UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 17, 2018. Ural Airlines are launching their annual summer sale on July 16-29, 2018, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘If you didn’t get a chance to travel during the high season, you can still enjoy the late summer vacation: a September trip will be up to 30% cheaper and give you an opportunity to enjoy exciting guided tours, beach activities, or long walks,’ the press service says. Available at a discount are the following flights: from Yekaterinburg to Simferopol, Sochi, Krasnodar, Anapa, Kaliningrad, Mineralnye Vody, Barcelona, Burgas, Larnaca, Harbin,

UrBC, Moscow, July 17, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced at the end of the World Championship 2018 that foreign nationals bearing Fan IDs might be allowed multiple entry to Russia until the end of the year, the Kremlin’s website states. ‘I think we can do the following: the international football supporters who had their authorized Fan IDs issued to them could be allowed to enter the Russian Federation with no visa and as many times as they like unit the end of the year. I repeat, no visa would be necessary. I hope they will use this opportunity, quite a few of them, in any

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 17, 2018. Ural Airlines issued a performance report for its Innoprom Exhibition days. During the event’s four days, visitors to the airline’s stand ate 50 kg of on-board candy, received 20,000 inflatable toy planes as gifts, and were given 18,000 postcards with images of Airbus A320 and views of cities the airline flies to on them. According to the airline’s press service, the visitors were particularly impressed with the unusual 3D sky-backdrop photo opportunities; the pictures could get uploaded onto one’s smartphone and emailed to the end user immediately. More

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 16, 2018. EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) launched its fifth rail wheel processing line, the holding’s press service reports. EVRAZ Vice President and head of the holding’s Ural branch Denis Novozhenov, EVRAZ NTMK and EVRAZ KGOK Managing Director Alexei Kushnarev, interim Mayor of Nizhniy Tagil Vladislav Pinayev, workers from the plant’s Wheel Band Department, NTMK trade union representatives and contractors all attended the solemn launching ceremony. ‘The line is expected to reach its projected capacity in the very near future.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 16, 2018. A321 coded VQ-BGY got added to Ural Airlines’ fleet of vehicles recently, the air carrier’s press service reports. Just like all the earlier aircraft, the plane got purchased on operational leasing terms. There are 220 Economy seats available. Ural Airlines now operate 46 planes altogether (15 A321 ones, 24 A320 ones, and 7 A319 ones). ‘This Airbus A321 arrived in Yekaterinburg from the Netherlands. The plane went on its maiden flight today, taking our passengers from Yekaterinburg to Anapa,’ the company press service says. Ural Airlines embarked on their

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 16, 2018. A new air separation unit got launched at Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Plant (MMK) Oxygen Converter Department’s Station 5. The new unit costs RUR 4.2bn, MMK Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. The unit’s capacity is estimated at 35,000 m3 of oxygen, 30,000 m3 of nitrogen, and around 1,000 m3 of argon per hour. ‘We needed to expand our air separation facilities as the plant developed. The new unit will fully meet MMK’s demand for air separation products and, importantly, it will release these products directly under pressure, which means

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 16, 2018. 3,940,472 people flew with Ural Airlines in January through June 2018, which exceeded the figures for one year previously by 19%, the air carrier’s press service reports. Moscow-Simferopol, Yekaterinburg-Moscow, Moscow-Kaliningrad, Moscow-Sochi, and Moscow-Barcelona proved the most popular destinations in May and June. Last month, Ural Airlines also operated quite a few flights to take football supporters from Peru, Uruguay, Egypt, Australia, Poland, Germany, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, France, and Spain to World Football Championship games locations in

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, July 16, 2018. A three-entrance apartment building got recently commissioned in Magnitogorsk; the apartments will be handed over to MMK Group’s employees as part of the metallurgical plant’s long-term Affordable Housing Program, the company press service reports. ‘The building, commissioned on the eve of Metallurgist’s Day, is the first one in the series of five apartment buildings in Klyuch Complex,’ the press service says. The new, four-story, three-entrance apartment building at 44/5 Trud St (total area: 3,096.3 m2) comprises fifty-six apartments: sixteen studios (36.17

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 13, 2018. Rosatom’s Novouralsk-based member enterprise TVEL/CentroTech presented its new energy storage devices for electric-powered vehicles and the electric lift truck that is currently being used at the plant during Innoprom 2018 International Industrial Exhibition in Yekaterinburg. According to the company employees, working on new and better battery types, including those used in the vehicle industry, is one of Rosatom’s important new businesses. TVEL both makes and supplies materials for Li-ion batteries used in the aerospace sector. The vehicles used for

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 13, 2018. The Russian Government issued a special decree to ensure better counter-terrorist security at nuclear facilities by setting up special-legal-status security zones around the national nuclear power stations, including Beloyarskaya Station in Zarechny, the latter’s press service reports. The zone will be introduced around Beloyarskaya Nuclear Power Station in August 2018. Its special legal status means an entry permit will be needed to enter or stay within the zone, with a full list of eligibility criteria/grounds for rejection. It also means limits will get

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 13, 2018. Tech Director of EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) Pavel Zazhigayev and the plant’s Deputy Head for Tech Management Konstantin Shvedov are among Sverdlovsk Region’s twenty-two top engineers this year; they got awarded by First Deputy Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Alexei Orlov at Innoprom 2018 Exhibition. According to the company press service, Pavel Zazhigayev won the Cherepanov Prize for his contribution to the upgrades of NTMK’s blast furnace facilities and for launching green and productivity-boosting technologies at the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 13, 2018. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) now offers its customers trust management services for their personal investment accounts, the bank’s press service reports. ‘An investor can both make a ROI on their securities and the state-guaranteed 13% tax relief without having to worry about asset management: everything will be seen to by professionals who are well-informed about the market situation,’ the bank explains. All you have to do to get a personal investment account is apply for one on the bank’s website. All paperwork will get done

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 13, 2018. An agreement on setting up a management company to coordinate that training of highly skilled ‘white-coated metallurgists’ was signed at the 9th Innoprom International Industrial Exhibition in Yekaterinburg on July 12, Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policy Department reports. The agreement was signed by Sverdlovsk Region’s First Deputy Governor Alexei Orlov, Managing Director of ChelPipe Group’s Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant Alexei Dronov, and acting Mayor of Pervouralsk Igor Kabets. The agreement covers a number of specific steps to go through with the plan

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 12, 2018. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) recently scored very well in the rating of banks with best cash and settlement terms for SMEs. According to the bank’s press service, the bank came second in Markswebb’s rating of banks with best terms and conditions for b2b customers and retailers. The bank doesn’t charge a business any commission for the transferral of paychecks to the employees’ accounts; nor is there a fee for applying for and using the e-banking services. The bank’s b2b customers based in Moscow and Moscow Region only pay RUR

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, July 12, 2018. More than 10,000 employees and former employees of ChelPipe Group and their families got together in Chelyabinsk and Pervouralsk to take part in the festive events dedicated to Metallurgist’s Day, the Group’s press service reports. ‘Dear fellow co-workers, dear former employees, it is with all my heart that I congratulate you on Metallurgist’s Day! We are mastering new product types, taking part in important projects, and introducing new technologies to ensure the very best quality of our pipes. Every single one of you has contributed to the Group’s overall

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, July 12, 2018. A group of delegates from a number of Russian Chambers of Commerce & Industry arrived in Magnitogorsk to participate in the local CCI’s anniversary celebrations and went on a guided tour of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK); the delegates were greatly impressed with the plant’s tech advancements, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. Vice President of Russian Chamber of Commerce & Industry Dmitri Kurochkin, commissioner for liaising with constituency-level CCIs Boris Ozerov, and presidents of local CCIs within Ural Region all paid a

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 12, 2018. EVRAZ Holding is acting as the strategic parter for Innoprom International Industrial Exhibition once again this year; the event takes place at Yekaterinburg EXPO on July 9-12, 2018. ‘EVRAZ Vice President and head of the holding’s Ural branch Denis Novozhenov and Managing Director of EVRAZ Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works and EVRAZ Kachknar Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise both visited the site on the exhibition’s opening day,’ the holding’s press service reports. ‘We see Innoprom as an important event that features quite a few innovations

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, July 12, 2018. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) selected its Supplier of The Year 2017, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. The contest aims to distinguish and encourage the company suppliers and help them focus on ongoing performance improvement programs. The contest has been coordinated for the third year in a row; the awarding ceremony at MMK plant office’s conference hall, was attended by the company Director-General Pavel Shilyayev. ‘MMK is doing business with some 1,700 suppliers, and our relations with these partners are seen as one of the key

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 11, 2018. Rosset’s Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems completed its overhaul of the 63 MVA power transformer unit at 220-kilowatt Pangoda Substation in Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous District. According to FGC UES’s Western Siberia branch, the unit’s stable performance is crucial to the power supply to Gazprom’s oil and gas deposits in the north and to end users in Nadym and Pangoda. ‘The repairs involved a series of high-voltage tests, a check of the transformer unit’s active parts and the cooling system, replacing the rubber seals and fittings, a check of

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 11, 2018. Ural Airlines is taking part in Innoprom 2018 International Industrial Exhibition for the ninth time this year; the exhibition is held in Yekaterinburg through July 12, the air carrier’s press service reports. This year, the airline went along with the event’s theme (Digital Production) and presented its updated booking system that is now used on the company website www.uralairlines.com, the new services available within UralAirlines mobile app, and the new Oracle-based Airline Data Model platform that ensures better passenger service. Ural Airlines’ stand