July 25, 2014. Samara Region authorities thanked Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation for help with the Victory Day Parade. A thank-you message was sent to the corporation’s Director-General Oleg Sienko by acting Governor of Samara Region Nikolai Merkushin, the corporation’s press service says. The wire says that on behalf of the Great Patriotic War veterans and regular residents of Samara Region the Governor expresses his sincere appreciation and gratitude to Oleg Sienko and the entire Uralvagonzavod team for help with the organization and holding of the Victory Day Parade.

July 25, 2014. In January-June 2014, 76,964 people submitted job applications with Sverdlovsk Region’s employment agencies. The number of the unemployed in the total number of applicants was 74.6%, Sverdlovsk Region Labor & Employment Department’s press service says. According to the department’s data, the number of applications for access to information on the labor market opportunities that were submitted to Sverdlovsk Region-based employment agencies stood at 39,219 applications by job-seekers and 11,077 applications by employers in the six months of 2014. The number of citizens who

July 25, 2014. In the first half of 2014, 354,200 sq m worth of housing got commissioned in Yekaterinburg; this was 2.1 times more than in the first half of 2014, the city council’s press service refers to Rosstat as reporting. ‘These results stem from the many years’ efforts aimed at creating a clear management system within the city council; this comes from coordinated work of municipal networks,’ the press service says.

July 24, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region division of Rospotrebnadzor (the Russian consumer rights watchdog) conducted an unscheduled inspection of Sberbank of Russia and detected that the bank was charging its customers an illegitimate commission for taking out more than 50,000 RUR in cash from their accounts, the agency's press service reports. Contrary to the current legislation, the bank unilaterally changed the rates and terms on which its services were offered to customers. For one, the holders of Social cards were faced with a limit of 1.5m RUR a month (50,000 RUR a day) that could be

July 24, 2014. 70% of Russian companies are willing to hire a college graduate with no work experience. 21% are absolutely against considering applicants with no experience: the most widely spread argument is that such candidates' education is insufficient, Superjob's survey results reveal. Five years ago, only 54% of companies would agree to employ a recent graduate. The surveys conducted over the last few years indicate that the situation has grown more stable: in 2012, 71% of companies were willing to consider college graduates with no experience, in 2013, the figure was 72%,

July 24, 2014. By the end of 2014, Russian citizens will have borrowed from Russian banks an amount that will be 500m RUR greater than the amount of money they will have placed on deposits: this was an estimate given to reporters by President and Chairman of the Board VTB 24 Mikhail Zadornov at a press conference, Prime reports. According to Zadornov, the balance of transactions between Russian banks and Russian population was positive in 2009-2013. Last year, for example, the net amount of money citizens deposited stood at 468bn RUR, while in the first half of 2014, the balance was negative.

July 24, 2014. Yekaterinburg Council prepared and sent to authorities for approval a number of technical assignments for reconstruction of training sites at the city-run Ural Sports Club. According to the city council's press service, this facility is going to become one of the training sites for the football teams that will take part in the World Cup 2018. 'Experts completed and got the approval of the club's design, technical documentation is now being prepared. The city council is expected to finish up all the necessary papers and direct the reconstruction project to a board

July 24, 2014. In 2014, 2,397 residents of Sverdlovsk Region are to move from obsolete and emergency-state housing to new homes, his press secretary refers to Sverdlovsk Region Prime Minister Denis Pasler as saying. According to Sverdlovsk Region Energy & Communal Housing Services Minister Nikolai Smirnov, the first stage of the local special-purpose relocation program is in progress now. The program is expected to run in 2013-2017 and involves 18 cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Region. 'This work started in 2013, and the first stage should be completed this year. People from 136

July 24, 2014. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) won in the Best Russian Exporter 2013 Contest. Russia's Industry & Trade Ministry declared MMK the best exporter to the CIS member states among all of the Russian ferrous metallurgical companies. 'The CIS member states' dynamically developing markets have always been considered MMK's priority ones alongside with the Russian one. In 2013, the enterprise supplied more than 1.2m tonnes of metal goods to the CIS, which was nearly 33% more than a year earlier,' MMK reports. The awarding ceremony of the Best

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) is launching an industrial audit system on the basis of big data processing technology. The enterprise reports that the ubiquitous development of IT within today's automated production process results in accumulation of enormous amounts of data. This means that further successful development is only possible if extra-big data volumes, including non-structured data, can be processed efficiently and quickly. This task can be fulfilled with the help of BigData. MMK felt an acute need for big data processing after a set of requirements was created

July 23, 2014. In the first half of the year, Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) shipped 2,056,000,000 kg of steel pipes to customers. The shipments in Q2 were 1.2% higher than in Q1, while the shipments of weldless pipes actually dropped by 1.3% against the first half of 2013 and amounted to 1,227,000,000 kg in the first half of 2014. In the second quarter, the weldless pipe shipments also decreased by 3.9% compared with the first quarter and came to 601,000,000 kg, the company report states. As for welded pipes, shipments declined by 7.6% in the first half of 2014 compared with the first half

July 23, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation awarded the winners of Festival PhotoChronicles Contest within the framework of its Tankopedia project, the corporation's press service says. 'Denis Peredrienko from Asbest proved the most active photo contest participant and was awarded with gifts from UVZSHOP, a clothing outlet. The second winner, Vitaliy Kuzmin from Moscow, will also receive his prizes,' the press service adds. Tankopedia, an electronic encyclopedia, suggested that the site frequenters upload photos and news reports from various festive

July 23, 2014. Deputy Mayor of Yekaterinburg for Capital Construction and Land Use Sergey Myamin spoke on television about the steps Kalininetz Sports Complex takes to become one of the reserve training sites for the World Cup 2018 teams, the city council's press service says. 'Kalininetz gets a lot of local visitors, including families with children, yet the facility itself needs some restoration. In preparation for the world football championship of 2018, the city authorities are planning to coordinate a full-scale restoration of the complex and to put up a number of new

July 23, 2014. The second high-speed electric train Lastochka (ES2G Series) that was produced at Ural Locomotives arrived at VNIIZHT experimental track in Shcherbinka to undergo preliminary tests. At this testing site, the braking system and the electric equipment will be tested. Besides, 5,000 km worth of control rides, with speed gradually rising, will take place, Sinara Group's PR Center reports. The first Lastochka produced by Ural Locomotives on May 30, 2014 was successfully tested (kilometrage: 5,619 km) and is now undergoing dynamic strength and braking tests when fully loaded.

July 23, 2014. Another metal-cutting unit HEC 1250 was recently installed at Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ-Uraltrac, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation). The machine is meant for making large body parts of modern diesel engines, and was introduced within the framework of the plant's motor production technical upgrades program. According to Uralvagonzavod Corporation's press service, 34 modern equipment pieces have been launched at the plant's motor production advanced technology sites. The machines were supplied by Chezh, German, and Austrian companies; four

July 23, 2014. The management of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) is considering different ways of selling several socially important objects: Metallurgists Health Resort in Yessentuki, Berezki B&B, Assol Health Resort, and Wonder Waterfalls Water Park, the company's Director for Business Development and Efficiency Management Maxim Lapin says. 'MMK actually sees ferrous metallurgy as its core business, this is where we make money, have a reputation, and build up on our competences, this is where we have a name, and this is where we have been, are, and will be. I believe

July 22, 2014. A study of Yekaterinburg shopping malls market in the first half of 2014 proved that quantity started turning into quality, an analytical report drawn up by Ural-Hermes states. For one, developers have already decided to set up a planetarium, a dolphinarium, an oceanarium, a theater stage, a concert stage, and theme park zones in the new and reconstructed shopping malls of Yekaterinburg. In the long term, Dreamworks Entertainment Park is expected to appear as well. Ural-Hermes analysts see the potential for the development of Yekaterinburg shopping malls market in the

July 22, 2014. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) set up an independent division of TMK Trading House in Surgut, Khanty-Mansiysky Autonomous District. According to TMK press service, the division was set up to ensure speedier communication between TMK and the oil and gas companies operating in Western Siberia. The division aims to determine the oil and gas producers' demand for TMK produce (which is widely used at deposits with difficult production conditions), to collect orders and to control the way they are processed and fulfilled. TMK's Surgut division is located at 11

July 22, 2014. Uraltransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation) upgraded the diagnostic equipment at its medical unit, the corporation's press service reports. 'The company bought some up-to-date equipment and invested in medical staff professional development programs. The measures taken are targeted at improvements in the quality of medical services and, in particular, at enhancing the efficiency of early-stage detection of various diseases,' the press service says. For one, a mobile mammography cubicle is fitted with equipment for

July 22, 2014. As of July 1, 2014, Sverdlovsk Region's official unemployment rate stood at 1.17%, which was 0.12% lower than on July 1, 2013, Sverdlovsk Region's Economics Ministry's press service reports. The number of the unemployed registered with the local employment agencies came to 27,088 people on July 1, 2014, while the number of job openings advertised by employers was 54,291 (which was 6,691 vacancies more than on July 1, 2013). This means the tension coefficient was 0.6 people per vacancy.