UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 29, 2016. MegaFon Ural’s subscribers are using their mobile Internet connection more often when going to other parts of Russia and abroad, the telecommunications provider’s press service reports. According to the company press service, their subscribers have sent/received 484 TB of data in roaming networks this summer so far, which equals to uploading over 130m photos onto the web. Most of this traffic went through smartphones, with more than 800,000 units used outside the subscribers’ home network area. ‘Our customers’ Internet traffic appetite is currently at its

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 26, 2016. Rosset’s Federal Grid Company (FGC UES) replaced 396 insulation units at six power substations in Khanty-Mansiysky Autonomous Region/Yugra to ensure a more stable power supply to the oil and gas companies in Nizhnevartovsky District, FGC UES West Siberian press office reports. The new high-voltage equipment was installed at 500-kilowatt substation Trachukovskaya and 220-kilowatt substations Megion, Mirnaya, Kosmos, Mirazh, and Uryevskaya. All the upgrades are part of the company’s investment strategy. Additionally, 174 more insulation units at power

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 26, 2016. Ural Airlines started operating a new, scheduled flight from Moscow to Bodrum this summer, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘Moscow passengers left for Turkey on a comfortable Airbus 321 liner on August 25. This is the first scheduled flight we introduced after Russia-Turkey air connection was made available again. The flight will be operated every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. Interestingly, the airplane received a traditional ‘watergate’ welcome in Bodrum, and passengers and crew were treated to Turkish Delight and soft drinks,’ the press

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 26, 2016. Sinara Development, the general contractor for the reconstruction of Yekaterinburg Central Stadium (Yekaterinburg Arena) in time for the World Cup 2018, had the concrete frames for the northern and southern spectator stands assembled and installed on site, Sinara Group’s PR Center reports. The stands are meant to serve as fan sectors in the future. The workers are now busy laying down the brick foundations and installing engineering infrastructure to ensure water supply, sewage, and ventilation. They are also working on foundations for the additional

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 26, 2016. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) shipped a set of large-diameter pipes to Turkmenistan’s Energy Ministry’s state-owned energy corporation Turkmenenergo. According to TMK press service, the shipment comprises over 17,000,000 kg of 720mm LDPs with corrosion-resistant outer coating. The pipes were made at TMK’s Volzhsky Pipe Plant. The LDPs are meant for the construction of a pipeline that will connect a new gas turbine power station near Mary in the Karakum Desert to the rest of the network. This is part of a state-run energy sector upgrade program in

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 26, 2016. Six T10MB marsh crawler made at Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ) were recently shipped to the Polar North by order of Taymyrgeofisika. The corporation’s press service reports the plant won a tender for the delivery of the crawlers; according to Sales Director for Ural and Siberian Federal Districts Artem Yezhov, the customers chose the marsh crawlers with stick shift transmission and D180 engine, which is the best option for harsh climates that has proved effective in the Polar North before. Five out of six tractors are

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 25, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s head plant coordinated its Best Chef Contest in celebration of the plant’s 80th anniversary, the company press service reports. Eighteen cooks from Ural Vagon Zavod’s canteen/catering unit took part in the competition. Their tasks were to make a presentation on their culinary skills, join a cooking one-on-one contest, and present the dishes that had made in advance. The presentation could be delivered in any form, so people could sing, read poetry, and so on. The contestants could also use their support group in different

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 25, 2016. EVRAZ Holding’s Raspadskaya Coal Company coordinated a Safety & Increased Productivity Month last month, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s press office reports. The company’s mining teams engaged in this competition shortly before Miner’s Day. The main idea was to ensure emergency-free performance and reach personal target output figures. Alexander Lyane’s team from Erunakovskaya 8 Mine proved the best among the stope staff: the miners produced 282,700,000 kg of coal last month (the target figure stood at 280,000,000 kg) without a single job safety problem.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 25, 2016. Chelyabinsk 280, a professional boxing show in celebration of Town Day, will be held in Chelyabinsk’s Tractor Arena on September 9. The event is coordinated by Titov Boxing Promotions, with Russian Copper Company acting as the primary sponsor and partner. The gala show is also supported by Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Boris Dubrovsky, the city council, and Ariant Holding. ‘The Russian boxer and former IBF featherweight world champion Evgeny Gradovich (21-2-1, 9 KO) is going to be one of the event’s most spectacular stars. Gradovich recently signed a

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 25, 2016. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) supplied a large batch of OCTGs with premium threaded joints to Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk, TMK PR Department reports. These are casings with TMK GF and TMK FMC threaded joints and oil-well tubing with TMK FMT joints. The batch amounted to over 4,500,000 kg. The pipes were manufactured by TMK’s TAGMET, Volzhsky Pipe Plant, and Sinara Pipe Plant. They are needed for the construction of oil wells at Chayandinskoye oil and natural gas deposit, the key one for Gazprom’s gas extraction facility in Yakutia and the primary source

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 25, 2016. Federal Grid Company (FGC UES) launched a fourth transformer unit at Muravlenkovskaya Power Substation in Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous District. According to the company press service, this increased the substation’s power-generation capacity by 125 MVA, so now the substation can provide power supply (up to 9.6 MW) to users in Noyabrsky District (including Gazpromneft-Noyabrskneftegaz assets). ‘The new transformer unit was made in Russia and is fitted with an up-to-date energy-saving cooling system and a multifunctional high-voltage bushing 24/7 control and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 24, 2016. SIP-1 00.00.000, a new spring-testing facility meant for testing railcar springs for fatigue life, was launched at Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Ural Railcar Building Design Office, the company press service reports. ‘The new unit has already been calibration-certified to make sure it can really provide all the necessary testing modes under different parameters,’ the press service says. The spring-testing stand allows for technologically advanced, high-precision, increased data accuracy simultaneous testing of two springs. These precision and accuracy

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 24, 2016. The telecommunications provider MegaFon issued a bank card that has no counterparts anywhere in the world at the moment, the company press service reports. The bank card is unique in that the card account is the mobile phone number account; MegaFon subscribers can use the thing to pay for products and services at any place that accepts MasterCards (the brand with a very expansive acquiring network). The money will be thus written off from one’s mobile phone account balance. Starting from August 23, customers can apply for the card at MegaFon outlets in

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 24, 2016. Eight of EVRAZ Holding’s member enterprises based in Russia and Ukraine took part in the 5th International EVRAZ Cup Football Championship, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s press office reports. The first prize went to EVRAZ Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works team, who beat EVRAZ Kachkanar Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise team in the finals. The championship was held in Kachkanar on August 14-21. EVRAZ Vice President for Corporate Communications Vsevolod Sementsov, Sverdlovsk Region’s Sports Minister Leonid Rapoport, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s HR Director

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 24, 2016. The number of people working in Sverdlovsk Region’s healthcare sector reached 64,162 in the first half of the year, Sverdlovskstat reports. This is, in fact, 5.8% less than last year’s 67,866 people in the industry. The number of college-educated doctors dropped from 14,606 down to 14,517 people, that of nurses from 40,945 down to 39,656 people, and that of paramedics from 12,102 down to 9,770 people.

UrBC, Moscow, August 24, 2016. Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev announced on Tuesday that the second inflation adjustment of pension payments planned for this fall would be replaced by a one-time allowance, Prime reports. ‘The incidental allowance will amount to 5,000 roubles and will be paid in January 2017,’ the Prime Minister said. Over 200bn RUR will be allocated for the purpose.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 23, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s head plant in Nizhniy Tagil completed all the jobs related to shutting down and sealing the hydraulic appliances at its power station’s ash dump, the corporation’s press service reports. The goal is to save money otherwise needed to get the facilities renovated and to renew operation permits, cut down on maintenance costs, and ensure maximum safety. Located on the north-western outskirts of Nizhniy Tagil, the power station ash dump was used for storing ash and cinder, the by-products of earth coal burning, since 1961. It was

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 23, 2016. Miners at Esaulskaya Mine (the asset of EVRAZ Holding’s Raspadskaya Coal Company) started working on new long face 26-25 bis with its estimated 460,000,000 kg of the valuable metallurgical coal Zh, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s press service reports. ‘To prepare the long face, miners had to do 2.5 km worth of excavation work and do a number of assembly and capital mining jobs. They are now working at 450 meters below ground. To ensure their safety, all the excess gas gets drained out into the rock cavity, and additional relief wells and dust-catching appliances

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 23, 2016. ChTPZ Group delivered over 700,000 kg of seamless pipes to Kurganstalmost in the first half of this year; the pipes are needed for the construction of a new stadium in Rostov-on-Don in time for the World Cup 2018, the Group’s press service reports. ‘This batch of 159-426mm pipes is made of low-alloyed steel with improved technical properties (strength grade C390). The entire production process from steel-smelting to finishing treatment of the pipes was completed at the Group’s member enterprises: META was responsible for collection and recycling of scrap

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 23, 2016. SKB-Bank now allows its customers to choose their loan repayment day themselves; they can also postpone the day to a later day if they need to, the bank’s press service reports. ‘Quite a few borrowers sometimes need to put off their loan repayment day, mostly because their pay day got shifted to a later date in the month. It is naturally more convenient to make a payment right after the pay check is there rather than keep this money around for a few more weeks,’ the press service says. Customers can choose a new monthly repayment date either for the