A dweller of Yekaterinburg won the case against MediaMarkt-Saturn, Central Yekaterinburg Division of Sverdlovsk Region Hygiene & Epidemiology Center informed UrBC. The problem consisted in a 999-ruble printer cartridge. On May 21, 2011, a Yekaterinburg dweller bought a 999-ruble HP 940 OfficeJet cartridge at MediaMarkt-Saturn in Alatyr Shopping Center at 5 Malyshev St. Even though nothing was said on the packaging about which printer types the cartridge was suitable for, the sales person assured the customer that the cartridge would fit his particular printer. This only turned out to be

The order of Russia’s Federal Financial Markets Service Ural Federal District Division No. 62-11-1195/pz-i dated September 16, 2011 allowed Sverdlovsk Region-based Linde Uraltechgaz (Primary State Registration Number 1026602949647, registered at the United State Register of Legal Entities as a securities issuer) not to reveal confidential data in accordance with Article 30 of the Federal Securities Market Act.

According to the data provided by RBC. Rating for the first half of 2011, Visa is currently the top payment system in Russia. The total number of Visa cards used in Russia comes to about 54m at the moment (the number of MasterCard holders comes to 45m). The other payment systems such as Union Card, STB, NCC, and others are considerably less popular, RBC.Rating reports.

Ural Airlines now offers special rates to business class passengers traveling from Yekaterinburg to Moscow and back, the company’s press office reports. A round trip from Yekaterinburg to Moscow and back can be available for only 15,000 RUR for business class passengers if booked in advance. A round trip ticket from Moscow to Yekaterinburg and back will be available for 28,000 RUR at the cheapest.

VUZ-Bank handled over 73,000 money order transactions that do not require the opening of a bank account in the eight months of 2011. The amount of money handled reached over 1bn RUR. In 2010, the bank only processed 40,500 transactions, with the amount of money coming to 700m RUR. We can by now say that the bank’s forecasts made early on in the year regarding the doubling of the instant money order transactions volume are coming true, VUZ-Bank reports. The bank currently works with Western Union, Quick Mail, Migom, Unistream, and Golden Crown systems, all of which allow a customer to transfer

Analysts of the Delovoy Kvartal magazine came up with a top list of Yekaterinburg’s leading banks for the first half of 2011. The credit institutions were rated on the basis of several criteria, with SKB-Bank topping all the ratings. The main criterion behind the rating was the private individuals lending portfolio in Yekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk Region. SKB-Bank, with its portfolio of 14,35bn RUR, proved No. 1 among the Yekaterinburg-based banks. It was also the bank with the largest volume of loans offered to private individuals between July 1, 2010 and July 1, 2011 (the figure for the

Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court supported the ruling pronounced by Sverdlovsk Region division of Rospotrebnadzor: the consumer rights agency imposed an administrative fine upon Koltsovo Airport of Yekaterinburg for violating the sanitary and epidemiological requirements in the field of food and catering, Rospotrebnadzor’s press service reports. After a scheduled field inspection of the airport had been carried out, it was detected that the airport’s catering service did not meet the existing sanitary and epidemiological regulations. For on, the baking department’s knives did not have a

On October 18, 2011, the assets of Avto Land will be sold by auction in Yekaterinburg. The announcement to this extent was carried by Oblastnaya Gazeta. The auction is coordinated by the company’s trustee in bankruptcy Vladimir Sivoplyasov. The debtor’s assets will be sold by auction in Lot No.1. The debtor’s assets are all located at 50 Blukher St in Yekaterinburg. The objects offered for sale are the tires and automobile spare parts for Jaguar, Ford, Mazda, and Volvo, as well as tools, supplies, and equipment for car repairs. Avto Land was declared bankrupt in November 2010. The company had

Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin informed Head of Russian Government Vladimir Putin of preparations for the world fair EXPO 2020 application in Yekaterinburg. The exhibition will probably be dedicated to Global Mind and the Humanity in a Universal Dialogue. This theme reflects the uniqueness of the Urals and of Russia on the whole as a country of educated people contributing to the scientific and cultural development of society,’ Alexander Misharin said. The Head of Government asked the Governor to complete all the application preparation activities and said he was positive

Ural Airlines took part in the Chinese-Russian business meetings once a numerous delegation of Harbin officials headed by Vice Mayor arrived in the Mid-Urals. The visit to Yekaterinburg is meant to celebrate the 20th anniversary of signing a sister city agreement between Sverdlovsk Region and Harbin, the airline’s press service reports. The two parties can keep building up on their mutually beneficial cooperation thanks to the convenient transport link to China that Ural Airlines has been providing for several years now. For one, the carrier operates flights from Yekaterinburg to Harbin with

Following the meeting of Sverdlovsk Region Duma Industrial & Agricultural Policies & Nature Management Committee, a decision will be made at the next Duma meeting regarding the sale of the shares the region has in Evropa and Uspensky Shopping Centers. The Duma meeting will take place on September 21 or 22, and it is at this meeting that the decision regarding the sale will be made,’ the Committee Chairman Vladimir Mashkov told UrBC. Now in 2010, the Duma deputies refused to sell the Duma’s shares in the shopping centers since the price was, in their opinion, too low. The share in

Rostelecom came up with an official presentation of its new company brand that took 12m RUR to develop. According to Rostelecom’s Commercial Director Pavel Zaitsev, the company members will unite under a single bran by the end of the year. However, certain brands, like Utel, for example, will operate as co-brands until September 2012,’ Zaitsev told Kommersant.

Rosaviation committee in charge of allowing airlines to operate scheduled international flights rejected the applications submitted by Donavia and Orenburg Airlines, Kommersant reports. The officials explained the reason for their decision was that both carriers belong to the fourth (and the worst) risk category in terms of financial performance indicators. Rosaviation demanded that Aeroflot act as a guarantor for Donavia and Orenburg Airlines’ debts.

Head of Russian Government Vladimir Putin promised to the Vice Premiers of Byelorussia and Kazakhstan that Russia’s Industry & Trade Minister Viktor Khristenko would deal with the issues relating to the Customs Union and would leave the Ministry, a few government officials informed Vedomosti. According to these officials, Khristenko is already getting ready to hand his responsibilities over to the new minister and has been negotiating for a new agreement on the Customs Union Committee for a few months now. The official is expected to chair the Committee’s board. Vedomosti’s informants

Banks operating in Sverdlovsk Region keep infringing upon their customers’ rights, Head of Sverdlovsk Region division of Rospotrebnadzor (the state consumer rights and well-being watchdog) Sergey Kuzmin announced at a press conference. We believe that, among other factors, the reason for this is that people have grown more aware of their rights. They know what the violations consist in and they know where to apply,’ Kuzmin explained. There is virtually not a single bank in the region that wasn’t found guilty of this or that infringement. Rospotrebnadzor has a black list of banks that infringe

Euroset intends to stop managing the mono-brand Vertu mobile phone boutiques, Vedomosti refers to Euroset President Alexander Malis and the newspaper’s own sources as saying. It has been reported that the decision was caused by the fact that the luxury phones market is stagnating at the moment, as the well-to-do customers opt for the more functional smartphones. Euroset opened its first mono-brand Vertu boutique in 2004 and currently runs three shops. Seven more boutiques are managed by Vertu’s exclusive German distributor Wital. The latter introduced four boutiques in Russia over the last

Buying Ural Airlines’ tickets abroad is now much easier. On September 15, 2011, the air carrier joined the BSP IATA system in Israel, so passengers can now book and buy tickets for any of Ural Airlines’ flights in any booking office in Israel, the airline’s press service reports. Ural Airlines offers direct flights from Yekaterinburg to Tel-Aviv every Wednesday. The company has interline agreements with the Israeli carriers El Al and Israir, which means transit passengers can buy a single ticket for all the flights, coordinate convenient connections, and travel without having to worry about

BNP Paribas Vostok, the daughter enterprise of one of Europe’s largest banks BNP Paribas, is about to strike a deal with Sberbank and so is closing all the business directions except for express loans, Banki.ru reports. It has been reported to Marker that the bank suggests its customers withdraw their deposits before the end of their term, by October 1, 2011. What is more, BNP Paribas is rumored to be planning to close down most of its outlets before the end of the year. Since last week, it has become impossible to open or to top up an existing deposit at the bank. Other services like opening

Head of Russian Government Vladimir Putin is expected to sign Yekaterinburg’s application for the World Universal Exhibition Expo 2020 during the 10th International Investment Forum Sochi 2011 this Friday, September 16, 2011. Now Russian President Dmitri Medvedev decided that it should be Yekaterinburg that will become Russia’s candidate city for hosting Expo 2020. The Urals’ capital has already witnessed plenty of major international events. Yekaterinburg hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRIC summits in 2009 and was chosen to host the Russian-German summit last year.

Moscow Arbitration Court will resume the hearing of the claim laid by IKEA MOS (Trade & Real Estate) that manages MEGA shopping centers in Russia against the Federal Tax Service on October 11, the Russian Agency for Legal & Court Information (RAPSI) reports. The plaintiff insists that the fiscal body’s claims be declared illegitimate. Now one MEGA shopping center operates in Yekaterinburg. It was reported earlier that IKEA refuses to pay about 500m RUR worth of taxes it does not see as lawfully charged. IKEA denies that the average annual price of the remodeling jobs completed by its