UrBC, Moscow, September 3, 2015. Russian movie theaters' ruble revenues dropped by 35% in August, with attendance down by 32% compared with a year earlier, Kommersant reports. The revenues obtained by movie theaters in Russia and the CIS member states (excluding Ukraine) amounted to 11.7bn RUR in June-August 2015, which was 3.5% less than last summer, film distributors report. The number of movie-goers decreased by 4.8%, down to 48.7m people. The overall decrease had to do with the disastrous August sales, when both attendance and box office plummeted by 32% and 35%, respectively. The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 3, 2015. The weakening ruble brought about a 24.5% increase in the price of air travel for passengers departing from Yekaterinburg, Tutu.ru's PR Department told UrBC. 'The average price of an international flight came to 22,689 RUR in early September, which exceeds the figures for early July by 24.5%. Prices reached a peak in August, with the average plane ticket from Yekaterinburg to a destination abroad available for over 24,000 RUR,' the department says. Traveling by air to the CIS member states was, however, cheaper in August than in

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 3, 2015. Sverdlovsk Region's debt came to 44.1bn RUR on July 1, which was 5% less than a month earlier, Finance Minister Galina Kulachenko said at a local government meeting. 'The figure has gone down by 5.6bn RUR, since the beginning of the year, so our debt burden is now 6.4% lower than on January 1. Sverdlovsk Region had the 18th largest debt burden among the Russian Federation constituencies in the first half of the year,' she said. According to the minister, the regional authorities are going to take out 2.795bn RUR from the federal budget to

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 2, 2015. Over 500 kg of food items got confiscated by Koltsovo Airport Customs so far this year; all of the foods are subject to the Customs Union embargo, the customs head Sergei Abrosimov explained to UrBC. According to Abrosimov, the confiscations resulted in 111 administrative proceedings, with charges based on Article 16.3 (Part 1) of the Russian Federation Administrative Offense Code (non-compliance with the Customs Union member states' international treaties, bans, and limitations). 'Subject to withdrawal was agricultural produce, namely, 301 kg

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 2, 2015. The price of a plane ticket for a flight departing from Yekaterinburg averaged on 12,500 RUR this summer, which exceeded the figures for a year earlier by 22%, Kommersant refers to Biletix online booking data as indicating. Domestic flights grew nearly 21% more expensive, increasing in price from 9,600 RUR to 11,600 RUR on avearge, international flights grew over 15% pricier (up from 18,900 RUR to 21,800 RUR). 68.5% of all flights operated to or from Koltsovo Airport this summer were domestic ones (for Russia on the whole, the figure stands at 57%). The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 2, 2015. 150 first-year students on ChTPZ Group's Future of White Metallurgy Program were given their student ID cards in the course of a solemn ceremony on September 1, the company press service reports. 'Thanks to the company shareholders, students are provided with the best learning-conducive conditions here in Pervouralsk. You are the country's future blue-collar elite. We hope you come back to work at the company departments very soon,' Managing Director of Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) Alexander Isaikin

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 2, 2015. Uralvagonzavod Corporation and Evraz NTMK hockey teams were the first to play at the newly-built Prezidentsky Ice Palace in Nizhniy Tagil. The corporation's press service reports locals will soon be able to enjoy the new swimming pools, the sports arena, the gym, the dancing hall, and the boxing ring at the new place. 'The construction began following the Russian President's provision to this effect. A group of Sverdlovsk Region delegates, headed by Plenipotentiary Representative of Russian Federation President in Ural Federal District

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 2, 2015. Uralvagonzavod Corporation's member enterprises in Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhniy Tagil, and Kamensk Uralsky celebrated Knowledge Day on September 1. The companies' management went in person to the schools where their employees' children study, the corporation's press service reports. Besides, a show was performed at Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant's theater for the younger schoolchildren whose parents work at the plant. 128 boys and girls came to see it, all children of the corporation's employees and of members of

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 1, 2015. There are now 2,354 pay parking slots in Yekaterinburg, Roman Barakovskikh from the city council Transport Committee said in the recent broadcast of Poslesloviye. The official said 854 new slots were provided last week alone. 'Pay parking lots are introduced in the busiest parts of the city, where cars have to be parked in several rows. We met all of this year's target figures for parking lots,' he said. Six patrol cars to control compliance with the parking regulations cruise the city streets 24/7. At the end of the day, their data get

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 1, 2015. Sverdlovsk Region residents‘ spending increased by 12.5% in the first half of 2015 compared with a year earlier and came to 877.1bn RUR all in all, while their income rose by 9.3% and came to 848.4bn RUR. Sverdlovskstat reports 687.7bn RUR were directed to goods and services (up 7.1% on a year earlier). In June 2015, the locals‘ income came to 154.4bn RUR (8.8% more than a year earlier), while their spending came to 158.2bn RUR (up 8.3% on a year earlier).

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 1, 2015. The amount of money deposited at Ural Federal District-based banks rose by 23.8% in the first half of 2015 and thus reached 536bn RUR, Deposit Insurance Agency reports. Deposits over 1m RUR large grew the fastest and thus increased by 1.5 times. Deposits in the 700,000 RUR to 1m RUR range went up by 44.7%, while those in the 100,000 RUR to 700,000 RUR range remained more or less at the same level. Deposits in the under-100 RUR range rose by 3.8%. A private individual's bank deposit came to 197,400 RUR on average as of July 1, 205. That of a sole

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 1, 2015. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) made its bid in Gazprom's auction for the delivery of a set of large-diameter pipes for the company, TMK press service reports. The company representatives explain their bids won in two lots, so now TMK will have to deliver 37,535,000 kg of 1,420mm LDPs (wall thickness 21.6mm, strength grade K60, working pressure 9.8 mega-pascals) to Gazprom Invest by the end of the year. Also, another 7,292,600 kg of 720mm LDPs (wall thickness 10mm, strength grade K55, working pressure 7.4 mega-pascals) to Gazprom Tsentrremont. The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 1, 2015. Plant 9 (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) launched a modern laser cutting unit made in Russia; this equipment is less expensive than its foreign counterpart and allows for cutting metal that is up to 20mm thick, the corporation's press service reports. 'The ytterbium fiber laser LS4 was installed at the plant's welding department, which has been given a complete overhaul recently and is now being fitted with new equipment. The unique LS4 unit has been assembled, undergone start-up and commissioning, and is now fully