UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 22, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Omsktransmash delivered this year’s last special-purpose fire engine to customer. According to the company press service, this means the plant has fully completed the defense procurement requirements for this year and supplied Russia’s Defense Ministry with the necessary number of vehicles. This special-purpose fire engine was developed by Omsktransmash design engineers. The engine was originally presented at Russia Arms Expo 2013 in Nizhniy Tagil, with the Russian Armed Forces placing their orders for the unit two years

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 21, 2016. Ural Airlines are introducing a new, scheduled flight from Saint Petersburg to Mineralnye Vody and back. According to the air carrier’s press service, their Saint Petersburg-bound flight will be available for 5,640 RUR (one way, fees included) starting from October 14, 2016. The flight will be operated every Friday. ‘The new direct flight gives our customers an opportunity to plan their trips at an appealing price and with no long airport waits. Ural Airlines offer both fast and safe as well as comfortable air travel on modern Airbus planes with both

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 21, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Scientific & Production Corporation and Uralchem’s logistics branch Uralchem Trans signed an agreement to work together on the design of new innovative railcars meant for transportation of chemicals, Ural Vagon Zavod’s press service reports. The agreement was signed during the annual International Chemistry 2016 Exhibition. The two companies’ joint efforts are expected to result in a new range of railcars with improved performance parameters. Uralchem Trans’s Director Vsevolod Kovshov pointed out that his company meant to

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 21, 2016. Ural Airlines are offering their customers an opportunity to fly from Yekaterinburg to Anapa or Gelendzhik for only 5,000 RUR (one way, all fees included). ‘Travelers can enjoy a comfortable fall at the seaside. Anapa’s and Gelendzhik’s embankments, parks, and alleys are ideally suited for long walks. You can also go to clubs or cozy restaurants and cafes. The two Black Sea resorts’ inimitable climate, salubrious mud baths, and mineral springs attract lots of therapeutically-minded visitors,’ the air carrier’s press service says. Ural Airlines operate

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 21, 2016. The 11th International Russia Arms Expo coordinators started getting ready for next year’s event at Nizhniy Tagil Metal Testing Institute’s exhibition facility. RAE 2017 is scheduled for September 6-9, 2017. According to Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s press service, the national coordination committee is now being selected for the exhibition, with their first meeting expected as soon as this November. ‘Additionally, the exhibition website rae2017.ru, with new, improved design and navigation options, was launched recently. The website grew more

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 21, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s youth club and PR & GR Department coordinated a special pedestrian quest for teenagers from Nizhniy Tagil schools, the company’s social partners. The quest was part of a celebration program for a special date: the plant was founded eighty years ago this month, the company press service explains. Seven four-people teams from six local schools competed in the quest. The teens had to go through ten different quest stages on sites located on the plant’s premises, for example, at the Personnel Training Center or next to

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, September 20, 2016. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) delivered 1,464,000,000 kg of rolled metal goods to steel service centers in the eight months of 2016 (compared with 1,097,000,000 kg in the eight months of 2015). Now steel service centers are responsible for 40% of MMK rolled metal sales on the Russian market, MMK Regional Sales Group’s Senior Manager Andrei Golitsin said at the 7th All-Russian Steel Service Centers Conference 2016 in Chelyabinsk. According to MMK representative, about a half of MMK rolled metal deliveries to steel service centers is used for

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, September 20, 2016. ChTPZ Group and Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) improved their status in the Forbes magazine rating of Russia’s largest privately owned businesses. MMK moved from the 19th to the 17th position in the rating; the company’s revenues rose by 51.3bn RUR, up to 354.1bn RUR, last year. Its EBIDTA was estimated at 28.6% in 2015, the highest percentage since 2007. ChTPZ Group is one of Russia’s major pipe manufacturers, responsible for 17.7% of overall sales by the country’s pipe-makers in 2015. Its EBITDA rose by 30% last year, reaching 10.9bn RUR.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 20, 2016. The new issue of Technowars, Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s company magazine, dwells on cybersecurity, the company press service reports. ‘Cybersecurity is becoming increasingly more topical with every coming year. There was a record-breaking number of cyberattacks targeted at government’s official websites and information systems in 2014, 74 million instances altogether, that is. Even though this number dropped down to 24 million as the Ukrainian clashes grew less acute the following year, cybersecurity remains one of the key issues in national

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 20, 2016. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) made online shopping easier for its customers, the bank’s press service reports. To confirm a transaction, now you just need a one-time unique 3D Secure password that gets texted onto your cell phone (if you signed up for card bank transaction text alerts). Online transactions only used to get confirmed with the help of a permanent password that a customer had to create beforehand either in their e-banking account or during the first payment following identification online. One-time passwords

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 20, 2016. Russian Copper Company signed a cooperation agreement with Tractor Hockey Club, the company press service reports. Under the terms of this agreement, Russian Copper Company is to invest 100m RUR in the club in the winter season of 2016/2017 and will become the club’s primary partner. ‘Chelyabinsk Region is perhaps the most important constituency for Russian Copper Company, as five of our thirteen member enterprises are actually located in the Southern Urals. Also, we’ve always seen supporting both professional and amateur sports for both adults and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 20, 2016. EVRAZ Holding’s Kachkanar Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise (EVRAZ KGOK) launched a new, up-to-date plasma unit that is used to strengthen the surface of worn-out rail wheels, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s press office reports. ‘Thanks to the new unit, repairs now prolong an item’s lifespan by 15%. The unit’s capacity stands at 80 to 110 wheel pairs a month; these are treated with argon delivered onto the wheel flange under high temperature, which results in changes in the metal structure and a new strong surface layer. A repaired wheel doesn’t need any

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 20, 2016. EVRAZ Holding supplied over 1,500,000 kg of fittings for Sakhalinskaya 2, a new power station in the Far East. Another 2,500,000 kg of rolled metal goods will be delivered to the construction site in the future, the company’s PR Department reports. ‘Our AIII fittings made at EVRAZ Holding’s West Siberian Integrated Metallurgical Works are meant for making ground plates of power-generating facilities and other structures. EVRAZ Holding’s rolled metal products meet all the set requirements in terms of their mechanical and chemical parameters and can

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 19, 2016. The country’s key refinancing rate was decreased by 0.5% down to 10.5% at Russia’s Central Bank’s last meeting, the bank’s press service reports. ‘The Bank’s Board of Directors voted on September 16, 2016 that the key rate should go down to 10% a year, given the slowing down of the inflation rate (as forecast) and the still unstable economy. At the same time, the bank feels that in order to keep up with the slowing-down trend, the current refinancing rate should remain as it is until the end of the year and possibly go down in next year’s first or

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 19, 2016. The telecommunications provider MegaFon’s official online store welcomes its customers to place preorders for Apple’s new products, iPhone 7 and and iPhone 7 Plus, the company press service reports. iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were released on September 7; the smartphones have a fully upgraded camera, stereo dynamics, the new A10 Fusion processor that speeds them up impressively, and are dust- and waterproof. ‘As the Russian mobile Internet market leader, we are happy to see that Apple’s new products support high-speed connection. Over 12m people living

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 19, 2016. Yekaterinburg’s Akademichesky District proved Best Area Development Project in the national Pro-Estate Contest, RSG-Akademicheskoye’s press service reports. The awarding ceremony took place for the first time in the course of the 10th International Pro-Estate Forum. The Best Area Development Project category was actually the one with the greatest number of contestants, with fifteen-plus developers submitting their applications. Inteko’s Sadovye Kvartaly and LSR’s Tsvetnoy Gorod were also among the finalists alongside Akademichesky. The forum

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 19, 2016. Ural Airlines are offering a 40% discount on tickets for Moscow-Saint Petersburg and Saint Petersburg-Moscow flights this weekend, the air carrier’s press service says. The offer holds on September 16-18, 2016; tickets can be booked on the company website, via their mobile app UralAirlines, and over the phone. Flights will be operated between October 1 2016 and March 25, 2017. ‘Fall is a busy time for Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The two capitals host business conferences, exhibitions, workshops, and so on. Theaters, operas, and culture organizations

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 19, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s head plant and its member enterprise ChTZ Uraltrac presented their promising developments to Sirius Training Center in Sochi, the company press service reports. ‘The head plant handed over its two-axle truck 18-555 and ChTZ gave the center its exhibition sample of the T Series six-cylinder Diesel engine 6T370. The two products will now make part of Sirius’s permanent exhibition and will serve to educate high school and college students as well as promote interest in machine-building and vehicle-manufacturing industries,’

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 16, 2016. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development’s Holistic Risk Management Director Dmitri Zavyalov is confident the Central Bank won’t let the refinancing rate decline by any more than 0.5%. ‘Russia’s inflation rate has been gradually going down for the last few months, from 7.5% in June down to 6.9% in August, for example. People’s inflation expectations are also changing. Based on the Central Bank’s August 2016 report, the number of survey respondents who expect the inflation to slow down next year rose by 2%, up to 18% altogether. At the same

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 16, 2016. Ural Airlines are introducing a new Yekaterinburg-Tbilisi flight on October 31, 2016. The flight will be available throughout the entire winter season. According to the company press service, prices start from 130 euros (one way) and 260 euros (round trip), excluding the fees. Flights will be operated every Monday on the European concern Airbus’s liners that have both Economy and Business seat options. ‘Georgia is a great place to go any time of the year. The long (sun)bathing season means you can go for a plunge in the sea even in late fall. Snow, on