UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 23, 2016. The telecommunications provider MegaFon came up with its School Start Package for only 990 RUR, the company press service reports. The package includes a smartphone, a protective screen film, and a special subscriber’s fee with Children’s Internet and Radar options. The offer holds for MegaFon’s both new and existing customers and is valid through the end of the year 2016. ‘The School Start Package is available in one of the following combinations: 1)a smartphone for 990 RUR and a 3,000-ruble bonus that will be valid for five months 2) a smartphone for

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 22, 2016. A new horizontal honing machine got launched at Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Plant 9, the company press service reports. The mill is meant for high-precision treatment of rotary components’ internal cylinders and is expected to improve the produce quality considerably. ‘The new machine replaced the older foreign mills that have been around for a few decades now and grown obsolete. These older units were mostly mechanical, while this one is numerically controlled. Our mill operators, technicians, and Technocenter engineers underwent special training

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 22, 2016. Heads of Chelyabinsk Region Government’s economy-related ministries and departments and local businessmen and women met at Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ) to talk about their problems, the corporation’s press service reports. Deputy Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Ruslan Gattarov opened the meeting with his report on the new business support mechanisms in the area. He said applications could now be submitted for a new, important, and interesting project coordinated by Governor Boris Dubrovsky. Head of Traktorozavodsky

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 22, 2016. ChTPZ Group’s Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ) got audited by Norway’s DNV GL for the first time this year and was issued a quality certificate for its shipbuilding pipes that is valid through 2020, the Group’s press service reports. The audit procedure consisted in several stages: first, PNTZ had to prove it could make goods that meet DNV GL standards; the produce was then thoroughly tested, and then a report on the pipe-production technology was submitted to the certification body’s head office. DNV GL experts checked whether the plant had all the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 22, 2016. Yekaterinburg’s Akademichesky District is going to host Good Neighbors Festival on Town Day, with a show by Uma2rman as the event’s key feature, RSG-Akademicheskoye’s press service reports. In addition to the main stage where the show will be performed, two more stages will be put up, an education program-hosting one and the one for children. Besides, a job fair will be organized for the visitors. The venues open at noon, the entrance is absolutely free. Coffee Fest is another special part of the festival where everyone can try different kinds of coffee

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 22, 2016. An extraordinary heat wave caused air conditioner and fan sales to go up nine times on Yekaterinburg market in July and August compared with last summer, the electronic goods store M.Video informs UrBC. ‘These two months’s unbelievable temperature resulted in an unprecedented increase in air conditioner, split system, and fan sales in Yekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk Region: the number of units sold in July and August rose by 900% against one year earlier,’ the store representative explains. The weather in Yekaterinburg has indeed been very unusually hot this

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Omsktransmash adopted a new collective agreement that will control the defense enterprise’s social and labor relations in the next three years, the corporation’s press service reports. The collective agreement is a local normative act aimed at improving the workers’ social welfare and legal guarantees as stated in the existing labor laws. The paper was signed by Omsktransmash management and Transmash OBORONPROF Trade Union on behalf of the plant’s staff and came into effect this month. Given the recent legislative changes

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. EVRAZ Holding’s West-Siberian Integrated Metallurgical Works (EVRAZ ZSMK) supplied over 3,000,000 kg of fittings for the construction of Yuzhny Airport in Rostov Region, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s press office reports. The plant intends to deliver another 1,000,000 kg of metal goods to the construction site before the end of the year. A500S and A500SP fittings, an improved modification on the thermally strengthened A500S steel, are used for the purpose. The fittings are meant for the construction of the main terminal, airport runway, control tower, and a

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. The fast-fission reactor BN-800-based Power-Generating Unit 4 ran at 100% of its capacity for the first time at Beloyarskaya Nuclear Power Plant, Sverdlovsk Region. The reactor is expected to serve as a prototype for the more powerful commercial reactors in the future, Rosenergoatom’s website states. ‘This means the power-generating unit is now being thoroughly tested at its entire projected capacity. This is the main and the final proviso the unit has to meet before it can actually be launched in the operation and maintenance phase. During the next

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. Rosset’s Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems is about to complete the upgrades of its 500-kilowatt Kurgan Substation, which is expected to make the Russia-Kazakhstan power supply considerably more reliable; the supply system involves a 500-kilowatt international OHTL Kurgan-Aurora. The upgrades will also benefit the power supply in Tyumen Region, with its 500-kilowatt OHTL Kurgan-Berkut, the company press service reports. The substation gets all of its older switches gradually replaced with the modern sulfur-hexafluoride circuit breakers. The new

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development proved one of the best banks for small and medium enterprises in terms of the payments and cash management options it offers, the bank’s press service reports. Markswebb Rank & Report did a price comparison of twenty-three Russian banks in June and July. According to their Business Banking Fees Rank 2016 report, UBRD offers some of the most advantageous terms and conditions for B2C and B2B companies, retail businesses, and freelance workers. The bank offers its customers operating account options that

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 18, 2016. Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob and VTB Bank’s Deputy President Mikhail Oseyevsky signed a cooperation agreement on August 17, the city council’s website states. ‘The document is an important stage in the development of this partnership between the city of Yekaterinburg and one of Russia’s largest banks. Given the upcoming world football championship of 2018 and the games that will be hosted by Yekaterinburg, infrastructure development and finding investment are the two priorities the bank is willing to help us with,’ Yakob said. The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 18, 2016. Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev asked the constituency’s Health Ministry to work on the documentation needed to set up an emergency room in Yekaterinburg’s Akademichesky District, UrBC reporter says. ‘This is something that needs to be done immediately,’ the Governor said at Sverdlovsk Region Government meeting on August 17. Kuivashev also pointed to the need to purchase the buildings needed for children’s and adults’ clinics in the area. Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob said the emergency room would require 50 to 60m RUR to

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 18, 2016. Pervouralsk Metallurgical School enrolled new students on ChTPZ Group’s Future of White Metallurgy corporate training program for the sixth time this year. According to the Group’s press service, two hundred fifteen year-olds got full scholarships to study on the program this year. The vocational training program provides students with qualifications in six different blue-collar jobs that the Group’s member enterprises need most. Metal treatment under pressure and operation and maintenance of electric equipment proved the two most popular fields of study

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 18, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ) presented its new B11.8000 bulldozer at a recent vehicle exhibition in Taman; the exhibition was part of the 2nd Best in Profession 2016 Contest, a professional skills championship for workers in the Russian road-building businesses, the corporation’s press service reports. ‘Our bulldozer drew some attention from the exhibition’s guests of honor, official visitors, heads of Russia’s transport ministries and departments, representatives of the state authorities in charge of supervising road

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 18, 2016. ChTPZ Group’s META sold 667,000,000 kg of scrap ferrous metals in the first half of 2016, which exceeded the figures for one year earlier (624,000,000 kg) by 7%, the company press service reports. This figure included 342,000,000 kg of scrap metal from the Group’s own supplies and 325,000,000 kg from outside suppliers. The increase in scrap metal sales had to do with both the market expansion (+3% compared with the first half of 2015) and ChTPZ Group’s Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant’s increased demand (+5%). ‘Domestic demand for scrap metal dropped a bit at

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 17, 2016. Sverdlovsk Region’s industrial production index dropped by 4.8% in July 2016 against June 2016 and by 0.5% against one year earlier, Sverdlovskstat reports. In the fossil development sector, the IPI declined by 0.7% against June 2016 and by 10.1% against one year earlier. In the processing industries, the IPI rose by 2.4% against July 2015 and declined by 4.4% against June 2016. In the sector for production and distribution of water, natural gas, and electric power, the IPI dropped by 3% against July 2015 and by 14% against June 2016.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 17, 2016. A new school built with money from the national educational establishment expansion program opened in Yekaterinburg on August 16. This is School 23 in Akademichesky District, big enough for 1,000 students, UrBC reporter says. The solemn opening ceremony was attended by Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev, Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob, the State Duma Deputy Alexander Petrov and Sverdlovsk Region Legislative Assembly Deputy Anatoly Nikiforov. ‘This is one of the very first school-building projects implemented upon the President’s

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 17, 2016. Ural Airlines made a special offer for Saint Petersburg-based travelers thinking of going to Georgia in the end of summer, the air carrier’s press service reports. Tickets for Saint Petersburg-Batumi flights the airline will operate between August 17 and October 7 will only cost 100 Euros (one way) and 200 Euros (round trip) plus fees and charges. The flights are operated every Monday and Friday on Airbus liners that have both Economy and Business class options. For more information and to book tickets, please visit the company website, use UralAirlines

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 17, 2016. Vitaly Rubel, TMK Neftegazservis former Executive Director, was recently appointed the company’s Director-General. The enterprise operates as part of Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK). According to TMK press service, Neftegazservis’s former head Sergei Bilan went on to become the Managing Director at TMK’s Taganrog Metallurgical Plant. Rubel graduated from I.I. Polzunov Altai State Polytechnic as a qualified engineer with a degree in Welding Equipment & Technology. Prior to this recent appointment, he worked at managerial positions in Orenburgneft and