UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 7, 2016. Ural Airlines are now offering tickets for flights from Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, to Osh, Kyrgyzstan, the air carrier’s press service reports. Starting from November 14, the nightly flight will be operated on Airbus 320 planes every Monday and Wednesday; departure and arrival times from and back to Zhukovsky are 8:10 PM and 6:45 AM, respectively. The flight is four hours and thirty-five minutes long (one way). ‘Thanks to the terms we offered to the air carrier, Ural Airlines’ passengers can enjoy the appealing ticket prices,’ says Zhukovsky Ramport Aero

UrBC, Moscow, November 7, 2016. MMA fighters Ivan Styrkov and Antônio Silva are going to get weighed and practice together in Passage Department Store in Yekaterinburg, Obschestvo Malysheva 73 reports. The two martial artists will also fight at Sports Palace on November 18. Prior to this event, a press conference will be held on the ground floor of Passage on November 14 and a practice session on November 16. ‘We were the first to learn that UFC is letting ‘Bigfoot’ go and contacted AmericanTopTeam to negotiate on the terms and land a contract within a week. Silva’s going to get considerably

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 3, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation is taking part in the blue-collar job championship WorldSkills for the third time this year; the championship is held in Yekaterinburg EXPO. The company team (Motto: Tradition, Development, Leadership!) comprises five contestants from three of the corporation’s member enterprises: Ural Vagon Zavod (Nizhniy Tagil), Ural Transport Machine-Building Design Office (Nizhniy Tagil), and Uraltransmash (Yekaterinburg), the company press service reports. The corporation sends winners of the championship’s company rounds to compete with

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 3, 2016. SKB-Bank was founded twenty-six years ago on November 2, the bank’s press service reports. ‘The USSR Agroprombank was reorganized into SKB-Bank on November 2, 1990; it was on this day that the bank was issued its banking licenses,’ the press service says. SKB-Bank is now one of Russia’s major banks with HQs outside the two capitals, with over 150 branches in all parts of the country from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka. SKB-Bank currently offers its services to 1.5m private customers and over 30,000 corporates. The bank is the key asset of SKB Group and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 3, 2016. Beloyarskaya Nuclear Power Station’s newest Power-Generating Unit 4 with fast-fission reactor BN 800 has been approved for industrial use, the stations press service reports. A decree to this effect was signed by Rosenergoatom’s Director-General Andrei Petrov on October 31, 2016, shortly after Rosatom Corporation issued its approval. This was preceded by all the necessary checks on the regulatory authority Rostechnadzor’s part that proved the facility meets all the technical and legal requirements and energy efficiency regulations. Power-Generating Unit

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 3, 2016. EVRAZ Holding’s Raspadskaya-Koksovaya Mine is now using Fletcher self-propelled roof-bolters for excavation support, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s press office reports. This modern equipment cuts down on the time needed to fit the roof bolts in, prevents idle times, enhances job safety, and increases the overall process speed. The roof-bolters are extremely safe and controlled remotely, with a protective plate to prevent caving. Fitting one roof bolt in now takes 1.5 minutes against the 4 to 5 minutes needed to do this manually. The speed-up means miners can

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 3, 2016. The telecommunications provider MegaFon came up with a list of Ural Federal District-based businesses that spend the longest time periods on the phone and online, the company press service reports. ‘This year, local companies used 70% more Internet traffic than one year previously, while the amount of phone conversations within MegaFon network rose by 28%. Interestingly, these are the small, medium, and micro enterprises that use up the lion’s share of our entire Internet traffic,’ says MegaFon Ural Corporates Development Director Evgeny Ivanov. The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 2, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Director-General Oleg Sienko took part in Board meeting coordinated by Russia’s Machine-Builders’ Union and Defense Industry Support League. The goal was to look into the national defense industry’s performance and to come up with strategic goals for the future. The meeting was held in Moscow on October 31, 2016. According to the corporation’s press service, Oleg Sienko, who is Russia’s Machine-Builders’ Union’s Deputy Chair, spoke about the improvements that need to be introduced in the defense procurement legislation,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 2, 2016. A new show room presenting a family home opened at 11 Pavel Shamanov St in Yekaterinburg’s Akademichesky District, RSG-Akademicheskoye’s website states. ‘The idea was to model a comfortable, functional two-bedroom home for a family with two children of different ages. The room layout is a bit unusual, with special engineering features such as heated floors instead of radiators and a recuperation system to ensure ventilation and air-filtering. All this creates a cozy place that is 15% more energy-efficient than usual.’ ‘Designers picked the color schemes

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 2, 2016. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) now offers express Business Growth loans to corporate customers based in Sverdlovsk Region, the bank’s press service reports. The decision is taken within as little as two work days, with loan amount ranging between 300,000 RUR and 1m RUR. ‘Business Growth is the best option for a quick loan when your business can’t afford to wait. This is a collateral-free loan for companies that don’t like missing good business development opportunities. The money can get directed to operating flow, invested in

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 2, 2016. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) directed over 1.8m RUR to charity in the third quarter of the year, the bank’s press service reports. The money was directed to charity events for children living in orphanages and foster homes and for children with disabilities and Down syndrome. Also, some funds were spent to pay orphanages and boarding schools’ bills and to buy groceries, medicines, school supplies, children’s clothes, school uniform, toys, and board games. The bank has transferred more than 4.6m RUR to its Children Believe in

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 2, 2016. Sverdlovsk Region’s residents’ nominal incomes amounted to 1.3312bn RUR in January-September 2016, which exceeded the figures for a year earlier by 3.7%, Sverdlovskstat reports. At the same time, people’s factual disposable incomes (what’s left after all the necessary bills have been paid, considering the current consumer price index) actually went down by 5.3%. A person’s monthly income came to 34,161 RUR on average (up 3.6% on a year earlier). Sverdlovsk Region-based employee’s monthly pay came to 31,774 RUR on average in January-August 2016, which was

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 1, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to award five employees of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s head plant, the company press service reports. The plant’s Transport Director Sergei Oskin received the Order of Friendship for his ‘professional achievements, proactive social policy efforts, and long-standing performance.’ Miller from the plant’s Stamping Department Evgeny Groshev, repair mechanic from Assembly Department 5 Lev Zudov, tinker from Joints Department 2 Vasily Ivanov, and repair mechanic from Assembly Department Anatoly Nikulin were

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 1, 2016. EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) placed orders for engineering and supply of the equipment needed to build blast furnace 7 at the plant, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s press office reports. The equipment will be supplied by Paul Wurth S.A., the world’s leading engineering and technical solutions provider for metallurgical enterprises. Paul Wurth is to deliver aspirating appliances, a bell-less top unit, gas-filtering equipment, fireproof casing, and copper coolers. The order for electric equipment and automation systems was

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 1, 2016. Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems bought eight new equipment units for its West Siberian branch, the company press service reports. The new vehicles are meant to be used during the fall/winter period as well as in high-water seasons. ‘These special-purpose units will help us deal with emergencies faster and improve the staff’s working conditions. We now have one Berkut 8 snow-and-swamp-going vehicle, one Tinger tracked and wheeled ATV, and six Buran AD snowmobiles. All these were manufactured in Russia and can be used for crossing marshes, water

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 1, 2016. Ural Airlines received Oracle Innovation Award as the best innovative project of the year 2015, the air carrier’s press service reports. The awarding ceremony took place during Oracle Digital Day in Moscow. Bank Uralsib, the telecommunications giant MTS, electronic goods chain M.Video, and MICEX were among the awarded businesses as well. ‘Oracle Innovation Awards are presented to companies that used advanced technologies and Oracle cloud services to transform their business, with impressive results. Nominees get selected based on a given project’s

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 1, 2016. ChTPZ Group supplied some 5,000,000 kg of pipes to Polish customers in the three quarters of 2016. The pipes will be used for building coal mines, and a portion will be sold to local end users, the Group’s press service reports. The pipe manufacturer mainly supplies its Polish customers with weldless, hot-rolled pipes (diameter: 57-219mm; layer thickness: 4-16mm) and cold-deformed pipes (diameter: 10-89mm; layer thickness: 1-4mm). ChTPZ Group’s Polish exports make up 10% of all the Russian producers’ pipe shipments onto Poland’s market. The goods are

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 31, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation is now working on a new publishing project called the Tankprom Library. Every book in this series will be dedicated to one of the corporation’s member enterprises and its contribution to tank-making industry’s development. The first issue dwells on the corporation’s head plant in Nizhniy Tagil. ‘The idea is for the books to come out in time for the member enterprises’ special dates. The second volume, for example, will be available to the public in late 2016 and will describe Ural Transport Machine-Building Design Office in

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 31, 2016. Ural Airlines are now selling round trips from Yekaterinburg to Thailand and back for as little as 450 EUR (all fees except for the luggage one included), the air carrier’s press service reports. Flights will be operated between November 1 and December 19, 2016. Tickets can be booked on the company website, using Uralairlines mobile app, over the phone (+7-800-7700-262) or at any booking office. ‘Thailand is sometimes called the land of eternal summer; its tv ad-perfect snow-white beaches and crystal-clear water enchant all holiday-makers at once. The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 31, 2016. Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems coordinated a number of emergency drills at its power-generating facilities based in Perm Territory, Sverdlovsk Region, and Orenburg Region, the company press service reports. The drills showed that the local rescue teams and dispatchers were quite well prepared to ensure unfailing system performance in the fall and coming winter. The circumstances of an emergency simulated for training purposes were as follows: the low temperature and a heavy blizzard resulted in massive power outages in several 500-kilowatt