UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 13, 2018. Yekaterinburg Forestry is now going to control fire outbreaks online, MegaFon Ural’s press service reports. Thanks to MegaFon’s new telecom solutions, forestry control operators will be able to monitor the area right from their mobile devices. MegaFon’s base stations under 75 meters tall are now fitted with 360◦ videocameras; these ‘electronic eyes’ with 30-km visibility range now control the woods in Sadovy, Istok, Sovkhozny, Gorny Shchit, Novosvedlovsky Power Station, Lake Chusovskoye, Dinamo Biathlon Camp, Medny, and Kurganovo, The smart electronics can

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, April 13, 2018. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) is now taking part in the 18th International Ural Industrial Economic Week and in the 10th International Industrial Forum dedicated to breakthrough technologies in metallurgical and machine-building sectors, MMK Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. Both events are held at Chelyabinsk International Trade Center on April 10-12. MMK is the Southern Urals’ largest enterprise and can thus present a very wide range of metal goods on its exhibition stand. The plant’s representatives are also contributing

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 13, 2018. Ural Airlines are Airline of The Year according to Russian Wings 2017, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘The national Russian Wings Contest’s awarding ceremony took place on April 10, 2018. Ural Airlines won as Airline of The Year in both Group I Domestic Flights (3m passengers or more) and in Scheduled International Flights. The titles were awarded by a board of experts comparing aviation industry representatives and members of a number of civil organizations,’ the press service says. Russian Wings Contest was set up by the Russian Association of

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 13, 2018. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) is going to help its debtors find new jobs: the bank can send their CVs to companies that use the bank’s recruiting and hiring services. According to the bank’s Debt Collection Department, 43% of all non-payers report they fail to make their loan repayments because of employment problems (redundancy, a pay cut, and arrears of wages). ‘Given this statistics, the UBRD decided to launch a new project to have its debtors submit their CVs and then to send these CVs to its business customers with new job

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 12, 2018. A unique photo project dedicated to the history of Russian kopeck coins opened in Yekaterinburg’s pedestrian area in Vainer St. The exhibition gets coordinated by SKB-Bank and presents the history of Russian coins from the first 16th century kopecks to their modern counterparts. ‘The photo project informs the public about Russia’s oldest small coin. You’ll learn what the kopeck looked like hundreds of years ago, what it was made of, and what a few kopecks could buy under Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, and Catherine the Great, and during the Soviet

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 12, 2018. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) recently applied for Visa and Mastercard’s card-to-card transfer option that allows a user to complete the transaction with their phone number as their ID, the bank’s press service reports. According to the bank, their card-to-card transfer is a very popular service: the overall number of transactions rose by 75% last year alone, and is expected to keep going up. ‘Doing transfers with your phone number is nothing new on the market: most large banks, including UBRD, are already offering this service.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 12, 2018. Miners working at EVRAZ Holding’s Raspadskaya Mine made 2,000,000,000 kg of coal in the first quarter of 2018, which exceeded the figures for one year earlier by 372,000,000 kg, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s press office reports. All of Raspadskaya’s seventeen mining teams (three long-wall crew ones and fourteen drift crew ones) contributed to this output figure. Stanislav Kovtunets’s team from Section 10 proved the best, with output at nearly 695,000,000 kg. Alexei Ivanov’s team from Section 17 was only 10,000,000 kg behind. ‘Raspadskaya was Kuzbass’s first

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, April 12, 2018. 20,000,000,000 kg of hot-rolled goods have been manufactured at Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) Long Products Departments this year so far, MMK Information & PR Department reports. ‘Three advanced, fully automated mills by the Italian company Danieli got launched in the department in 2005 and 2006; their consolidated capacity came to more than 2,000,000,000 kg of rolled section steel a year. These were the first mills put up on the post-Soviet territory in the post-Soviet times; they also proved among the most up-to-date in the world in terms

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 12, 2018. RUR 500m will have to get invested in reconstructing Yekaterinburg Arena by the time the upcoming World Football Championship 2018 is over, Russian Government’s draft Decree On World Football Championship Heritage Concept states. The funds will be needed to dismantle the temporary spectator stands, to put up a media screen on the stadium, and to arrange some urban improvements. ‘The preliminary estimate of the costs involved done by Sverdlovsk Region comes to RUR 500m. This sum covers expenses related to design and survey work, among other things. Also,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 11, 2018. MegaFon is the first telecommunications provider to introduce mobile e-signature on the market, MegaFon Ural’s press service reports. The m-signature can be used to sign legally binding papers right on your smartphone anywhere in the world where you have an Internet connection. ‘The new service comprises an e-signature certificate issued by MegaFon’s Authorization Center and a special SIM card with a piece of software that allows you to use your e-signature in IT systems. The signature got certified by government authorities and meets all the legal

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 11, 2018. RUR 84bn got transferred to Sverdlovsk Region’s budget in January-March 2018, which exceeded the figures for one year earlier by 16%, or RUR 11.6bn, Russia’s Federal Tax Service’s local division reports. RUR 29.5bn got paid to the federal budget (up 18.2%, or RUR 4.5bn, on the first quarter of 2017). Most of the money (78.6%, or RUR 23.2bn) came from VAT payments; this amount exceeded the figures for one year earlier by 13.6%, or RUR 2.8bn. RUR 2.5bn came in from VAT payments relating to goods imported to Russia from Belarus and Kazakhstan (up 17.4%, or

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 11, 2018. Last month’s inflation rate in Sverdlovsk Region came to 2% against one year previously, Sverdlovskstat reports. Food items grew 1.9% more expensive in the course of one year, non-food items grew 2% more expensive, alcohol grew 3.6% more expensive, and the price of services rose by 1.9%. Compared with February 2018, the inflation rate in March went up by 0.2%.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 11, 2018. SKB-Bank’s VIP customer service Elite-Bank was introduced in Yekaterinburg eleven years ago this month, the bank’s press service reports. ‘SKB-Bank’s VIP customer service Elite-Bank opened its doors in April 2007, eleven years ago. This was the first premium service branch available in Yekaterinburg at the time. Elite-Bank offers its customers a completely new quality of banking service, the best financial service standards, a highly personalized approach, preferential terms on a whole range of banking products, and much else besides,’ the press service

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 11, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin asked the Ministry of Defense to look into ChelPipe Chair of the BOD Andrei Komarov’s proposal to coordinate the army terms of those male vocational school-leavers who will later get employed by the company so as to have them serve close to home, ChelPipe’s press service reports. ‘177 alumni of ChelPipe’s Future of White-Coated Metallurgy Corporate Training Program have served their army terms in Gorny Shchit, Sverdlovsk Region, in the last five years. While in the army, they keep on investing in their professional

UrBC, Moscow, April 10, 2018. United Company RUSAL might default on certain debts after getting sanctioned by the United States, Prime refers to the company’s announcement on Hong Kong Exchange as stating. ‘The Company assesses that the OFAC Sanctions may result in technical defaults in relation to certain credit obligations of the Group, and the Company is currently evaluating the impact (if any) of such technical defaults on the financial position of the Group. The Company is currently in compliance with its credit and financial obligations (including repayment obligations) in all other

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, April 10, 2018. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) came up with a report on its healthcare and sports projects in 2017, the company press service reports. ‘MMK sees promotion of sports activities and regular workouts as one of its CSR priorities. Extensive sports facilities infrastructure has been created in Magnitogorsk to provide venues for sports and active pastimes. MMK carries out its projects on physical education and sports development and promotion of a healthier lifestyle among its workers and their families through Metallurg-Magnitogorsk Sports Club,’ the

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, April 10, 2018. The final round of the All-Russian Glory to The Man of Labor Contest took place in Magnitogorsk recently, Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. ‘Contestants from four different constituencies — thirteen qualified engineers from ten different companies and eleven students from six different colleges - competed in Mechatronics on campus of Magnitogorsk Polytechnic. Mechatronics is a rapidly developing discipline that helps design computer-aided machines. Mechatronics comprises some principles of

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 10, 2018. Ural Airlines are offering their passengers reduced-price tickets for their Samara-Tel Aviv flights, the air carrier’s press service reports. If you book between April 9 and 30, 2018, you can enjoy a 7% discount on the flights to be operated between April 11 and May 30, 2018. Tickets are already on offer. ‘Tel Aviv is a city that never sleeps and is informally known as one of the world’s best clubbing capitals. Israel enjoys great weather nearly all the year round, so you can go to the beach, do sights, shop in farmers’ markets, and go to clubs,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, April 10, 2018. The 9th International Industrial Exhibition Innoprom 2018 in Yekaterinburg will feature Sverdlovsk Region’s stand dedicated to two major topics, Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policy Department reports. The first part of the exhibition will present the ‘smart region’ concept (that is, digital technologies), the second one will feature Russia’s application for hosting EXPO 2025. According to Sverdlovsk Region’s Investment & Development Minister Viktoria Kazakova, the ministry is currently processing applications submitted by local companies that are

UrBC, Moscow, April 9, 2018. Rostourism suggested that home owners letting their apartments to incoming foreigners for World Cup 2018 days take special care to make sure these apartments are clean. This piece of advice can be found in a leaflet entitled For Those Willing to Let a Place to FIFA World Football Championship 2018 Visitors. ‘Letting an apartment is a service, so it’s important to make sure this is good quality service. Here are the basic standards an apartment like this needs to meet: clean; furnished with all the necessary household appliances, bedding, towels and toiletries; and