September 23, 2014. The Labor & Military Glory Museum of Omsktransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) won the first prize in the local contest dedicated to the celebration of the 70th anniversary of winning the Great Patriotic War. The museum received the honorary diploma and thank-you letters from Omsk Region Veterans’ Council, the corporation’s press service reports. ‘The selecting committee was faced with a difficult task, since as many as sixteen local museums which carefully kept the memory of the country’s military history green competed for the first prize.

September 23, 2014. Alain Robert, the rock and urban climber known as ‘the French Spider-Man’, is going to visit 100+ Forum Russia in Yekaterinburg, the city council’s press service reports. ‘Residents of and visitors to the Urals’ capital will enjoy watching the ‘Spider-Man’ climb Vysotsky Tower at 2PM on September 24,’ the press service says. Robert has climbed over 70 skyscrapers all over the world. Since most of his conquests are made without the authorities or the building owners’ consent, he was arrested several dozen times in many different countries, which actually secured him an

September 22, 2014. The employees of Omsktransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) took part in a round table discussion dedicated to young graduates finding a job, the corporation’s press service reports. According to Omsk Region Employment Service, major industrial enterprises have keenly felt an employee shortage, with over 80% of unfilled positions pertaining to blue-collar jobs. ‘Omsktransmash is suffering from a particularly acute lack of cadre, since there are not enough young skilled workers to fulfill the increased government defense contract. The HR Department

September 22, 2014. Russian Classics, an open air hockey match, will take place at Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant’s stadium in Nizhniy Tagil in 2015. The news was announced at a press conference devoted to the upcoming first home game of Sputnik Hockey Club. According to Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s Deputy DG and member of Sputnik Hockey Club’s Board of Trustees Alexei Zharich, the game will take place on February 14. ‘We asked the Supreme Hockey League for this opportunity, and the idea was given the green light. This is an interesting and beautiful format of a regular match that

September 22, 2014. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development fulfilled the obligations relating to its bondholders in full compliance with the issuer’s regulations. On September 19, the bank made all the payments on the second coupon of its BO 08 bonds, the lending institution’s press service reports. There are 3m BO 08 bonds currently in circulation; their face value totals to 3bn RUR. The bonds will be bought out from the BO 08 bondholders on September 24, 2014 if the latter plan on selling them. On September 30, the bank will make payments on the fourth coupon of its BO 01 bonds.

September 22, 2014. By November 1, parking meters will be installed in five more streets in downtown Yekaterinburg, the city council’s press service says. Yekaterinburg Council Transport, Traffic & Road Development Committee coordinated a public auction in order to purchase thirty-six parking meters. In addition to supplying the devices themselves, the contractor will also be responsible for their installation and start-up and commissioning. Fee-charging parking slots are expected to appear in Belinsky St (between Kuybyshev St and Malyshev St), Rosa Luxembourg St and Sacco I Vanzetti St

September 22, 2014. Seversky Pipe Plant (STZ, a member enterprise of Pipe Metallurgical Company), is about to complete all the start-up and commissioning jobs for the filtering facilities of its FQM rolling mill at Pipe-Rolling Department 1; the FQM is expected to be launched in October 2014, Pipe Metallurgical Company’s PR Directorate reports. The construction of the filtering facility began in November 2012. The new facility is actually a closed cycle and is meant for providing zero-discharge re-circulating water supply to the mill. The filtering facility will be responsible for both the

September 19, 2014. An agreement on the creation of the Chair for Pipe-Manufacturing Industry Technologies & Equipment on the premises of Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ, a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) was signed at B.N. Yeltsin Ural Federal University today. The chair will educate the students of PNTZ corporate training program known as The Future of White Metallurgy, PNTZ press service reports. The agreement was signed by Rector of UFU Viktor Koksharov and Head of ChTPZ Group Personnel Department Svetlana Kuzminykh. The agreement provides for the two parties’ cooperation in the

September 19, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation presented its produce at the International Air and Space Exhibition Africa Aerospace and Defense 2014; the exhibition opened in the South African Republic on September 17. According to the corporation’s press service, this is the second time the holding has taken part in the show. The corporation first presented its developments on the African continent in 2012. During the first two days of the exhibition, the corporation’s stand was visited by Mr Kebby Maphatsoe, the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of South

September 19, 2014. An experimental sample of freight loco TG16M made by Lyudinovsky Locomotive Plant (LTZ, a member enterprise of Sinara Transport Machines) is now undergoing acceptance and certification tests at Rolling Stock Scientific Research & Design and Technological Institute (VNIKTI, Kolomna), Sinara Group’s PR Department reports. The loco successfully passed the plant’s internal tests earlier and proved its full compliance with the parameters set out in the technical specifications. The TG16M loco was designed by Sinara Transport Machines Innovative Development Center (a member

The full-scale specimen museum of Plant 9 (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) got a sextuple depth-charge launcher 1000 (caliber 301mm). The corporation’s press service reports the life-size sample used to be stored on the plant’s production premises for quite a while and was then prepared by the enterprise’s experts. ‘A lot of reconstruction work took place. The 1000 was fully restored and repainted. A special pedestal was made for demonstration of the launcher,’ the corporation’s press service says. The antisubmarine rocket launcher 1000 made by Plant 9 is an efficient means

September 19, 2014. Car sales have been dropping much more drastically in big Russian cities (population over 1m) than in Saint Petersburg, which is actually the slowest-declining market, or in Moscow, which comes second in the race, Gazeta.ru reports. Not in one Russian city with the population of over 1m people did the new car sales go up in the six months of 2014. In January-June 2014, Saint Petersburg was No.1 in terms of car market growth compared with other large Russian cities. 66,300 passenger vehicles were sold there in the given period, which was only 0.2% less than in the six

September 18, 2014. MMK Trading House added a new, independent subdivision in Saint Petersburg to its subsidiary network. The subdivision used to be part of Intercos IV (a stamped components plant and a servicing center that is a member enterprise of MMK Group). ‘The Saint Petersburg subdivision was handed over to MMK Trading House within the framework of MMK Group member enterprises’ sales efficiency enhancement program,’ MMK says.

September 18, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant in Nizhniy Tagil will start making metal sections of their own; this project will take 18 months to complete and up to three years to pay off, the corporation’s press service reports. ‘The new subdivision will be housed on the premises of the head plant’s railway carriage assembly department and will be fitted with the most advanced equipment and technologies. Relying on these will allow the plant to manufacture high quality metal sections from modern materials meant for the railway, road-building, agricultural, and other vehicles as

September 18, 2014. Uralcryomash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) obtained a compliance certificate for its 15558C04 tank car meant for transportation and storage of liquid oxygen, nitrogen, and argon. The corporation’s press service says twenty such tank cars will be manufactured and delivered to Vostochny space airfield under the contract with Roscosmos. The first set of ten units will be shipped to customers by November 30, 2014. The second set is expected to be shipped in the first half of 2015. Uralcryomash is currently working on two large government contracts, and

September 18, 2014. A new flight from Yekaterinburg to Beijing will be launched at Koltsovo Airport of Yekaterinburg this October, Sverdlovsk Region Minister for International and Foreign Economic Relations Andrei Sobolev announced at a press conference in Yekaterinburg. The flight will be operated by China’s Hainan Airlines. Man Chan, the Commercial Director at the company’s Moscow representation, says the price of a one-way ticket will come to 13,000 RUR. Starting from October 10, the Beijing-Yekaterinburg flight will be operated every Tuesday and Friday. The flight is offered in

September, 18, 2014. 425,000 sq m of economy class housing are expected to be built in Sverdlovsk Region by July 1, 2014, Sverdlovsk Region Prime Minister Denis Pasler announced at a videoconference meeting dedicated to the national project on Housing for Young Families; the meeting was chaired by Russia’s Construction Minister Mikhail Men. ‘Sverdlovsk Region Government decided on the core projects for the implementation of the national program: the projected Istoksky District in Yekaterinburg (150,000 sq m of housing), the Village of Canal in Pervouralsk (150,000 sq m), the Village of Golden

September 18, 2014. Sales of home appliances at M.Video’s Yekaterinburg stores stagnated in the second quarter of 2014. According to the chain store’s press secretary Yulia Zotova, in the second quarter, sales remained the same as in the second quarter of 2013. At the same time, these amounted to 81.8bn RUR (VAT included) in the first quarter of the year, which was 4.5% more than in the first half of 2013. The chain store is not planning for a price increase occasioned by the weakening ruble exchange rate in the nearest future. ‘The weakening of the ruble affected non-food items less than

September 18, 2014. Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development published a list of sanctions against Russia. The sanctions touch upon a Yekaterinburg-based enterprise, M.I. Kalinin Machine-Building Plant, Banki.ru reports. Dolgoprudny Scientific and Production Enterprise, Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant, V.V. Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute, and Altair Marine Scientific Research Institute of Radio-electronics are also on the sanctions list. Besides, Canada’s sanctions involve Sberbank of Russia as well, alongside with certain officials: Deputy Defense Ministers

September 17, 2014. The list of Kamensk Uralsky Foundry Plant (KULZ, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) has recently been updated, the corporation’s press service says. ‘This is important for those shareholders who are now registered under a different address or had a name change and also in cases when the holding was sold to a new owner. Under the existing legislation, it is the shareholder’s duty to make sure the documents stating their right to certain securities are issued properly: otherwise it is impossible to get any dividends,’ the company says. To get the list