July 30, 2014. A subsidiary of the State Hermitage Museum might open in Yekaterinburg soon. On July 29, Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob met the Hermitage representatives to talk about Russia’s largest museum’s arrival in the Urals’ capital. According to the city council’s press service, Head of Yekaterinburg Council Culture Department Tatiana Yaroshevskaya and Director of Yekaterinburg Fine Arts Museum Nikita Korytin took part in the meeting as well. The State Hermitage Museum’s team comprised Deputy Director-General Alexei Bogdanov and Deputy Head of the West-European Fine Art

July 29, 2014. 22,261 people living in Sverdlovsk Region are currently not allowed to leave the Russian Federation because of debts, Sverdlovsk Region division of the Federal Service of Court Officers’ press service reports. As of July 21, 2014, the total amount of debt owed by local residents whose traveling opportunities have thus been limited exceeded 13bn RUR. The better part of such debtors is made up of parents who failed to pay their children’s allowances (3,813 people with consolidated debt of 1,430,808,000 RUR worth of debt); then there are those with unpaid criminal fines (2,594

July 29, 2014. There were 939 hotels and similar types of accommodation in Ural Federal District in 2013, Rostourism refers to Rossstat as stating. There were over 9,800 hotels operating in Russia last year altogether; 76,7bn nights were spent there by a total of more than 42.5bn people. The amount of paid services within the hotel industry exceeded 162bn RUR. According to Rosstat, Central Federal District has the greatest number of hotels (1,861); it is followed by Southern Federal District (1,691), the Volga Federal District (1,607), Siberian Federal District (1,564), North-Western Federal

July 29, 2014. It was 75 years ago when the tractors made at Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ-Uraltrac) took part in a special Chelyabinsk-Moscow tour, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. ‘On July 26, 1939, Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant saw two of its C2 transport tractors off to Moscow in the course of a solemn ceremony. These tractors were actually the prototypes of the future artillery towing vehicles that the plant soon started making on an industrial scale. This trial tour was preceded by C2 travelling to nearby Sverdlovsk and Zlatoust. In order to conduct the final test of

July 29, 2014. Igor Dolzhenko, a 5th-labor rank engine tester from Omsktransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) received the Russian Federation Defense Ministry award – the Labor Merit Medal. The award was given to him by the Russian Defense Minister General Sergey Shoigu on the acceptance day for the enterprise’s military-purpose produce, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. The company says Igor Dolzhenko is a lieutenant of the reserve and is 27 years old. He has been working at Omsktransmash since 2011 and has advanced to the prestigious position of the

July 29, 2014. In the first half of 2014, the amount of profit tax paid to Sverdlovsk Region budget was 5bn RUR smaller than in the first half of 2013. The figures dropped the most in the processing industry and metallurgical sectors. Such segments as trading and construction, however, actually produced greater tax revenues, Deputy Head of Sverdlovsk Region division of Russia’s Federal Taz Service Marina Ryabova announced at a press conference in Yekaterinburg. The tax revenues amounted to 109bn RUR in the first half of the year altogether. Around 80% of this sum came from personal income tax

July 28, 2014. Another step was made on the way to deeper integration of Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s member enterprises. From now on, all of the purchasing for all of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s member enterprises (of which there are about forty plants, design bureaus, and scientific research institutes located all over Russia) will be handled by UBT-Uralvagonzavod, the corporation’s press service reports. Prior to this, UBT-Uralvagonzavod only used to liaise with the corporation’s ten largest enterprises and made some 40% of their accumulated purchases. Other

July 28, 2014. 7,174 companies based in Sverdlovsk Region submitted information on their job openings with the local employment agencies in January-June 2014. The amount of pay advertized was 8.9% greater than in 2013, Sverdlovsk Region Labor & Employment Department’s press service says. All in all, employers posted 134,733 vacancies, including 95,849 ones for blue-collar jobs (71.1% of all the job openings). The number of people officially registered as unemployed within the first six months of the year was 31,021. The demand for employees at processing enterprises, transport and

July 26, 2014. Ural Airlines launched an additional flight in the popular summer destination, from Chelyabinsk to Simferopol. Starting from August 9, 2014, you can fly to the Black Sea not only on Fridays but also on Sundays. Tickets are already available for booking and purchase. ‘If you make a trip to the Crimea, you will be in for an unforgettably good time on the coast of the Black Sea. This place has everything a traveler needs: golden beaches, the purest mountain air, the intact primeval landscapes, antique and medieval artifacts, countless health resorts, a cornucopia of fruit and

July 28, 2014. The Republic of Cyprus Consulate-General opened in Yekaterinburg. The office is centrally located at 15G Gogol St and is open from 9 AM to 4 PM on weekdays. The consulate will issue national visas to the citizens of Russia and other countries, both short-term and long-term ones, as well as single and multiple entry ones. Besides, the consulate will also liaise with the local governments in terms of development of trade, economic, cultural, and scientific ties between Cyprus and Russia. What is more, the consulate is in charge of promoting the Republic of Cyprus among tour

July 28, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region Court sustained the claim laid by a private investor against MMM-2011, a financial pyramid, regarding the payment back of 100,000 RUR which the plaintiff handed over to the defendant, the pyramid’s so-called over-man, the court’s press officer reports. According to the files relating to the case, the plaintiff met the pyramid representative via MMM-2011 website. The organization’s website stated that the money invested in the scheme would yield some profit. Despite all the disclaimers and warnings that could be found right on the site, the plaintiff gave their

July 25, 2014. An offsite meeting dedicated to the development of defense industry took place at Burevestnik Central Scientific Research Institute (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) on July 23. The meeting was chaired by acting Nizhniy Novgorod Region Minister for Industry & Innovations Valdimir Nefedov and was attended by Director-General of Nizhniy Novgorod Association of Industrialists & Entrepreneurs Valeriy Tzybanev, the corporation’s press service reports. According to DG Burevestnik Georgiy Zakamennykh, the enterprise has been gradually increasing its

July 25, 2014. The trade union of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s Rubtsovsk subsidiary joined the 1st trade union conference for young workers from military-industrial enterprises based in Altay Territory. The conference took place in a picturesque forest on the outskirts of Barnaul and gathered together young people from nine defense enterprises, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. On the first day of the conference, an action training took place under the guidance of experienced professional hikers; in the evening, teams made their company

July 25, 2014. Samara Region authorities thanked Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation for help with the Victory Day Parade. A thank-you message was sent to the corporation’s Director-General Oleg Sienko by acting Governor of Samara Region Nikolai Merkushin, the corporation’s press service says. The wire says that on behalf of the Great Patriotic War veterans and regular residents of Samara Region the Governor expresses his sincere appreciation and gratitude to Oleg Sienko and the entire Uralvagonzavod team for help with the organization and holding of the Victory Day Parade.

July 25, 2014. In January-June 2014, 76,964 people submitted job applications with Sverdlovsk Region’s employment agencies. The number of the unemployed in the total number of applicants was 74.6%, Sverdlovsk Region Labor & Employment Department’s press service says. According to the department’s data, the number of applications for access to information on the labor market opportunities that were submitted to Sverdlovsk Region-based employment agencies stood at 39,219 applications by job-seekers and 11,077 applications by employers in the six months of 2014. The number of citizens who

July 25, 2014. In the first half of 2014, 354,200 sq m worth of housing got commissioned in Yekaterinburg; this was 2.1 times more than in the first half of 2014, the city council’s press service refers to Rosstat as reporting. ‘These results stem from the many years’ efforts aimed at creating a clear management system within the city council; this comes from coordinated work of municipal networks,’ the press service says.

July 24, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region division of Rospotrebnadzor (the Russian consumer rights watchdog) conducted an unscheduled inspection of Sberbank of Russia and detected that the bank was charging its customers an illegitimate commission for taking out more than 50,000 RUR in cash from their accounts, the agency's press service reports. Contrary to the current legislation, the bank unilaterally changed the rates and terms on which its services were offered to customers. For one, the holders of Social cards were faced with a limit of 1.5m RUR a month (50,000 RUR a day) that could be

July 24, 2014. 70% of Russian companies are willing to hire a college graduate with no work experience. 21% are absolutely against considering applicants with no experience: the most widely spread argument is that such candidates' education is insufficient, Superjob's survey results reveal. Five years ago, only 54% of companies would agree to employ a recent graduate. The surveys conducted over the last few years indicate that the situation has grown more stable: in 2012, 71% of companies were willing to consider college graduates with no experience, in 2013, the figure was 72%,

July 24, 2014. By the end of 2014, Russian citizens will have borrowed from Russian banks an amount that will be 500m RUR greater than the amount of money they will have placed on deposits: this was an estimate given to reporters by President and Chairman of the Board VTB 24 Mikhail Zadornov at a press conference, Prime reports. According to Zadornov, the balance of transactions between Russian banks and Russian population was positive in 2009-2013. Last year, for example, the net amount of money citizens deposited stood at 468bn RUR, while in the first half of 2014, the balance was negative.

July 24, 2014. Yekaterinburg Council prepared and sent to authorities for approval a number of technical assignments for reconstruction of training sites at the city-run Ural Sports Club. According to the city council's press service, this facility is going to become one of the training sites for the football teams that will take part in the World Cup 2018. 'Experts completed and got the approval of the club's design, technical documentation is now being prepared. The city council is expected to finish up all the necessary papers and direct the reconstruction project to a board