UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 7, 2017. The telecommunications provider MegaFon’s subscribers went to 161 different countries this summer, the company press service reports. According to MegaFon’s analysts, men tend to head for more exotic locations, while women seem to prefer pilgrimage routes. ‘The number of those who went abroad in May, June, and July rose by 40% compared with last summer. Brazil, Azerbaijan, and Iran proved ‘male-dominated’, as 70% of travelers were men. Women go to Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Iceland, with the proportion of female travelers at 60%,’ they say. ‘Our customers

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 7, 2017. The average asking price comes to 66,300 RUR per m2 on Yekaterinburg existing home market at the moment, which is 0.2% less than one month earlier and 13.6% less than in February 2016, Ural Real Estate Chamber’s report states. Centrally located apartments grew 1.7% less expensive in the last four weeks and can now be had for 94,983 RUR per m2. Those in the city’s remotest districts grew 1.8% less expensive, with the asking price at 47,612 RUR per m2 on average. Homes in the city’s fourth most expensive locations grew 0.4% cheaper, with the asking price at

UrBC, Moscow, August 7, 2017. The number of housing construction fraud victims rose to 46,000 people, RIA Novosti refers to Russia’s Construction & Public Utilities Minister Mikhail Men as stating. According to Men, all these people are now on the special federal and regional help lists. Sixty-nine Russian federal constituencies have been affected, even though most of the fraud victims are based in only ten of them. A special information system will be launched in Russia early next year to provide data on all the housing construction projects not yet commissioned. The system will be

UrBC, Moscow, August 7, 2017. Russia needs 22,200 more physicians, GPs, and pediatrists at the moment to meet the population’s healthcare needs. According to Zdorovie Fund, this is twice as many people as the Health Minister Veronica Skvortsova said were needed at her meeting with President Vladimir Putin on August 1. According to Skvortsova, the medical staff shortage was estimated at about 10,700 doctors. The fund reports things are getting worse by the year. The overall number of physicians, general practitioners, and pediatrists shrank by 888 people between 2015 and 2016. There is also

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 3, 2017. EVRAZ Holding’s West Siberian Integrated Metallurgical Works (ZSMK) now makes B500B fittings (diameter: 10-40 mm) that meet the British Standard, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s Corporate Relations Center reports. This new produce means EVRAZ will be able to export more fittings and to build up on its share of international rolled goods market. ‘A pilot batch of fittings got subjected to all the necessary tests in CARES, the British certification authority, and proved to fully comply with the BS 4449-2005 standard. The standard sets very strict resilience

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 4, 2017. Rosset’s Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems intends to install 8,800 new glass insulators at its Urals-based electric mains before the end of the year, the company press service reports. The goal is to improve the power facilities’ performance in Perm Territory, Orenburg Region, Sverdlovsk Region, and Chelyabinsk Region and to ensure a better power supply at Verkhnetagilskaya Power Station, Yuzhno-Uralskaya Power Station, and Chelyabinsk Power Station. 6,500 porcelain insulators have been replaced with their glass counterparts so far. The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 4, 2017. Rosatom’s SverdNIIkhimmash supplied unique equipment for the uranium-plutonium mixed nitride fuel production lines’ carbothermic synthesis unit within the framework of the Breakthrough Project, the company press service reports. The equipment is part of the facility meant for making fuel rod arrays at Siberian Chemical Plant’s experimental site in Seversk, Tomsk Region. ‘The company developed the technical specifications for the equipment and then made it and had it delivered onto the carbothermic synthesis site. The site now comprises six high-temperature

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 4, 2017. EVRAZ Holding coordinated pedestrian quests in Nizhniy Tagil and Novokuznetsk (cities where its plants are located) to celebrate the company’s 25th anniversary, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s Corporate Relations Center reports. There are three special routes to walk along in each of the two cities; the routes will help to learn more about local history and landmarks. ‘The quests are free to take part in and are open to everyone. To join the quest, you have to sign up on our website www.evraz-gorod.ru and choose your city and route. All you need is a phone with an

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 4, 2017. 60% of Yekaterinburg’s residents are currently on the lookout for a new job, even though 37% of them have a job at the moment, rabota.ru’s press service reports. One in three respondents have been searching for under a month, every one in four of respondents - for one to three months, every one in ten - for three to six months, and 38% of those surveyed said they had been out of job for over six months. 37% of respondents said they saw job search as either a duty or a chance to solve their problems. 27% of respondents see the process as educational and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 3, 2017. ChTPZ Group is currently upgrading its OCTG production facilities, the company press service reports. The project will require 200m RUR worth of investments; as a result, the Group’s OCTG/premium threaded joint output will double through the use of upgraded equipment. ‘The upgrades include launching new constricted-end pipe units and threaded joint treatment units, a new shot-blasting machine for polishing the inside surfaces of the pipes, a coupling copper-coating unit, and a coupling-making unit. The entire project will have been completed by April

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 3, 2017. Starting from August 1, 2017, MegaFon cardholders will be receiving megabytes into their account for every purchase they pay for with their bank card, the company press service reports. ‘The Internet traffic bonus points will be granted for every 100 RUR spent through card payments. Moreover, subscribers to our Tune In package will also be given a one-time 1 Gb bonus when they first use their card. There is no need to activate the bonus traffic, everything happens automatically and your bonus points are good to go for the next 365 days,’ the press service

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 3, 2017. Metallurg Charity Fund (sponsored by Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works/MMK) spent 101.77m RUR on a multi-faceted children’s charity program called The 21st Century for Southern Urals’ Kids, MMK Information & PR Department reports. The project got approved of by experts on The Best for Children, the national program for promotion of the best children’s goods and services, in 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014. The project was also given a special honorary badge. The project aims to support social welfare establishments such as children’s clubs and art schools,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 3, 2017. Yekaterinburg Architecture & Urban Planning Department agreed on a project to put up a multi-purpose Judo Palace in Akademicheskiy District, the city council’s press service reports. According to this project, the new building will be located opposite the new campus of Ural State Medical University in Chkalov St. The idea is to have the palace integrated into the Preobrazhensky Park complex, with a large square for public events on the left of the palace. The entire complex area will be 8,600 m2 large, that of the three-floor building will be 15,600 m2

UrBC, Moscow, August 3, 2017. Car dealers imported 96,500 cars to Russia in the first half of 2017, which was 12.7% less than one year earlier, Avtostat refers to the Federal Customs Service as stating. The Japanese brand Toyota proved the most popular imported automobile in the first half of the year (18,500 units, down 41.5% on a year earlier): 20% of all cars imported to the country within the given period were various Toyota makes. Mercedes-Benz (17,400 units, +4,4% on a year earlier) came second: its share on the imported automobile market was 18%. The Japanese brand Lexus was among the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 2, 2017. ChTPZ Group supplied a set of hot-deformed pipes for the reconstruction of Dinamo Stadium in Minsk, Belarus. The pipes were delivered to Molodechnensky Plant, which is in charge of making metal structures for the building, the Group’s press service reports. The shipment comprises 1,595,000 kg of hot-deformed pipes (diameter: 102 to 135 mm). The pipes, made at the Group’s Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant and Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant, will be used to make primary and secondary truss structures. ‘The Group fulfilled this order impressively fast and was chosen

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 2, 2017. EVRAZ Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) has become the Best Resource-Saving & Conservation-Oriented Company in the SCR contest for mining and metallurgical enterprises once again this year, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s press office reports. The plant received a special certificate for its environmental performance in 2016; NTMK holds a similar certificate as an acknowledgement of its efforts in 2015 as well. ‘The contest is coordinated by Russia’s Industry & Trade Ministry, Russia’s Mining & Metallurgical Association (AMROS), and

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 2, 2017. MMK Group’s MMK METIZ complied successfully with all of the international ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/TS 16949:2009 quality standard requirements, the Group’s PR Department reports. ‘MMK METIZ underwent re-certification audit and a witness audit to prove the compliance of its quality management system with the new version of ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/TS 16949:2009, respectively. The plant improved in a number of parameters and proved that it can meet its goals and comply with the quality and customer requirements policy,’ the Department says. Auditors from the German

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 2, 2017. Members of Ural Airlines Wings Club will get more bonus points into their membership card account if they buy their tickets through the airline’s official channels, the air carrier’s press service reports. To get your bonus points, you need to book tickets on the company website www.uralairlines.com, over UralAirlines mobile app, over the phone +7-800-77-00-262, or at Ural Airlines’ booking offices. ‘Bonus points are given for every trip you make with the airline; they can be used to partially cover the cost of your plane ticket. (1 RUR for every bonus

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 2, 2017. Yekaterinburg Arena, currently under reconstruction in time for the World Cup 2018 by Sinara Group’s Sinara Development, will soon have a naturally grown green lawn. The first seeds were sown in the course of a special ceremony by Vice Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Sergey Shvindt, Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob, and Sinara Group’s Director-General Mikhail Khodorovskiy. According to Sinara Group’s press service, it will take two different steps to get the lawn done. First, 400 kg of perennial Kentucky Bluegrass seeds (selected to get adjusted

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 1, 2017. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) recently held a business analysis project contest (dubbed New Look) at the plant; the idea was to use the business analysis tools offered within the software package Tableau, MMK Information & PR Administration reports. Tableau is a service that lets users visualize and process their data, get them broken down into segments, come up with forecasts based on powerful statistical technologies, and make sophisticated calculations (a visual formula tool allows for all kinds of calculations and data analysis). The