UrBC, Magnitogorsk, March 1, 2018. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) is currently taking part in the international building exhibition UzBuild-2018 in Uzbekistan. The exhibition opened today, MMK Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. Uzbekistan’s market is one of MMK’s key interests in the CIS zone. The plant delivered more than 300,000,000 kg of metal goods to its Uzbek customers last year, which amounted to 80% of MMK’s Central Asia sales. ‘MMK is presenting a wide range of metal products at the event, most of these being meant for the building industry: hot- and

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, March 1, 2018. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) recently completed repairing and remodeling its central work wear and footwear depot, the plant’s Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. The renovation jobs were part of MMK Director-General Pavel Shilyayev’s special project; the goal was to improve the system of supplying the plant’s metallurgical workers with individual protective gear. ‘The old hangar that used to serve as a stock issue point has been replaced with a spacious, light-filled structure. New central heating and ventilation units were

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 1, 2018. Sverdlovsk Region-based companies’ consolidated profits (excluding small businesses) amounted to RUR 257.1bn in January-December 2017; this was 10.6% more than in 2016, Sverdlovskstat reports. 1,101 local businesses made RUR 279.2bn in profits, which exceeded the figures for the year 2016 by 5.7% and amounted to 7.6% of revenues stemming from sale of goods and services (compared with 8.5% in January-December 2016). 403 businesses incurred RUR 22.1bn in losses, which was 30.2%, or RUR 9.6bn less than in January-December 2016; the overall share of loss-making

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 1, 2018. 305 batches of poor quality alcohol produce (3,230 liters altogether) were confiscated in Sverdlovsk Region in 2017, Rospotrebnadzor’s regional division reports. Rospotrebnadzor officers inspected 557 alcohol-selling locations last year, with problems detected in 33% of cases (183 stores). ‘650 alcohol samples were taken, and 117 (18%) of them turned out unsatisfactory. This included 13 samples of imported drinks (2% of all samples),’ the division says. Problems were detected in samples of vodka, cognac, wine, and wine-based drinks. Following the checks,

UrBC, Moscow, March 1, 2018. Head of Rostourism Oleg Safonov believes over 1.5m people will arrive in Russia for the World Football Championship of 2018, Interfax reports. ‘We expect one and a half million people to come, but a more precise estimate will have to be based on ticket sales data (which will be over by the end of May). Perhaps the final figure will prove even larger than this. For the time being, we believe we are looking at a traveller traffic increase of 1.5m people,’ Safonov said. In the meantime, Yekaterinburg Council reported earlier they were counting on 100,000 visitors to

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 27, 2018. The developer RSG Akademicheskoye is coordinating a series of tender to design two kindergartens, the company press service reports. The first tender has to do with design and survey work for a kindergarten fit for 250 children in Quarter 26, Akademicheskiy District, Yekaterinburg. The pricing negotiations will begin at RUR 2,474,752. The second one has to do with a scheme design for a kindergarten fit for 200 children in Quarter 10, Akademicheskiy District, Yekaterinburg. The pricing negotiations will begin at RUR 1,083,126. Candidate companies can

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 28, 2018. Students on ChTPZ Group’s Future of White Metallurgy Corporate Training Program won a dozen medals in Sverdlovsk Oblast round of the 6th blue-collar job championship WorldSkills Russia, the company press service reports. First-year student Ignatiy Yevdokimov won gold in Industrial Mechanics & Assembly. Third-year student and Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant’s measuring and control appliances and automation technician Artem Ulyanov got a gold medal in Wiring. A third-year student on ChTPZ Group’s training program and Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant’s energy

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 28, 2018. Ural Airlines is offering a 30% discount on all flights to be operated between March 1 and May 31, 2018 (as long as you book before March 4 and fly back before June 9, 2018), the air carrier’s press service reports. The offer applies to the Black Sea resorts, European cities, and destinations in China and the CIS member states. For more information, please visit the comapny website uralairlines.com. ‘To save even more money on your flight, you are invited to join Ural Airlines’ Wings Club. You get a welcome bonus of RUR 1,000 when you sign up on the

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, February 28, 2018. MMK Group’s Shlakservis made 1.17m tons of metal-containing particles for Magnitogorsk Iron & Still Works (MMK), the Group’s Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. This production output of 2017 outstrips everything the plant has produced on an annual scale so far. The magnet particles get extracted from the byproducts supplied by the blast furnace, electric steel-smelting, and converter departments; Shlakservis supplies MMK with a ferrous stuff that brings down the cost of metallurgical production considerably, helps cut the plant’s

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 28, 2018. Yekaterinburg residents’ housing bills rose by 11.6% in 2017 compared with one year earlier, Yandex.Dengi states. In 2016, a monthly housing bill paid online amounted to RUR 2,910 on average. A year later, the figure rose by 11.6%, according to Yandex.Dengi’s data. All in all, locals’ everyday expenses increased by 1.5 times in the course of one year. In 2016, an average local spent RUR 83,000 a year on housing, telecommunication services, household appliances, and remodeling; in 2017, the figure was RUR 122,000.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 26, 2018. A Children’s Singing School opened within M.I. Glinka Chelyabinsk State Opera House with support from ChTPZ Group shareholder Andrei Komarov, the company press service reports. The singing school stems from the Children’s Musical School. The goal is to ensure the development of gifted young locals’ potential. ‘The children will learn signing, acting, choreography, and elocution with the help of experienced teachers, directors, choreographers, and musicians. The theater provided a special room to coordinate these classes. Students from Children’s Singing

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 27, 2018. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development’s business customers will now find it easier and cheaper to learn about the latest business management techniques and attend management gurus’ workshops, the bank’s press service reports. You can now sign up for businesspeople-oriented training programs at the bank’s branches in Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk. The training is coordinated by Business Education Center Group, a company that has dealt in management and employee training on the national scale since 1996. By signing up for the program through

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 27, 2018. EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) received a thank-you letter and a memorial stele in recognition of its efforts to protect the environment and of its projects throughout the Year of The Environment in Russia/Year of Nature Reserves in Sverdlovsk Oblast,’ the holding’s press service reports. In 2017, EVRAZ NTMK had its dry coke-quenching plant upgraded, which reduced atmospheric emissions by 20%. This was part of the plant’s four-way agreement with Russia’s Ministry for Natural Resources & The Environment, Russia’s

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 27, 2018. MegaFon and Veon Ltd finalized settling their respective rights to Euroset, the Russian company’s press service reports. The two parties agreed to stop doing business together at Euroset in July 2017. ‘Following a series of transactions, MegaFon purchased a 50% stake in Euroset from VEON’s Russian subsidiary VympelKom (all assets and liabilities included), which means MegaFon now has 100% ownership of the business. VympelKom, in its turn, purchased a half of Euroset’s retail outlets (around 1,800 stores altogether) and is also going to pay out RUR

UrBC, Moscow, February 27, 2018. Plane tickets the football fans interested in flying to Russia during the days of the Wold Football Championship of 2018 are now 2.7 times more expensive than usual, RIA Novosti refers to the booking service OneTwoTrip as stating. ‘Two parameters were taken into account. First, we found the cheapest offers on flights from the participating countries’ capitals to Moscow two months before the championship opens (April 14) and next, we did the same for offers on the opening day (June 14). Whereas April prices came to RUR 29,470 on average for thirty different

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 26, 2018. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development’s male customers spent nearly RUR 10bn using their bank cards last year, which exceeded the figures for a year earlier by 21%, the bank’s press service reports. A look into the the transaction amounts and the number of thereof showed that this customer category made over 15m transactions using their UBRD cards in 2017, which is 36% more than one year earlier. Most of the money got spent in supermarkets and corner shops (RUR 4bn), remodeling supply stores (RUR 1bn), gas filling stations (RUR 986m),

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, February 26, 2018. ChTPZ Group took part in a press conference dedicated to the launch of a nationwide internship database; the launch is part of the All-Russia People’s Front’s Internships Program. head of ChTPZ Group’s Intern Section Natalia Sokolova spoke about the company’s efforts to coordinate internships at its production sites. ‘Candidates for our Intern Program undergo a highly competitive selection procedure. A successful candidate must do well in college, pass their exams successfully, possess outstanding knowledge of the fields they major in, have a broad range

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 26, 2018. Sverdlovsk Oblast’s division of the state-run consumer rights agency Rospotrebnadzor issued a total of RUR 9m in fines relating to anti-tobacco legislation offenses last year, the agency’s press service reports. Last year’s inspections helped detect 934 cases of anti-tobacco laws violation (including, among others, sale of tobacco products within 100 meters (or closer) of a school/college, smoking at workplaces and work areas inside a building, and sale of tobacco produce without a registered list of products on offer). The agency also tested 30,723

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 26, 2018. Gasoline grew 6% more expensive on average in Sverdlovsk Oblast in 2017 compared with 2016, Deputy Head of Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service’s local division and Head of Antitrust Enforcement Department Ekaterina Vorobieva said at a press conference in Yekaterinburg today. According to Vorobieva, fuel prices rose by 3.5% in Sverdlovsk Oblast in 2016. Last year, prices kept going up because of the excise duty growing larger, as well as because of inflation (2.5% in 2017), Vorobieva explained. This year and the next one, gas prices will keep on

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 26, 2018. Ural Airlines are now offering tickets for their Moscow-Novosibirsk-Moscow flights at a reduced price. The offer only applies to online bookings, the air carrier’s press service reports. If you book online, a ticket for your Moscow-Novosibirsk-Moscow flight will cost RUR 4,800 for Promo and RUR 5,800 for Economy options. The flight is operated up to eight times a week and is 3 hours and 55 minutes long. The offer holds from February 22 to April 25, 2018 for flights to be operated through April 25 (only if you buy on the company website