United Company RUSAL BOD member Oleg Deripaska and Chairmen Viktor Vekselberg and Alexander Bulygin are expected to arrive in Sverdlovsk Region this week in order to meet heads of RUSAL-owned enterprises based in Sverdlovsk Region, pay a visit to Bogoslovskiy Aluminum Plant, and discuss the company’s development in the region with Governor Eduard Rossel.

Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development-Finance (a daughter enterprise fully owned by the Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development) announced the interest rates on coupons related to the company’s second issue of bonds. The issuer reports the 5th to the 8th coupons’ annual interest rates will come to 10.25%, or 25.55 RUR per each 1,000-ruble bond. The company intends to go for a next offer when the 8th coupon period is over. In the meantime, it will be the Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and not TRUST Investment Bank (as was originally declared) that will be buying the

Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development-Finance (a daughter enterprise fully owned by the Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development) announced the interest rates on coupons related to the company’s second issue of bonds. The issuer reports the 5th to the 8th coupons’ annual interest rates will come to 10.25%, or 25.55 RUR per each 1,000-ruble bond. The company intends to go for a next offer when the 8th coupon period is over. In the meantime, it will be the Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and not TRUST Investment Bank (as was originally declared) that will be buying the

'Last year, we managed to keep up with the business growth figures we’ve had for over three years now. Our balance sheet total and our profit rose from 12 billion RUR to 21 billion and from 150 billion RUR to 382 billion RUR, respectively. The bank keeps on building up its quantitative achievements as well as expanding geographically. To date, SKB-Bank can boast 65 offices all over the country. There used to be only 60 places at the beginning of the year; by the end of 2007, however, the number of our offices will have reached 80. This will give us grounds to think of ourselves as a

'Last year, we managed to keep up with the business growth figures we’ve had for over three years now. Our balance sheet total and our profit rose from 12 billion RUR to 21 billion and from 150 billion RUR to 382 billion RUR, respectively. The bank keeps on building up its quantitative achievements as well as expanding geographically. To date, SKB-Bank can boast 65 offices all over the country. There used to be only 60 places at the beginning of the year; by the end of 2007, however, the number of our offices will have reached 80. This will give us grounds to think of ourselves as a

Sverdlovsk Region’s industrial production index grew by 11.4% in January-May 2007 compared to the five months of 2006, the spokesperson for Sverdlovsk Region Ministry for Economics and Labor reports. Machine-building and equipment-making industries, woodworking, nonmetallic mineral goods production, chemical industry, rubber and plastic goods production, pulp and paper industry and publishers and polygraphists, metallurgical industry and metal goods production did particularly well, with their industrial production indices growing by 60.8%, 24.8%, 21.5%, 13.7%, 11.9%, 11.3%, respectively, in

Sverdlovsk Region’s industrial production index grew by 11.4% in January-May 2007 compared to the five months of 2006, the spokesperson for Sverdlovsk Region Ministry for Economics and Labor reports. Machine-building and equipment-making industries, woodworking, nonmetallic mineral goods production, chemical industry, rubber and plastic goods production, pulp and paper industry and publishers and polygraphists, metallurgical industry and metal goods production did particularly well, with their industrial production indices growing by 60.8%, 24.8%, 21.5%, 13.7%, 11.9%, 11.3%, respectively, in

‘SKB-Bank set up an office in Samara; the bank’s new subsidiary offers its services to businesses and has already provided one of its first clients with a small business loan. SKB-Bank is hoping to introduce even more subsidiaries throughout the country this year,’ the bank’s press officer reports. The office is located at 11 Aurora St. Off. 330 and welcomes customers from 9 AM to 6 PM on weekdays. SKB-Bank reports it has over 70 offices in the Urals, the Kama Region, the Volga Region, in the south of Russia, in the north of Tyumen Region, in Moscow and other places.

‘SKB-Bank set up an office in Samara; the bank’s new subsidiary offers its services to businesses and has already provided one of its first clients with a small business loan. SKB-Bank is hoping to introduce even more subsidiaries throughout the country this year,’ the bank’s press officer reports. The office is located at 11 Aurora St. Off. 330 and welcomes customers from 9 AM to 6 PM on weekdays. SKB-Bank reports it has over 70 offices in the Urals, the Kama Region, the Volga Region, in the south of Russia, in the north of Tyumen Region, in Moscow and other places.

'The existing law on city planning says that if a shop or other commercial building has not been officially commissioned, it is not permitted to operate. What the city council looks into is not reports on the eliminated deficiencies but the actual papers. As for the newly introduced Ford Center, it hasn’t got the documents we need,’ the spokesperson for Yekaterinburg council Konstantin Pudov said to UrBC. Mr. Pudov has commented on the city council’s position before, saying that Ford Center had no right to begin operating, since no papers on the official commissioning procedures were

'The existing law on city planning says that if a shop or other commercial building has not been officially commissioned, it is not permitted to operate. What the city council looks into is not reports on the eliminated deficiencies but the actual papers. As for the newly introduced Ford Center, it hasn’t got the documents we need,’ the spokesperson for Yekaterinburg council Konstantin Pudov said to UrBC. Mr. Pudov has commented on the city council’s position before, saying that Ford Center had no right to begin operating, since no papers on the official commissioning procedures were

Experts from URSA Bank’s Yekaterinburg branch took part in the 3d Ural-Siberian Industrial Exhibition devoted to construction business and Affordable Housing Program 2007 on June 19-21, 2007. 'The exhibition was organized by the city council, the Ural and Siberian divisions of Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Ural Cities Association; the event was also supported by Plenipotentiary Representative of Russian Federation President in Ural Federal District Petr Latyshev, the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Russian Union of Employers and Entrepreneurs. People

Experts from URSA Bank’s Yekaterinburg branch took part in the 3d Ural-Siberian Industrial Exhibition devoted to construction business and Affordable Housing Program 2007 on June 19-21, 2007. 'The exhibition was organized by the city council, the Ural and Siberian divisions of Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Ural Cities Association; the event was also supported by Plenipotentiary Representative of Russian Federation President in Ural Federal District Petr Latyshev, the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Russian Union of Employers and Entrepreneurs. People

According to Olga Gulyar, director of Zima-Leto Travel Agency, Turkey is still the travelers’ favorite place to go to for their holidays; Spain, Greece, and Egypt are quite popular as well. In addition, Crete and Sicily have been enjoying increasing demand lately. 'Prices have remained almost the same as one year earlier; most tourists, however, are now heading for five-star hotels,’ Ms Gulyar says.

According to Olga Gulyar, director of Zima-Leto Travel Agency, Turkey is still the travelers’ favorite place to go to for their holidays; Spain, Greece, and Egypt are quite popular as well. In addition, Crete and Sicily have been enjoying increasing demand lately. 'Prices have remained almost the same as one year earlier; most tourists, however, are now heading for five-star hotels,’ Ms Gulyar says.

'A plane belonging to Aviaprad had to perform an emergency landing in Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg at 4.30 AM on June 21, 2007,’ the airport’s press officer said to UrBC. The plane was going from Saint Petersburg to Yekaterinburg; the landing was actually smooth enough and all the people arrived safe and sound.

'A plane belonging to Aviaprad had to perform an emergency landing in Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg at 4.30 AM on June 21, 2007,’ the airport’s press officer said to UrBC. The plane was going from Saint Petersburg to Yekaterinburg; the landing was actually smooth enough and all the people arrived safe and sound.

The annual general meeting of SverdlovEnergoSbyt’s shareholders had to be declared invalid due to lack of quorum. The meeting was supposed to have taken place on June 15, 2007 through absentee voting. This information was published in compliance with the demand that an issuer must reveal any data that can influence the stock price.

The annual general meeting of SverdlovEnergoSbyt’s shareholders had to be declared invalid due to lack of quorum. The meeting was supposed to have taken place on June 15, 2007 through absentee voting. This information was published in compliance with the demand that an issuer must reveal any data that can influence the stock price.

Eight Chelyabinsk Region-based schools applied for a federal grant meant to support the best innovational project for elementary and vocational schools. Three of them were able to receive the grants, Chelyabinsk Region First Deputy Minister of Education and Science Tatiana Kalugina reports. 'This money will be spent on the implementation of the innovational projects only. All the spending technicalities will be strictly controlled by the state,’ she noted.