presentation will be coordinated at Yekaterinburg Central Stadium within the framework of Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art. The biennale will be held from September 13, 2012 to October 22, 2012, with support from Russia’s Culture Ministry, the Governor Administration, Sverdlovsk Region Government, and Yekaterinburg Municipal Council, Sinara Group’s PR Center reports. Ural Industrial Biennale is the largest international exhibition that houses its exhibits not on the traditional museum floor but on the premises of industrial enterprises

The trade turnover between Sverdlovsk Region and Ukraine rose by 25% (about $70m) in the first six months of the year. Also, Ukraine launched its Consulate-General in Yekaterinburg in August 2012, which means the two areas now have more possibilities for cooperation, Sverdlovsk Region Government’s press service reports. Sverdlovsk Region Foreign Economic Relations Minister Alexander Kharlov points out that the region has great potential in building up on its cooperation with Ukraine. Sverdlovsk Region is willing to supply medical equipment to the country and import agricultural produce from

The profit of OAO MRSK Urala came to 168.372m RUR in the first half of 2012, which is 15.8 times less than in the first half of 2011 (2,664,790,000 RUR), the company reports. Profits from the company’s assets selling electric power amounted to 1,800,298,000 RUR on June 30, 2012, which is nearly two times less than a year earlier (2,694,125,000 RUR). ‘The decrease in profits has to do with Bogoslovsky smelter: this company stopped buying electricity from us in January 2012 and is now connected directly to the electric network of UES Federal Network Company. What is more, the rates were lowered

On September 19, the region-wide professional skills contest called Glory to the Man of Labor (in the Turner category, to be precise) will be held at OAO Uraltransmash, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. The Glory to the Man of Labor Project is meant to enhance the prestige of vocational jobs and the professional skills of the contestants, and to attract young workers to the production field. This time, the most highly qualified turners from the different enterprises in the region will compete in the contest. The competition will be held on the production premises of

The amount of goods produced by Sverdlovsk Region’s defense industry will be nearly 30% greater in 2012 than in 2011, the region’s Industry & Science Minister Vladislav Pinayev says. The share of military and special-purpose products comes to about 50% of all the goods produced in the defense sector. The government orders also rose by nearly two times against last year, the region’s Press Service Administration reports.

On September 12, an illegitimately built multi-storey apartment building was pulled down in Yekaterinburg. The city council and Ordzhonikidzevsky Department of Court Bailiffs supervised the dismantling jobs at 115 Botkinskaya St. Earlier on, the pull-down jobs were stopped after Yekaterinburg Ordzhonikidzevsky District court ruled on April 27, 2011 that the implementation of its decrees could be postponed. The building was pulled down following the decision of Ordzhonikidzevsky District court on the claim laid by Yekaterinburg Municipal Council and Ordzhonikidzevsky District public

Sverdlovsk Region Government Prime Minister Denis Pasler held a work meeting with head of the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development for Ural Federal District and Perm Territory Evgeny Ofrikhter. The parties looked into the issues related to cooperating in the field of infrastructure and industrial investment projects, Sverdlovsk Region Government’s Press Service Administration reports. Ofrikhter presented the EBRD’s options for supporting the investment projects in the region to the Prime Minister. He pointed out that the EBRD was operating in all the sectors of industry

Ural Airlines looked into its performance results in August 2012. The company flew 427,612 passengers last month, which is 31% more than in August 2011. All in all, 2,335,489 passengers have used the airline’s services since the start of the year. On August 14, Ural Airlines checked in its 2,000,000th passenger, the airline’s press service reports. In August 2012, Ural Airlines operated 2,736 flights (23% more than in August 2011). This included 1,287 international flights, 944 domestic flights, and 505 flights around the CIS. The actual passenger turnover came to 1,127,971,000

Yekaterinburg is totally ready to host the world football championship of 2018. Russia’s Sports Minister and Chairman of Russia 2018 Coordination Committee Vitaly Mutko named five cities that are prepared to host this large-scale sports event, the Governor’s PR Department reports. According to the minister, all of the thirteen candidate cities on the application list can be divided into three groups. The first group comprises cities that are fully prepared to host the World Cup 2018. These are: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Sochi, and Yekaterinburg. The second group comprises the cities

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) completed its energy-saving projects in MMK Group’s departments and companies for the first half of 2012. Every year, MMK implements a number of programs aimed at reducing the amount of energy resources spent: electric power, fuel, fire-fighting/drinking and manufacturing water, heating energy, and air products. In the first half of the year, all the programs were fulfilled by 100% and in accordance with the schedules, MMK reports. The energy-saving measures will result in over 4.5m kilowatt-hours or 14.5m RUR worth of savings by the end of the year.

Yekaterinburg Central Stadium will be considered by the Russian Football Union as a possible venue for coordinating the Russian national youth team, Sinara Group’s PR Center reports. On September 10, a qualification match for the European youth championship 2013 was held at the stadium, where the Russian national team played against Moldavia (2:2). In the same group, Poland and Portugal also had a draw. This means Nikolai Pisarev’s team came first in the group and is now in for the qualification play-off. ‘The Russian football union said at the end of the two matches, the stadium team managed

Ural Airlines is introducing a new flight in the Chelyabinsk-Moscow direction. The air carrier’s customers can now fly to the capital not only in the morning but also in the evening. Flight U6-607 Chelyabinsk-Moscow will be operated every day starting from October 28. Departure time is 6:00 PM, arrival time is 6:25 PM. The return flight departs from Moscow at 9:55 AM and arrives in Chelyabinsk at 2:35 PM (local time), the airline’s press service reports. The scheduled daily flight U6-609 departs from Chelyabinsk to Moscow at 8:00 AM; the return flight U6-610 leaves Moscow at 10:15 PM. All

Koltsovo Filling Station (a member of TNK-BP) is planning to increase its jet fuel prices from 30,520 RUR to 31,820 RUR per ton on September 12, Kommersant reports. The newspaper’s sources report that ‘prices are primarily growing at the filling stations that belong to the oil companies (and these are the players that set the current market trends). Jet fuel prices rose by nearly 6% in early September, which proved the greatest increase over the last few months. On July 3, 2012, Koltsovo Filling Station decreased jet fuel prices down to 30,520 RUR per ton. On April 23, 2012, its fuel cost

Silver Fir Mountains, a health and recreation resort, started a new fall season. A children’s camp used to be housed on the comfortable premises in the summer, but now this is a place of rest for the forty long-service employees of Uralvagonzavod, the corporation’s press service reports. A ten-day stay was a way for the plant’s administration to reward the most active members of the long-service employees council. The corporation workers say these energetic and caring people provide great support to all the initiatives at the plant. Trips to this health resort are usually offered to the