May 26, 2014. 16 best armor sections from all the four Russian Federation Military Districts are now getting ready for the second international Tank Biathlon 2014 Championship at Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant in Nizhniy Tagil. The championship will be held on July 26-August 10 in Alabino range in Moscow Region. According to the corporation’s press service, contract soldiers from Novgorod Region, Murmansk Region, Chelyabinsk Region, Chechnya, and Zabaikalye will be training at Uralvagonzavod for two weeks. ‘The athletes are now studying the T-72B3 tank that will be used for

May 26, 2014. Poor cooperation between small, medium, and large enterprises is seen as one of the major obstacles by Sverdlovsk Region-based entrepreneurs, representatives of the local business community said at a press conference today. The main reasons why this cooperation between small, medium, and large enterprises is stuck at the budding stage is the difference of cultures, the connections that exist between large companies and their suppliers, and the lack of information on the companies’ potential, says Vice President of Sverdlovsk Region Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

May 26, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region and the Islamic Republic of Iran are going to build up on their trade and economic ties, incuding in the form of interregional cooperation, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeniy Kuivashev’s Information Policies Department reports after Kuivashev’s meeting with Iran’s Consul-General in Kazan Rasul Bagernejad Shayan. The Governor commented on the significance and potential of establishing a stronger partnership with this country. ‘Unfortunately, the economic indicators of our cooperation are not so high at the moment: the mutual trade turnover is comparable with

May 23, 2014. Heads of Yekaterinburg Council inspected the construction site of the would-be fan zone for the World Football Championship 2014 supporters in Mayakovsky Park on May 22, the city council's press service reports. First Deputy Mayor of Yekaterinburg Sergey Shvindt, Deputy Mayors Sergey Tushin, Alexander Vysokinsky, Sergey Myamin, Evgeniy Lipovitch, and some other officials took part in this inspection. According to Sergey Shvindt, the fan zone in Mayakovsky Park will be launched on June 13, 2014. 'We expect this venue to give all those interested in football a chance to

May 23, 2014. A new multi-purpose vehicle TMV-2 was presented at Uraltransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation). Uralvagonzavod's innovative development is meant for transfer of railway carriages on the premises of industrial enterprises and repair depots. This new module is a modern alternative to the older diesel-locomotive that can be used for delivering hydroficated tools and equipment for prompt repairs of railways and crossings and for rescue operations, Uralvagonzavod Corporation's press service reports. TMV-2 is fitted with a 165-horsepower diesel engine,

May 23, 2014. Ural Airlines are launching a special offer on subsidized tickets today; the idea behind selling these low-priced tickets is to make sure air travel becomes affordable for passengers flying to and from Simferopol, the airline's press service reports. The special offer includes the following: Yekaterinburg-Simferopol flight for 3,000 RUR, Chelyabinsk-Simferopol flight for 3,000 RUR, Nizhniy Novgorod-Simferopol flight for 2,000 RUR, and Samara-Simferopol flight for 2,000 RUR. All tickets are one-way ones. The flights departing from Yekaterinburg will be operated three times a

May 23, 2014. Improvements in government efficiency and infrastructure resulted in Russia moving up in a competitiveness rating that was carried by International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne today, Prime reports. The Russian Federartion is now 4 points higher than a year earlier and stands in the 38th place. The rating comprised 60 countries that were scrutinized along 333 criteria grouped into four basic categories: economic indicators, government efficiency, business efficiency, and the state of the infrastructure. 'Considerable improvements were observed in the

May 23, 2014. Mayor of Yekaterinburg signed a decree on naming a part of an embankment of the River Iset in Zheleznodorozhniy District, the city council's press service reports. According to this document, the embankment along Gorodskoy Pond from Vassiliy Yeremin St to Chelyuskintsev St is now called Olympic Embankment. The idea was first put forth by Yekaterinburg Homefront Workers, War & Sports Veterans Club in February 2014. It's worth noting that it is exactly in this section of the embankment where some of Yekaterinburg's most important sports facilities are located:

May 22, 2014. Atrium European Real Estate, a major European developer which had meant to put up an extension to Park House Mall in Yekaterinburg decided to freeze the construction, Vedomosti reports. According to the newspaper, Atrium European Real Estate will close down two projects this year due to the current political situation in Russia. It was known that the company had been planning to construct new extensions to Park House Malls in Kazan and Togliatti as well. The decision to freeze the Yekaterinburg project was taken ‘quite a while ago’.

May 22, 2014. Ural Airlines added the 5th Airbus A319 liner to its fleet of vehicles today, the company’s press service reports. This means the company now operates 34 aircraft, including 19 A320 ones, 10 A321 ones, and 5 A319 ones). The new A319 liner has 134 seats, including 126 economy class ones and 8 business class ones. The new plane will be used for operating both international and domestic flights. This is actually the fourth plane the airline has bought this year. The European concern Airbus’s liners proved highly efficient and comfortable for mid-range flights. The Airbus А

May 22, 2014. Titan, a 110/10 kilowatt substation, is now being put up in Titanium Valley, a special economic zone. The 200m-ruble station is expected to be launched in the last quarter of 2014; this will be the first power source for the future enterprises in the zone, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policies Department reports. The electric power substation is being built by order of MRSK Urala as part of a technological hookup agreement. Under the terms of the project, the substation will be fitted with two 10 MVA transformers, with the capacity of each transformer to be raised

May 22, 2014. A resident of Nizhniy Tagil named Vitaliy Dudko proved the most active author of the Tankopedia Project in April: he uploaded 28 entries there last month and was presented branded clothes and souvenirs from UVZSHOP.ru by Uralvagonzavod Corporation – the company that actually came up with the idea of such an online encyclopedia. Another proactive participant from Moscow will receive his present in the mail, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service says. Vitaliy works at one of Nizhniy Tagil’s advertising agencies and has been fond of tanks since his college years: he first went

May 22, 2014. The official unemployment rate in Sverdlovsk Region came to 1.24%, or 28,670 people as of May 1, 2014. This is 0.13% less than a year earlier, Sverdlovsk Region Economics Ministry reports. 23 cities and towns are actually doing better than the constituency’s average. The number of people who were officially registered as jobless with the local employment agencies was 28,670. The number of job openings advertized by local employers is 1.25 times greater than the number of the unemployed, so the tension coefficient (the ratio of the unemployed to the amount of vacancies) was 0.8

May 21, 2014. 437,600 sq m of housing were commissioned in Sverdlovsk Region in January-April 2014. This was 2.3 times more than in January-April 2013, Sverdlovskstat’s data indicate. All in all, 273,800 sq m worth of dwellings became available in the first quarter of the year, including 188,700 sq m worth of private houses. This is 2.1 times and 1.8 times more, respectively, than a year earlier. All in all, 277,600 sq m of private houses were commissioned. The figures looked the most impressive in the month of April – 163,800 sq m, which exceeded last April’s figures by 2.8 times. The amount

May 21, 2014. The Economic Security Service of Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ-Uraltrac, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation) and their Byelorussian partners managed to uncover and eliminate a channel for the inflow of counterfeit goods that were illegally manufactured by outsiders yet bore the company’s registered logo and trademark, the corporation’s press service says. The files relating to the investigation conducted with support from Chelyabinsk plant’s experts were directed to Byelorussia’s Internal Affairs Ministry. As a result, the company’s

May 21, 2014. Sales dropped by 20% to 30% on the Russian advertising market last year, Chairman of the National Association for Advertising & Souvenir Industry (NASR) in Ural Federal District Valeriy Balyabin said at a forum on advertising technologies, its growth points and development strategies in Yekaterinburg. He says the plummeting sales have to do with SMEs reducing their advertising budgets, for one reason. ‘Small and medium enterprises are the backbone of our industry. Over 600,000 entrepreneurs went out of business last year, which can’t help affecting our industry,’ the

May 21, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region electric power industry will receive 310bn RUR worth of co-funding in 2015-2019. The money will be allocated from non-budgetary sources. This will make it possible to create 290 megawatts worth of power-generating facilities, Sverdlovsk Region Minister for Energy & Communal Housing Services Nikolai Smirnov said at a briefing today. The program provides for the completion of hydro power stations in Nizhnyaya Tura and Serov and of the fourth power-generating unit in Beloyarskaya Power Station. The program will also result in the creation of some 20,000

May 21, 2014. A two-day research-to-practice conference held on the premises of Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant was dedicated to training competitive blue-collar workers as part of the corporate training strategy. According to the corporation’s press service, heads of HR departments from all over the holding, representatives of Sverdlovsk Region-based defense enterprises, and founders and representatives of Uralvagonzavod Corporate University came to discuss the issue. The conference comprised three round table discussions: 1) Dual Education. German Experience and Dual Education

May 20, 2014. ChTPZ Group started mass production of large-diameter pipes with a three-layer, corrosion-resistant polyethylene coating based on nano-modified materials made by Rosnano Metaclay. These unique materials are expected to replace their foreign counterparts on the domestic market, the enterprise’s press service says. Russian high-density polyethylene is modified with the help of nanosilicates and has the properties necessary for making pipes that are resistant to heat, wear, and cracking and stay flexible in low temperatures. The first industrial-scale shipments of nano-coated pipes

May 20, 2014. Yurginsky Machine-Building Plant (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation) adopted a policy of and set targets for quality, environmental protection, labor protection, and industrial safety for 2014. ‘Yurginsky Plant is trying to enhance its long-term competitiveness and to increase its customers’ trust. Making hi tech, science-intensive, competitive produce as well as ensuring safe working conditions for staff and minimizing their environmental impact are the company’s top priorities in this. This is why an intergraded management system was