May 28, 2014. A multi-faceted recreation and tourism development program for Verkhoturye for 2014-2020 is estimated at 4.2bn RUR, with 2.7bn RUR to be allocated from Sverdlovsk Region budget and the rest to be contributed by private investors, Sverdlovsk Region Government’s press service reports. 37.5% if this money will be directed to renovation and construction of the communal housing services infrastructure. Thanks to this program, 70% of the population will get access to uninterrupted supply of good quality drinking water and will benefit from 16 km of natural gas pipelines. In 2014-2020,

May 28, 2014. A group of reporters from Mayak radio station who are currently working on their Big Test Drive Project on YouTube tried out the vehicles made at Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod). According to the corporation’s press service, the reporters were professionally interested in the T-34 and IS-3 tanks that were made at ChTZ as well as in the world’s largest (as the Guinness Book of Records would have it) tractor, the T-800. ‘Rustam Vakhidov and Sergey Stillavin traded their mikes in for cameras and came up with three clips. They spoke very

May 28, 2014. According to the Ural Chamber of Real Estate’s Analytical Department, the median offering price of a square meter of housing on Yekaterinburg existing homes market was 74,831 RUR on May 19, 2014, the Chamber’s press officer says. The prices tend to keep going up within 0.1% a week. Over the last four weeks, these increased by 0.3%, and the total increase has come to about 2.8% compared with the beginning of the year. The market supply has been going up as well. The number of apartments being offered for sale through the Chamber’s database rises by 1% to 1.5% every week. The

May 28, 2014. The maiden flight will be operated to Patras, Greece from International Koltsovo Airport (a member of Regional Airports Management Company) on June 3. The flight will be operated by Ural Airlines on Airbus 320 every Tuesday. 18 Patras-bound flights have been scheduled for the summer of 2014 altogether, the airport’s press service reports. What is more, twice as many flights will be operated to Kerkyra Island in Greece compared with last summer. The flights will be operated by Ellinair and Orenburg Airlines on Boeing 737 aircraft. Ellinair intends to operate flights from Koltsovo

May 28, 2014. UEKhK (a member enterprise of Rosatom’s TVEL in Novouralsk) launced new, microprocessor-based equipment at its grid and substation department in April 2014. This equipment will ensure more reliable, more fire-secure, and greener operation of the electric units, the enterprise’s press service reports. According to the power engineer from Department 101 Galina Semenenko, the microprocessor-based fiber optic arc barrier devices and the incoming cubicles with vacuum circuit breakers and microprocessor protection and automation systems that came to replace the obsolete oil break

May 27, 2014. Chelyabinsk hosted the 4th All-Russian Conference on Steel Pipe Production and Local Sales that was attended by top managers and heads of metallurgical and metal-trading enterprises. The conference participants spoke about the potential for the development of pipe industry in Russia and the CIS, the sector trends for the upcoming years, the options for increasing sales, price forecasts, and sales policies of the leading steel pipe manufacturers on local markets. Alexander Akulinushkin, the leading expert from the Local Sales Group of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK)

May 27, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation and Rosneft signed a cooperation agreement during Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum. The paper was signed by Rosneft Chairman of the Supervisory Board Igor Sechin and Director-General of Uralvagonzavod Oleg Sienko. According to the corporation’s press service, the agreement provides for joint scientific research activity in the field of development, production, and launch of hi tech lubricating agents. In addition, Rosneft experts are expected to look into their product range and introduce the types of products

May 27, 2014. Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Masimov examined a number of life-size samples, including those made by Uralvagonzavod, on the third day of the International Exhibition KADEX 2014. Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports that the company’s special representative for military & technological cooperation Alexei Maslov showed the Prime Minister Terminator-2, a fire support vehicle based on the T-72 tank; this vehicle meets the Kazakh Armed Forces’ requirements. Kazakhstan’s Defense Minister Serik Akhmetov confirmed the fact that the Kazakh authorities intended to

May 27, 2014. ChTZ-Uraltrac (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) is going to take part in Russia’s largest building exhibition called Construction Vehicles and Technologies 2014 at Crocus Expo in Moscow in early June. ‘The tractor manufacturers are planning to present twelve machines there. Seven of them were made or assembled at the enterprise, including the smallest B8 bulldozer which is meant for communal housing services and road works as it can be operated in cramped city spaces. Visitors to the exhibition will also see the swamp-proof B11B and the new make of a bulldozer

May 27, 2014. 25,761 new passenger and light commercial vehicles were sold in Yekaterinburg in January-April 2014, which was 13%, or 3,770 cars less than in January-April 2013, Auto-Dealer-Yekaterinburg reports. In April, car sales declined by 23% compared with April 2013 and amounted to 6,343 automobiles. The only brand in the top ten selling ones whose sales actually improved was Nissan, which is still the best selling foreign car in Yekaterinburg. The Japanese brand remains popular thanks to new makes and the beloved Nissan Almera. Lada remains No. 1 brand on Yekaterinburg car market;

May 27, 2014. Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) underwent a certification procedure successfully, so its Russian River Register certificate relating to corrosion-resistant pipes that meet GOST 9941-81 requirements now covers a wider range of products. The certificate states that the plant’s produce can be used in the river shipbuilding industry. The enterprise has by now fulfilled the orders for five types of stainless steel pipes varying in sizes that meet the Russian River Register requirements. The first batch was shipped to Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant

May 26, 2014. Director-General of Uralvagonzavod Corporation Oleg Sienko and Governor of Saint Petersburg Georgiy Poltavchenko met to discuss the possibilities of business cooperation during Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum. The corporation’s press service reports a contract on cooperation between Saint Petersburg and Uralvagonzavod Corporation was signed at the end of the meeting. The contract provides for investing in the creation of a new scientific research facility that will integrate the intellectual assets of three of the corporation’s member enterprises (TsNIIM,

May 26, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation presented three life-size samples and a full-scale mockup of the newest developments by a the corporation’s member enterprises at the 3d International Exhibition Kadex 2014 in Astana, Kazakhstan. According to the corporation’s press service, Russian Vice Premier Dmitri Rogozin and Kazakhstan’s Defense Minister Serik Akhmetov attended the company stand and open-air display on the first day of the exhibition. ‘Exponents and visitors to the exhibition saw Terminator-2 (BMPT-72), the tank fire support vehicles that was developed

May 26, 2014. 16 best armor sections from all the four Russian Federation Military Districts are now getting ready for the second international Tank Biathlon 2014 Championship at Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant in Nizhniy Tagil. The championship will be held on July 26-August 10 in Alabino range in Moscow Region. According to the corporation’s press service, contract soldiers from Novgorod Region, Murmansk Region, Chelyabinsk Region, Chechnya, and Zabaikalye will be training at Uralvagonzavod for two weeks. ‘The athletes are now studying the T-72B3 tank that will be used for

May 26, 2014. Poor cooperation between small, medium, and large enterprises is seen as one of the major obstacles by Sverdlovsk Region-based entrepreneurs, representatives of the local business community said at a press conference today. The main reasons why this cooperation between small, medium, and large enterprises is stuck at the budding stage is the difference of cultures, the connections that exist between large companies and their suppliers, and the lack of information on the companies’ potential, says Vice President of Sverdlovsk Region Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

May 26, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region and the Islamic Republic of Iran are going to build up on their trade and economic ties, incuding in the form of interregional cooperation, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeniy Kuivashev’s Information Policies Department reports after Kuivashev’s meeting with Iran’s Consul-General in Kazan Rasul Bagernejad Shayan. The Governor commented on the significance and potential of establishing a stronger partnership with this country. ‘Unfortunately, the economic indicators of our cooperation are not so high at the moment: the mutual trade turnover is comparable with

May 23, 2014. Heads of Yekaterinburg Council inspected the construction site of the would-be fan zone for the World Football Championship 2014 supporters in Mayakovsky Park on May 22, the city council's press service reports. First Deputy Mayor of Yekaterinburg Sergey Shvindt, Deputy Mayors Sergey Tushin, Alexander Vysokinsky, Sergey Myamin, Evgeniy Lipovitch, and some other officials took part in this inspection. According to Sergey Shvindt, the fan zone in Mayakovsky Park will be launched on June 13, 2014. 'We expect this venue to give all those interested in football a chance to

May 23, 2014. A new multi-purpose vehicle TMV-2 was presented at Uraltransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation). Uralvagonzavod's innovative development is meant for transfer of railway carriages on the premises of industrial enterprises and repair depots. This new module is a modern alternative to the older diesel-locomotive that can be used for delivering hydroficated tools and equipment for prompt repairs of railways and crossings and for rescue operations, Uralvagonzavod Corporation's press service reports. TMV-2 is fitted with a 165-horsepower diesel engine,

May 23, 2014. Ural Airlines are launching a special offer on subsidized tickets today; the idea behind selling these low-priced tickets is to make sure air travel becomes affordable for passengers flying to and from Simferopol, the airline's press service reports. The special offer includes the following: Yekaterinburg-Simferopol flight for 3,000 RUR, Chelyabinsk-Simferopol flight for 3,000 RUR, Nizhniy Novgorod-Simferopol flight for 2,000 RUR, and Samara-Simferopol flight for 2,000 RUR. All tickets are one-way ones. The flights departing from Yekaterinburg will be operated three times a

May 23, 2014. Improvements in government efficiency and infrastructure resulted in Russia moving up in a competitiveness rating that was carried by International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne today, Prime reports. The Russian Federartion is now 4 points higher than a year earlier and stands in the 38th place. The rating comprised 60 countries that were scrutinized along 333 criteria grouped into four basic categories: economic indicators, government efficiency, business efficiency, and the state of the infrastructure. 'Considerable improvements were observed in the