UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 16, 2015. SKB-Bank awarded prizes to the winners in the third round of Double Win Lottery, the bank’s press service reports. The lottery began on March 4 and involved every customer who took out a consumer loan. ‘Under the terms of this special offer, prizes are given out to the 90th, 250th, and 500th participant in every round. During the second round, for example, the 90th loan was issued to Alexander Sozinov from Verkhnyaya Salda. The winner received his prize, the Apple iPhone 6 smartphone, in the course of a solemn award ceremony. Yaroslav Magerya from our

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 16, 2015. Sverdlovsk Region’s industrial production index dropped by 3.7% in the first half of 2015 compared with the first half of 2014, Sverdlovskstat reports. At the same time, the index rose by 5.7% in June 2015 compared with the previous month. The index declined by 12.1% in the fossil industry and by 1% in the processing industry compared with January-June 2014. The figures decreased most in the fossil fuels sector (-82.7%), textile and clothing sector (-56%), and pulp and paper and publishing sector (-22.7%). On the other hand, the footwear and leather goods

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 15, 2015. MegaFon presented the updated version of My Account, a self-service option that allows a subscriber control their mobile phone bills and manage telecommunication services they need, the company press service reports. Additionally, My Account makes it possible to get all the information regarding one’s mobile account without having to contact the call center or go to the mobile carrier’s website. The app interface was completed in ‘tiles’, which made searching for activated rates and options as well as editing one’s personal settings much easier. The updated

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 15, 2015. Bank Koltso Urala awarded twenty lottery winners from Sredneuralsk, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Yekaterinburg, Gai, Uchaly, Shadrinsk, Kemerovo, and other cities, the bank’s press service reports. The Money for Purchase Back Lottery was launched by the bank in June and involved the cardholders who used their cards to pay for their shopping. For the rest of this year, twenty winners chosen at random every month will get 2,000 RUR into their bank account, and a finalist will be selected in November who will get the entire amount spent on purchases that were paid for

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 15, 2015. Uralvagonzavod Corporation hosted a meeting of the company youth council and a group of Chinese delegates, the company press service reports. The Chinese delegation included representatives of NGOs, the media, the country’s business community, finance experts, scientists, doctors, civil servants, and high-profile officials from All-China Youth Federation. ‘Young people from both countries got a chance to share their experience and learn about the life of their counterparts in the neighboring states. The company museum guides gave the Chinese visitors a tour

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 15, 2015. Metcombank introduced a new, around-the-clock branch at Rostov-on-Don Airport, the bank’s press service reports. ‘The bank keeps on introducing its branches at Russian airports: Rostov-on-Don is the fourth city to get one, preceded by Yekaterinburg, Samara, and Nizhniy Novgorod, where the outlet is located right in the main terminal. The new branch offers private customers such services as exchange of currency, taking money out of a cash machine, money orders, and putting some money into one’s mobile phone account. Business customers can use the bank’s cash

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 15, 2015. Most of bank transactions made by the Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development’s cardholders occur at supermarkets, cafes, and restaurants, the bank’s press service reports. As of July 1, 2015, payments for supermarket shopping amounted to 60% of all the cashless transactions in the second quarter of the year (up 3% on a year earlier). Remarkably, every one in ten transactions were made at Monetka supermarket chain. Such chains as Kirovsky, Magnet, Krasnoye I Beloye, and Pyaterochka were also on top of the list. Megamart used to be among the top five

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 14, 2015. Omsktransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) sold 2.75 times more goods (up to 6.8bn RUR, in monetary terms) in the first half of 2015 than in the first half of 2014, the corporation’s press service reports. ‘We sold nearly three times more military-purpose goods, both through export contracts and through procurement. At the same time, sales of goods from our foundry department went down; this was especially noticeable in the railway goods segment,’ the press service says. Railway goods made up only 4% of the company’s production output

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 14, 2015. Uralvagonzavod Corporation is introducing risk management and internal control options at the plant, the company press service reports. The goal is to create and launch the best corporate governance practices throughout the company – and to respond efficiently to the Russian President’s commission. ‘The task is being fulfilled by one of Moscow-based companies whose experts contributed to the drafting of methodological guidelines for risk management at state-run corporations. These experts are among those who developed a professional risk management standard

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 14, 2015. ChTPZ Group took part in the international industrial exhibition Innoprom 2015, including its business agenda, the Group’s press service reports. For one, head of ChTPZ Group Training Center Nikolai Desyatov presented his report in a webinar on dual-education blue-collar worker training that could meet the requirements of modern hi tech industries. The report was followed by an expert discussion session in order to come up with a list of guidelines for dual-education vocational training that the federal constituencies on the Agency for Strategic Initiatives

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 14, 2015. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development was the primary coordinator of a syndicated loan for Belarusbank, the bank’s press service reports. Alfa-Bank acted as the mandated lead arranger and agent bank for the loan; the contract was signed on July 10, 2015. There are seventeen lending institutions involved in the €203m loan altogether: the UBRD, Alfa-Bank, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank,Transkapitalbank, Finservis, Globex, Uralsib, Gazprombank, Sviaz-Bank, Asian-Pacific Bank, Intesa, Zenit, Kazkommertsbank, Absolut, and Nefteprombank. The loan period

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 14, 2015. Ural Airlines introduced a range of extra options and services to its Amadeus booking system, the company press service reports. ‘For one, the new, easy-to-use service allows for speedier booking, since ordering special-menu meals, making pet transfer reservations, arranging for a child to travel without parents or relatives, selecting a specific seat, pre-paying excess luggage fees and getting an order confirmation now only takes a few minutes,’ the press service says. The airline reports passengers can book and buy these options not only online but also

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 13, 2015. Uralvagonzavod Corporation/UVZ and Mail.Ru Group are going to give out tickets to the 10th International Arms, Munitions, & Military Vehicles Exhibition Russia Arms Expo 2015 in a lottery prize-drawing for Armored Warfare players, the corporation’s press service reports. ‘To take part in the lottery, you need to create and submit a video clip dedicated to anything PvE-related, from an impeccable accomplishment of a mission supplied with commentary to an in-depth coverage of all the intricacies of interacting with non-player characters. Detailed manuals

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 13, 2015. Russian Industry & Trade Minister Denis Manturov and Russian Railways’ First Vice President Alexander Misharin paid a visit to Uralvagonzavod Corporation/UVZ stand on the second day of the Innoprom Exhibition, the corporation’s press service reports. The company DG Oleg Sienko gave his guests a guided tour of the stand and told them about the promising developments created by the corporation’s member enterprises. Special attention was paid to the latest B11.8000 bulldozer, a product co-developed by ChTZ-Uraltrac and the Chinese machine-building holding

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July13, 2015. Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev visited the stand of Pipe Metallurgical Company/TMK at Innoprom 2015, an international industrial forum/exhibition, the company press service reports. TMK Chairman of the BOD Dmitri Pumpyanski informed the Prime Minister of the company’s import outrunning concept, which means TMK is trying to be the first to design and produce the new products for Russian enterprises. For one, Medvedev was shown some new pipe strings made of casing and compression pipes and TMK UP premium threaded joints. ‘These were designed by TMK

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 13, 2015. Ural Airlines held its traditional Children’s Day at the international exhibition Innoprom 2015 on July 10, the air carrier’s press service reports. The youngest visitors to the exhibition could learn about the airline at Ural Airlines’ stand, where children were told about how pilots train at simulator labs, about the new and modern aviation technological center, and about all of its latest devices. ‘Some presents were given out as well. The kids were presented with some branded souvenirs and sweets. In the future, they will also be able to visit the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 13, 2015. Light, the Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development’s e-banking service, was rated among the country’s ten most efficient systems for small businesses by Markswebb Rank & Report, the bank’s press service reports. Additionally, Light was also among the top seven online banking service for startups. The agency evaluated the e-banking systems’ functions, website interfaces, user accounts, mobile apps, and other online services along over 200 criteria. The UBRD had its Light for legal entities updated in March. Changes were introduced to the visual

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Region, July 13, 2015. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works/MMK made it to the top of the Russian flat rolled products manufacturers list. The rating of leading national ferrous and non-ferrous metal goods producers in the first half of 2015 was carried in the latest issue of Metallosnabzheniye I Sbyt magazine. MMK also came second on the list of galvanized and paint-coated metal goods producers and third on the list of bars and rods manufacturers. MMK Group’s metal goods plant MMK METIZ proved one of the country’s top three metal goods makers in the first half

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 10, 2015. Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev looked at Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s latest B11.8000 bulldozer at the Innoprom 2015 Exhibition. According to the corporation’s press service, the bulldozer was presented by DG Oleg Sienko, who told the Prime Minister about the vehicle’s new options. The machine was designed within the framework of the company’s import replacement program. The B11.8000 bulldozer was designed by ChTZ-Uraltrac (the corporation’s member enterprise) and a major Chinese machine-building concern Shandong Heavy Industry Group. Uraltransmash

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July10, 2015. SKB-Bank took part in the international industrial exhibition Innoprom 2015, the bank’s press service reports. SKB-Bank and Sinara Group’s united stand had ‘power, dynamics, and transparency of innovative technologies embodied in Lastochka high-speed train’ for this year’s theme. The stand features a carriage from Lastochka train, whose see-through walls and floor give visitors a chance to look at all the mechanisms inside. SKB-Bank located a mobile office inside the carriage, so every visitor could get a plastic card issued with 300 RUR in the bank account