April 8, 2014. Consumer price index relating to all the goods and services in Sverdlovsk Region rose by 1.1% in March 2014 compared with February 2014, SverdlovskStat's official papers say. The figure is actually 7.3% higher than in March 2013. The food items index (including the data on strong drinks) was 1.9% more in March 2014 than in February 2014; the strong drinks price index increased by 2.2%. Compared with March 2013, both figures went up by 7.6% and 10.9%, respectively.

April 8, 2014. Photographs from the archive of Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant Museum (the plant, known as ChTZ, is a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation), are going to be on display at an international exhibition in Italy. According to the corporation's press service, the research work that these photographs depict is going to be presented in Venice by a student from Boston Irina Chernyakova. 'This MIT student, who studied the history of the architectural movement called constructivism, asked ChTZ management for the photographic materials she

April 8, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region Physical Education, Culture, Sports & Youth Policies Ministry designed a 'roadmap' for training volunteers for the World Cup in Yekaterinburg in 2018, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region's Information Policies Department reports. 'The 'roadmap' provides for the development and implementation of a multi-faceted volunteer training program. The program will comprise modules on language training and personality development. I believe that these steps, taken in 2014-2018, will result in the emergence of a team of active, positive, and

April 7, 2014. A conference on compliance with corporate collective agreements in 2013 was held at Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant. The attendees also looked at the results of the head plant’s socioeconomic development and spoke about the challenges and prospects in 2014 and set out some of the priority development segments, the corporation’s press service says. ‘Deputy Director-General for Human Resources Svetlana Ivanilova pointed out that the company fulfilled all of its contractual obligations and social benefits schemes in 2013, and the number of staff remained the same,’ their

April 7, 2014. 5,489 people came to Yekaterinburg Employment Center in search of a job since the beginning of the year, and 3,295 people actually found a suitable job/a source of income, which come to 29.1% of all applicants, Sverdlovsk Region Labor & Occupation Department’s press service reports. 3,441 people were registered as unemployed as of April 1, 2014; the official unemployment rate thus came to 0.47%. Sverdlovsk Region-based employers posted 23,621 vacancies as of April 1, including 6,603 job openings for foreign workers (28% of all the vacancies). The local businesses need

April 7, 2014. Ural Airlines if offering its customers from Novosibirsk an opportunity to travel to Harbin at the special price of €190 (one-way ticket, excluding fees and charges), the airline’s press service says. If you book and buy at least ten days before the flight, the ticket will cost €160. For those who prefer to fly as comfortably as possible, a business class ticket will come to €400. Novosibirsk-Harbin flights are operated by Ural Airlines every Monday.

April 7, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region Economics Ministry started training cadre in the tourist industry in preparation for the World Cup 2018 in Yekaterinburg. The first set of 40 people are now undergoing professional development courses: they will be trained to meet and host large numbers of guests, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policies Department reports. These 40 people are undergoing professional training within the framework of the Tourist Week in the Urals. At least 600,000 visitors are expected to arrive in Yekaterinburg during the Mundial, so the representatives of the

April 4, 2014. Prices on Yekaterinburg existing homes market kept growing slightly in January-March 2014; by the end of the quarter, the figure was 2% higher than at the beginning of the year, Ural Chamber of Real Estate's press service says. Prices increased by 1% to 2.8% depending on the market segment. According to the Chamber's analysts, the median price of one square meter of existing housing put up to sale amounted to 74,251 RUR on March 31, 2014. The supply declined by 11% compared with the start of the year. There are currently 7,500 apartments in the Chamber's

April 4, 2014. Three office buildings have been commissioned in Yekaterinburg since the beginning of the year – Chaikovsky, Arena, and the building within the Clever Park Unit. This amounts to 19,400 sq m worth of office space, Ural Chamber of Real Estate's press service says. As for last year. For instance, 47,000 sq m worth of office buildings and similar facilities were put up. The demand for office space still remains high, Despite the fact that new buildings get added to the market supply en masse, the availability of vacant office space actually kept going down during the year. The

April 4, 2014. The shareholders of Uralelectromed approved of UMMC Holding taking out a $1bn loan from Sberbank of Russia, the issuer's official statement says. Uralelectromed is going to act as the guarantor of the deal that will entitle UMMC holding to a renewable CL from Sberbank between February 10, 2014 and August 10, 2015. Under the terms of the deal, the bank offers funds to finance the company's operating activity, including, but not limited to, paying off loans offered to the company by Gazprombank, Alfa Bank, VTB, and Rosselkhozbank.

April 4, 2014. Transport Machine-Building Design Office (KBTM, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) is taking part in the 10th Best Enterprise in Social Partnership System Contest that is held among machine-building enterprises and is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the All-Russian Union of Defense Industry Workers (OBORONPROF). According to the corporation's press service, the event was coordinated by the Russian Federation Ministry for Industry & Trade's Conventional Weaponry, Ammunition & Special Purpose Chemicals Department, the All-Russian Union of

April 4, 2014. The coordinators of Magistral 2014, the Ural Transport Show, launched an official website and a video advertisement for the event to demonstrate this year's new colors and logos and the concept of the event. Uralvagonzavod Corporation's press service reports. The show's business agenda comprises a series of round table discussions on the most vital topics related to production, purchase, and servicing of regular and special-purpose vehicles. A lot of attention will be paid to industrial engineering, resource saving, lean production, industrial outsourcing,

April 3, 2014. The metal-cutting unit HEC-1250 was assembled and commissioned at Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation). The corporation's press service reports that block cases for modern engines will be produced with the help of this unit. 'This giant is eight by eight meters big and over four meters high. The supervised installation was carried out by the representatives of the German company Heckert Mattias Leitner and Michael Priglinger,' the message says. This is not the last gigantic mill that will arrive at the plant's

April 3, 2014. Ural Investigative Division of Russia's Investigative Committee for Transportation instituted criminal lawsuits with charges of large-scale fraud and abuse of power (Article 159 (Part 3) of the Russian Federation Criminal Code) against the former accountant of a vocational school affiliated with Ural State Railway University, Russia's Investigative Committee's press service reports. The investigative team believe that the former accountant embezzled the school money every month between August 2010 and December 2013. The damage done to the school was estimated at

April 3, 2014. Only 20% of Russia-based entrepreneurs used government support to develop their business, and another 10% are currently considering this option, President of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin said at the 2nd Institutes for Development Forum in Yekaterinburg. 'The idea simply does not occur to some people, while others have no information on this point. A lot of businesspeople do not meet the criteria set forth by the institutes for development. The entrepreneurs themselves often feel the support mechanism is too complicated, and too much

April 3, 2014. The coordinators of Magistral 2014, the Ural Transport Show, launched an official website and a video advertisement for the event to demonstrate this year's new colors and logos and the concept of the event. Uralvagonzavod Corporation's press service reports. The show's business agenda comprises a series of round table discussions on the most vital topics related to production, purchase, and servicing of regular and special-purpose vehicles. A lot of attention will be paid to industrial engineering, resource saving, lean production, industrial outsourcing,

April 3, 2014. Ural Airlines is launching a spring sale and offering discounts on Yekaterinburg-Dubai and Dubai-Yekaterinburg flights, the airline's press service reports. Ural Airlines' customers can now book tickets for Yekaterinburg-Dubai-Yekaterinburg flight at the special price of €327 (all fees included; this is a limited offer). This price is valid through May 31, 2014. 'A spring break in Dubai is a true paradise for everyone who would like to have an unforgettable time. You will see the fantastic hotels and unbelievable skyscrapers, the snow-white sandy beaches, the

April 2, 2014. The People's Republic of China is interested in the delivery of processed meat and dairy products via a direct flight from Yekaterinburg to Harbin. The cooperation prospects were discussed at Sverdlovsk Region Minister for International and Foreign Economic Ties Andrei Sobolev and Harbin Trade Bureau Deputy DG, the Ministry's website states. 'A direct Harbin-Yekaterinburg flight loaded with goods ordered by local residents over the Internet is operated daily, while the return flight usually goes back nearly empty. We would like to take the advantage of this fact

April 2, 2014. KBTM (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Enterprise) coordinated a walking tour of the premises for the students of Omsk Lyceum 25 who specialize in sciences. According to the corporation's press service, the young students had a unique opportunity to visit the tank assembly shop where they could see the production process with their own eyes and even take part in it. The event was coordinated by the Labor & Economic Development Ministry and KBTM Personnel Training Department. The tour was part of Omsk Region Government's decision to

April 2, 2014. The would-be 'white metallurgists' underwent internships at Gazprom facilities. Within one week, students from ChTPZ Group's Training Center were delivered a series of lectures in Noviy Urengoi Vocational School for Gas Industry, paid visits to the natural gas and oil-producing facilities and looked into the technology of producing, transporting, and processing of natural gas as well as got acquainted with the modern requirements imposed on the O&G equipment in the Polar North, ChTPZ Group's press service says. 'It is essential for us as the future