April 10, 2014. The warehouse market remains the most under-supplied segment of the commercial estate. Rent for Class A and B+ warehouses is now back to its pre-recession level, Ural Chamber of Real Estate's press service says. According to the chamber's analysts, there are no available warehouse in the good quality segment (Class A and B+), and quite a few storage units run waiting lists with names of tenants. All of this is conducive to rent growth. 'Rent for Class A and B+ warehouses is now back to its pre-recession level, rising by 4% over the last year alone and by 56%

April 10, 2014. According to the Ural Chamber of Real Estate's Analytical Department, the asking price of a square meter of housing on Yekaterinburg existing homes market was 74,308 RUR on average as of April 7, 2014, the chamber's press service reports. The figure keeps going up gradually by about 0.1% a week. The overall figure was up 2.1% compared with the beginning of the year. Now the supply on Yekaterinburg existing homes market has been dropping since New Year by up to 1.5% a week. The number of apartments for sale in the Ural Chamber of Real Estate's database has

April 10, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Corporation embarked upon a new, large-scale project on the construction of an up-to-date clinic in Dzerzhinsky District of Nizhniy Tagil that will have all the best facilities. The clinic will offer medical services not only to employees of the corporation's head plant but also to their family members, the corporation's press service says. The clinic is meant for out-patient and diagnostics servicing of 850 people per shift and for 150 medical checkups a day (these are the norms set out by the current Russian legislation). According to the future Dean

April 10, 2014. Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) shipped two TR 12 pipe-laying cranes to ALROSA. According to the corporation's press service, the vehicles were completed in the so-called northern set, that is, with options that will help the machines operate more efficiently in the harsh conditions of the Polar North: double glazing and heating in the pit and an engine pre-heater. 'The vehicles were shipped on railway platforms; their final destination is the village of Mirniy, where they will be used to maintain the infrastructure

April 10, 2014. Koltsovo Airport of Yekaterinburg offered its services to 858,380 passengers in the first three months of 2014, which is 10.4% more than a year earlier. The number of domestic flights went up by 15.2%, the number of international flights went up by 5.1%, the airport's press service said. 467,970 people flew on domestic flights in the first quarter of 2014, the increase was 15.1%; 390,40 0 people flew on international flights (plus 5.1%). The number of sorties rose by 9% and came to 5,200. The number of scheduled flights increased from 84 to 94. The passenger traffic rose

April 9, 2014. The metrological park of Novouralsk-based Ural Electrochemical Works is now fitted with new, up-to-date calibration equipment, the enterprise’s press service says. The electronic mass comparer that helps to compare the mass of a tested item with the reference one is one of the latest developments. The beauty of this unit lies in the high objectivity of measurements, relative compactness and advanced software. Besides, the new mass comparer can complete multiple observations and calculate mean square deviation and dispersion independently. ‘These operations are quite important

April 9, 2014. According to a market research on the local business centers conducted by Ural-Hermes, a consultant firm, the amount of office space commissioned in Yekaterinburg is currently twice as large as the amount of demand, which means the market competition is about to get more fierce, the firm’s press service reports. ‘In 2013, Yekaterinburg office space market increased by 120,000 sq m. Developers are planning on launching the same amount this year. At the same time, only 50,000 to 80,000 sq m worth of office space gets rented yearly, which, analysts believe, means there is a more

April 9, 2014. The net revenue of Transport Machine-Building Design Bureau (KBTM, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod) amounted to more than 7,006,462,000 RUR (VAT excluded) in 2013, which was 139% more than a year earlier. According to the corporation’s press service, KBTM’s net profit was also better than in 2012 and reached 120,306,000 RUR. ‘In many respects, this has to do with an increase in the number of orders. Besides, the enterprise is currently Russia’s only producer of caterpillar tracks for armored vehicles. KBTM was also declared one of the largest taxpayers in Omsk Region last

April 9, 2014. Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) shipped one of its B10M bulldozers to its dealer in the Czech Republic. ‘The company’s sales partner found a customer for this vehicle; the customer was lured in by the reasonable price combined with a dependable mechanism with mechanical transmission. The bulldozer is fitted with a mulcher and has an electric starter, which makes the launch of the diesel engine much easier and makes the vehicle easier to operate,’ the corporation’s press service says. After the bulldozer has been delivered on

April 9, 2014. The local Public Property Management Ministry proposed in the course of Sverdlovsk Region Government meeting on April 8, 2014 raising the authorized capital of Ural Exhibition Center by 286m RUR. UrBC reporter says the Ministry intends to do this through an investment funded from the local budget. This money will be directed to paying off the Center’s debts to Sberbank of Russia (the loan had actually been guaranteed by Sverdlovsk Region).

April 8, 2014. MMK (Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works) Director-General Pavel Shilyayev confirmed the company's Environmental Program for 2014, the company says. This year's Environmental Program provides for 63 different projects worth a total of some 2,035m RUR, including 1,898m RUR to be spent on environmental projects within MMK itself, and 137m RUR will be spent within MMK Group enterprises. The reconstruction of sulphur-filtering units in the ore mining and processing facility, the reconstruction of the coke gas cooling unit 1 in the coke department, and the construction of

April 8, 2014. The number of industrial accidents amounted to 421 in 2013, which was 17% lower in 2013 compared with 2012, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region's Information Policies Department refers to the local division of State Labor Inspectorate as reporting. According to the head of the inspectorate Nikolai Shedlovsky, workers in the building industry were mainly injured due to falling down from heights, vehicle accidents, getting hit by falling objects, and so on. 'If you look into industrial accidents, you can come to the conclusion that their number tends to go down,'

April 8, 2014. Professional re-training courses in Industrial Electronics were offered at Uralvagonzavod Corporation's head plant for the first time. The corporation's press service says that this training is part of the enterprise's cooperation program with Novouralsk Technological Institute, a division of National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute). 'This educational establishment is Uralvagonzavod's long-term partner. The school-leavers of Nizhniy Tagil obtained blue-collar skills thanks to our cooperation with Novouralsk

April 8, 2014. Consumer price index relating to all the goods and services in Sverdlovsk Region rose by 1.1% in March 2014 compared with February 2014, SverdlovskStat's official papers say. The figure is actually 7.3% higher than in March 2013. The food items index (including the data on strong drinks) was 1.9% more in March 2014 than in February 2014; the strong drinks price index increased by 2.2%. Compared with March 2013, both figures went up by 7.6% and 10.9%, respectively.

April 8, 2014. Photographs from the archive of Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant Museum (the plant, known as ChTZ, is a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation), are going to be on display at an international exhibition in Italy. According to the corporation's press service, the research work that these photographs depict is going to be presented in Venice by a student from Boston Irina Chernyakova. 'This MIT student, who studied the history of the architectural movement called constructivism, asked ChTZ management for the photographic materials she

April 8, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region Physical Education, Culture, Sports & Youth Policies Ministry designed a 'roadmap' for training volunteers for the World Cup in Yekaterinburg in 2018, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region's Information Policies Department reports. 'The 'roadmap' provides for the development and implementation of a multi-faceted volunteer training program. The program will comprise modules on language training and personality development. I believe that these steps, taken in 2014-2018, will result in the emergence of a team of active, positive, and

April 7, 2014. A conference on compliance with corporate collective agreements in 2013 was held at Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant. The attendees also looked at the results of the head plant’s socioeconomic development and spoke about the challenges and prospects in 2014 and set out some of the priority development segments, the corporation’s press service says. ‘Deputy Director-General for Human Resources Svetlana Ivanilova pointed out that the company fulfilled all of its contractual obligations and social benefits schemes in 2013, and the number of staff remained the same,’ their

April 7, 2014. 5,489 people came to Yekaterinburg Employment Center in search of a job since the beginning of the year, and 3,295 people actually found a suitable job/a source of income, which come to 29.1% of all applicants, Sverdlovsk Region Labor & Occupation Department’s press service reports. 3,441 people were registered as unemployed as of April 1, 2014; the official unemployment rate thus came to 0.47%. Sverdlovsk Region-based employers posted 23,621 vacancies as of April 1, including 6,603 job openings for foreign workers (28% of all the vacancies). The local businesses need

April 7, 2014. Ural Airlines if offering its customers from Novosibirsk an opportunity to travel to Harbin at the special price of €190 (one-way ticket, excluding fees and charges), the airline’s press service says. If you book and buy at least ten days before the flight, the ticket will cost €160. For those who prefer to fly as comfortably as possible, a business class ticket will come to €400. Novosibirsk-Harbin flights are operated by Ural Airlines every Monday.

April 7, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region Economics Ministry started training cadre in the tourist industry in preparation for the World Cup 2018 in Yekaterinburg. The first set of 40 people are now undergoing professional development courses: they will be trained to meet and host large numbers of guests, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policies Department reports. These 40 people are undergoing professional training within the framework of the Tourist Week in the Urals. At least 600,000 visitors are expected to arrive in Yekaterinburg during the Mundial, so the representatives of the