UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 13, 2017. Ural Airlines came up with a performance report for the six months of 2017. 776,966 passengers flew with the airline in June 2017 alone, which exceeded the figures for a year earlier by 14%, the air carrier’s press service reports. 5,218 flights were operated last month, including 3,162 domestic flights, 720 flights to and from the CIS member states, and 1,336 international flights. This is 7% more than one year earlier. Ural Airlines have offered their services to 3,319,504 people this year so far, which is 25% more than in the first half of 2016. 24,178

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 13, 2017. MegaFon and Veon (Vimpelcom) decided to stop doing business together in Euroset, the former’s press service reports. The company decided to buy a 50% stake in the retail chain from Vimpelcom and will thus obtain 100% of Euroset’s shares. Vimpelcom will receive a half of Euroset’s retail outlets in return (there are currently 4,200 outlets operating throughout the country). ‘We are grateful to VEON for the retail trade partnership we’ve enjoyed for the last five years. The agreement we have allows both parties to work on their independent retail strategies

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 13, 2017. Nearly a quarter of all apartments currently for sale on Yekaterinburg housing market are under 33 m2 large, N1 reports. The smallest (and least expensive) homes — under 20 m2 big — can be found in three parts of the city: Elmash (19%), near the bus station (18%), and Uralmash (17%). These are mostly studio apartments in the older buildings. Homes under 33 m2 large are available on the existing home market and in the newly commissioned buildings in Uktus, Shirokaya Rechka, and Vtuzgorodok. ‘Studio apartments vary in size greatly. The smallest ones range in

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 13, 2017. The 2nd Uzbek-Russian Business Forum will take place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on September 26. South Ural Chamber of Commerce and Industry, whose President Fedor Degtyarev chairs the Russian-Uzbek Business Council, acts as one of the event’s primary coordinators, the CCI’s press service reports. ‘It was Degtyarev who, following his appointment as chair of the council in June 2016, put forth the idea of holding the business forum in question. The very first forum was held in Tashkent last October. Around a hundred bilateral meetings and business talks took

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 12, 2017. Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev and President of Boeing Russia & CIS Sergey Kravchenko talked about the ways the constituency and the company could work together during Innoprom 2017 International Industrial Exhibition, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policy Department reports. ‘Boeing’s decision to do business in the area, including some projects with VSMPO Avisma, is crucial to all the parties involved in this mutually beneficial partnership. The opening of the second Ural Boeing Manufacturing Plant in Titanium Valley (a

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 12, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a visit to Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) and Sinara Group’s united stand at Innoprom 2017 International Industrial Exhibition. Chair of Sinara Group and TMK Board of Directors Dmitri Pumpyansky informed the President about the projects featured at the stand, the company press service reports. Pumpyansky said that their Yekaterinburg Arena Stadium, currently under construction in time for the World Cup 2018, would be big enough for 35,000 visitors and was in many ways a unique project. For one, with construction costs

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, July 12, 2017. MMK Group keeps organizing festive events in Magnitogorsk in celebration of Town Day and Metallurgist’s Day, Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) press service reports. The usual classical music concert was already coordinated at Narodnykh Gulyany Square, as was an open-air party. The town residents could also take part in a dancing round next to a fountain. Last Saturday, the Day of Saint Peter and Saint Fevronia, aka Family Day, celebrations were held in the local Lukomorye Park. The festive marathon’s key events are scheduled for July 14. A

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 12, 2017. A presentation on the city’s new zoo was made on the first day of Innoprom 2017 International Industrial Exhibition in Yekaterinburg; the first section of the zoo is expected to get commissioned in time for the city’s 300th anniversary, Sinara Group’s press service reports. Deputy Mayor of Yekaterinburg Sergey Tushin and Sinara Development’s Commercial Director Alexei Smirnov spoke about the concept and key features of the prospective Zoo Park. The new zoo will be located in the southwest of Yekaterinburg, in Novokoltsovsky District, and will be nearly 35

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 12, 2017. The average monthly rent of studio apartments in Yekaterinburg amounted to 14,834 RUR in the first half of 2017, which was 6.4% below the figures for one year previously, Mir Kvartir’s research findings indicate. At the same time, the rental price of a one-bedroom apartment rose by 6.6%, up to 22,516 RUR, a month, while that of a two-bedroom home went up by 3.3% (up to 36,119 RUR a month).

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 11, 2017. A trilateral agreement was signed by EVRAZ NTMK, Nippon Steel, and Mashprom at the Innoprom 2017 International Industrial Exhibition, EVRAZ Holding’s press service reports. The agreement sets out the ways the parties will work together to develop coke production departments at the holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (EVRAZ NTMK). The document was signed by EVRAZ Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works’ and EVRAZ Kachkanar Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise’s Managing Director Alexei Kushnarev, Mashprom’s Managing Director

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 11, 2017. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) keeps expanding the range of non-financial services it can offer its customers and is launching the tax form-filing service starting July 1. This is something the bank does in cooperation with NDFLKA, the bank’s press service reports. Under the current legal requirements, if you buy an apartment (including through mortgage schemes), a land allotment, pay out of pocket for medical or educational services, buy insurance policies, and set up investment accounts, you can get up to 650,000 RUR worth of

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, July 11, 2017. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) is taking part in the 8th Innoprom 2017 International Industrial Exhibition in Yekaterinburg, the plant’s PR & Advertising Department reports. ‘Smart Production. Global Approach was chosen as this year’s key theme. MMK intends to present its industrial developments and successful innovative projects at the exhibition. MMK’s exposition, part of Chelyabinsk Region’s overall stand, displays the highly durable and wear-resistant MAGSTRONG steels. These steels are fully comparable with their foreign counterparts. Their

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 11, 2017. Ural Airlines’ representatives Deputy Commercial Director for Sales Elena Mozhavina and Head of Development & International Cooperation Department Marianna Gapagura met with Israel’s Tourism Minister Yariv Levin and Director of the ministry’s Overseas Department Pini Shani, the air carrier’s press service reports. Their talks were dedicated to tourist cooperation between Russia and Israel. Flights to Tel Aviv’s David Ben Gurion Airport and Eilat’s Ovda Airport in the south of Israel were the key topic for discussion. ‘Israel’s Tourism Ministry makes

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 11, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the opening ceremony of the 8th Innoprom 2017 International Industrial Exhibition during his visit to Yekaterinburg on July 9, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policy Department reports. According to Vladimir Putin, the Innoprom experience will be very helpful in coordinating the upcoming World Expo in case Yekaterinburg gets chosen as the host city for the event. The President said he hoped the exhibition and forum would prove fruitful for all the exponents and participants and that the program’s

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, July 10, 2017. Russian Copper Company’s Aleksandrinskaya Ore Mining Company based in Nagaibaksky District, Chelyabinsk Region, is now working to upgrade its processing plant and replace the old vacuum ceramic filter with a new-generation hydraulic press, the company press service reports. The new filter will reduce moisture content in the copper and zinc concentrate considerably, bringing it down from the current 12% to as little as 8%. The equipment is scheduled for delivery and assembly in the last quarter of the year. The entire upgrades will cost 45m RUR to go through

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 10, 2017. Russian Copper Company’s Innoprom 2017 stand will feature Smart Copper this year, the company press service reports. ‘Smart Copper is the standard for hi tech, efficient, and responsible copper production that the company is introducing at its plants. The idea is to combine up-to-date technologies with being environmentally responsible to make high quality, globally competitive ore produce,’ the press service says. Russian Copper Company’s stand is likely to prove one of the exhibition’s brightest and biggest highlights as usual. The company uses the most

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 10, 2017. President of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov chaired an off-site meeting of Russian Railways Council for Cooperation with Transport Machine-Building Enterprises at Sinara Group’s Ural Locomotives on July 5, 2017. According to the Group’s press service, the meeting was attended by Russian Railways Members of the Board, heads of railway divisions, and top managers of locomotive plants and O&M businesses. Oleg Belozerov’s very first visit to Ural Locomotives began with a tour of the production site. Sinara Group’s Chair of the BOD Dmitri Pumpyansky and the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 10, 2017. An all-Russian student construction site will open in Yekaterinburg’s Akademicheskiy District on July 8, 2017; this is actually the Day of Saint Peter and Saint Fevronia, Family Day in Russia, RSG-Akademicheskoye’s press service reports. This is the eighth time the construction site with summer jobs for students opens in Akademicheskiy. Nine student teams from Yekaterinburg and Nizhniy Tagil are coming to the site this year. Since the site’s opening ceremony coincided with the Family Day this year, the students, who arrived from all over the country, came

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 10, 2017. MegaFon’s telecom engineers improved mobile connection quality at Koltsovsky Tract to get ready for the International Innoprom 2017 Exhibition, the company press service reports. The local traffic is estimated at 50,000 to 100,000 automobiles a day, and MegaFon promises to ensure great connection throughout the entire 12 km of the highway. Given an increased passenger influx at Koltsovo Airport, steps were taken to make sure the network capacity proves sufficient. Both locals and visitors to Yekaterinburg can now enjoy the comfort of a speedy mobile

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 7, 2017. ChTPZ Group is going to sponsor the International Innoprom Golf Challenge on July 8-9, 2017; the event is also supported by Russia’s Industry & Trade Ministry and the Russian Golf Association, the Group’s press service reports. The championship is expected to gather together the Innoprom 2017 Exhibition’s key players: representatives of the national and international business and political elite. For the second time in a row, the event will be hosted by Pine Creek Golf Resort. This year’s championship is special in that the European Tour professionals