UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 14, 2018. Ural Airlines are selling reduced-price, government-subsidized plane tickets to fly from Moscow to Kaliningrad and back starting June 6, 2018. Additionally, flights from Saint Petersburg to Kaliningrad and back will grow less expensive starting September 1, 2018. Prices start from RUR 2,500, with a 25% discount for children. No extra fees get charged, luggage is included. You can only buy your subsidized tickets at a booking office if you produce evidence of being eligible for this offer. Bookings can be made over the phone +7-800-7700-262. Eligible for the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 14, 2018. Power engineers working at Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems’ Western Siberia division are already getting ready for the fall and winter, the company press service reports. ‘We do everything necessary to prepare for every next heating season on a regular basis. Checks, repair and maintenance, and equipment replacement occur throughout the entire year. Most of the jobs get done in the warmer seasons,’ the press service says. The company intends to direct more than RUR 1.7bn to repairs and upgrades this year.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 14, 2018. Representatives of Moscow Department of Education, WorldSkills Russia, and leading vocational schools came to see ChelPipe Group’s innovative production site in the Urals, the Group’s press service reports. Their guided tour covered a visit to the White-Coated Metallurgy department at the Group’s Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ) and the Group’s Training Center. The visitors also went to one of Russia’s most hi tech pipe-making facilities Iron Ozone 32 (an electric steel-smelting shop), and Finishing Center for making OCTGs. The Group’s Training Center

UrBC, Moscow, June 14, 2018. Yekaterinburg (Russia), Osaka (Japan), and Baku (Azerbaijan) are now entering the final round of competing for the privilege of hosting World EXPO 2025; the hosting country will be selected in November 2018. The decision was taken by the BIE during their 163d General Assembly in Paris, TASS reports. ‘The Assembly approved of the BIE Executive Committee’s recommendations for all the three applications the committee deemed ‘viable and compliant with the BIE’s respective requirements.’ The recommendations followed the committee’s processing of the applications in

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 14, 2018. A new NGO was set up in Pervouralsk on ChelPipe Group’s initiative, the Group’s press service reports. ‘This volunteer organization will deal with the city’s environmental problems and will try to attract the public’s attention to environmental protection issues. Fifty alumni of and students on the Group’s Future of White-Coated Metallurgy Corporate Training Program became the organization’s first members,’ the press service says. Activists are going to coordinate waste recycling and sorting events and urban improvement projects. A special emphasis will be

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 14, 2018. The number of brick-making plants and reinforced concrete goods manufacturers dropped by 1.5 to 2 times in Sverdlovsk Region, the Executive Director of Sverdlovsk Region’s Union of Building Industry Enterprises Yuri Chumerin told UrBC. According to Chumerin, the plants proved unable to go through with tech upgrades are gradually closing down. ‘Only the most competitive companies can still keep afloat. These are the plants that invested in production upgrades in good time. They can now make good quality produce at minimal labor expense. The rest of the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 9, 2018. Three of ChelPipe Group’s employees received state awards this month, the Group’s press service reports. The awarding ceremony took place in Plenipotentiary Representative of Russian Federation President in Ural Federal District’s and Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s respective residences. Head of Vysota 239 Department’s Ready Goods Shipment Section Vasily Fadeev (ChelPipe Group’s Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant) received his award from Plenipotentiary Representative of Russian Federation President in Ural Federal District Igor Kholmanskikh. Fadeev is now

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 9, 2018. ChelPipe Group coordinated its Health & Safety Week last week, with over 5,000 employees joining in, the Group’s press service reports. This year’s Health & Safety week was dedicated to the company’s industrial safety campaign (aka You Only Live Once). Job safety was chosen as the Best Poem Contest’s theme; evacuation and first-aid drills got organized for the workers, and a special Safety Is My Responsibility Forum was held for the management. Moreover, 10+ events on health as a corporate value were organized by the company as well. Invited guest

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 9, 2018. Albert Yamaliyev’s team from EVRAZ Holding’s Alardinskaya Mine and Oleg Moskalenko’s team from Uskovskaya Mine have made 1,000,000,000 kg of coal each since the beginning of the year, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s press office reports. ‘This was the next best output after Alexander Lyane’s team from Yerunakovskaya 8 Mine made their 1,000,000,000 kg of coal in April,’ the press office says. Oleg Moskalenko’s team from Uskovskaya Mine (foreman: Yaroslav Yerchenko) produced their 1,000,000,000 kg of the valuable GZh coal from Long Face 50-06. The miners started

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 9, 2018. Starting July 4, 2018, Ural Airlines will be operating more flights from Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport to Larnaca, Cyprus, the air carrier’s press service reports. There will be two flights operated every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday altogether. ‘Larnaca is a great place for a family vacation, especially for families with children. The sea is quite warm, with shallow, paddling-friendly stretches, and the sandy beaches with their Blue Flag signs are very clean. Apart from the joys of swimming in the Adriatic, walking along the Finikoudes Embankment with its

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 9, 2018. The average asking price rose by 0.1% on Yekaterinburg existing home market in the last four weeks and currently comes to RUR 68,224 per m2, Ural Real Estate Chamber reports. ‘In terms of quantity, the market is going through a bit of a down time: the current market supply comes to 8,740 apartments all in all, which is 4.4% less than the 9,150 apartments on offer shortly before New Year. The figures aren’t likely to go up any time soon. The same holds true for Yekaterinburg’s suburban locations as well. Additionally, there are nearly 1,700 rooms in communal

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, June 8, 2018. The enrollment for the Future of White-Coated Metallurgy Corporate Training Program is now open at A.V. Yakovlev Chelyabinsk State Industrial/Liberal Arts School, ChelPipe Group’s press service reports. Eligible to apply are ninth-graders from all over Russia. There are no entrance exams to sit, as applicants get selected based on their GPA scores. Those coming from outside Chelyabinsk will be offered accommodation at the school’s dorms. Applicants can choose Metal Treatment under Pressure, Operation of Hydraulic Appliances, Welding, Operation &

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 8, 2018. The telecommunications provider MegaFon and Uralets, one of Yekaterinburg’s largest clubs, agreed to work together, the former’s press service reports. ‘Uralets uses up nearly 10,000 minutes of voice calls and 70 Gb of traffic and sends out 1,400 texts every month. In the last six months, the club has hosted concerts by Yolka, Yegor Krid, Max Barskikh, Bi 2, and Leningrad, all of whom bring around 6,000 fans to the place. MegaFon had to rely on 4G Harley, a base station connected to a high-speed line, to ensure instantaneous upload of photos and videos

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 8, 2018. Russia’s leading pipe manufacturer and O&G integrated solutions supplier ChelPipe Group had its credit rating confirmed at ru A+ (with Stable rating outlook) by RAEX, the company press service reports. The rating improved thanks to the company’s competitive market position, diverse sales structure, and high expected liquidity and profitability figures. RAEX also comments on the company’s great quality corporate governance, strong strategic base, enhanced information transparency, and stable. highly concentrated ownership structure. The rating agency also

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 8, 2018. A new automated ultrasonic testing unit (aka UKR 25) has been recently installed at EVRAZ Holding West Siberian Integrated Metallurgical Works (ZSMK) rail-making department; the unit is now part of the non-destructive testing line, the company press service reports. The unit is meant for detecting the rails’ internal defects such nonmetallic particles, voids over 2mm large, and so on. The unit can test for defects in any type of rail, including the OR 65 switch point rails. The unique appliance was designed and manufactured by Saint Petersburg-based NII

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 8, 2018. Ural Airlines are offering their customer up to 50% off on their flights if you book early, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘Those planning early can benefit from Ural Airlines’ discounts of up to 50%! Reduced-price offers apply if you book at least 180 days before departure date,’ the press service says. The offer holds for flights to be operated through May 15, 2019 from Irkutsk to Moscow and back; from Omsk to Moscow and back; from Chita to Moscow and back; from Novosibirsk to Moscow and back; from Barnaul to Moscow and back; and from Tomsk to

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 8, 2018. MMK METIZ recently held the second round of its Iron Lady Beauty Pageant, a charity event, MMK Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. ‘The contest featuring MMK METIZ’s most proactive, talented, and charming employees, got coordinated by the management, the company trade union, and the company women’s council. The event began in April, when the contestants had to present a creative portfolio of various roles. The second stage of the contest involves volunteering and presenting one’s proactive social and civil positions. The goal is to go

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 7, 2018. RSG-Akademicheskoye is coordinating a tender to find the contractor for urban improvements in District Akademicheskiy’s Preobrazhensky Park, the developer’s press service reports. Under the terms of the contract, the contractor will be in charge of urban improvements in Preobrazhensky Park along Blocks 0.5 to 0.8 in District Akademicheskiy’s Quarter 0. Opening bid: RUR 29,999,811. Application deadline is June 22, 2018; the contract obligations must be met by September 2018. Contact us: Tatiana G. Kerber Tel.: +7 (343) 231-18-30 (ext. 7125) E-mail:

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 7, 2018. Sverdlovsk Region division of the federal consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor inspected websites of 227 local hotels and made unscheduled checks of 283 hotels to determine sixteen cases of overcharging, the agency’s press service reports. Now the Russian Government set up certain upper price limits on the game dates for the hotels operating in the World Football Championship-hosting cities. Following the checks, the Maxim Hotel Ural, the Hotel Sky, and the Evrazia had to face administrative liability based on Article 14.6 (Part 1) of the Administrative

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 7, 2018. 499,470 electronic third party liability car insurance policies got issued in Ural Federal District in the first five months of the year (compared with 565,202 policies in the entire year 2017). As recently as 2016, only 17,231 e-policies got issued all in all, the Bank of Russia’s Ural division’s press service reports. The number of e-policy contracts for third party liability car insurance keeps rising by the month since the beginning of January: 73,461 e-policies got issued in January, 85,776 in February, 110,520 in March, and 139,485 in April. Sverdlovsk