August 19, 2013. It has been determined that the amount of revenues coming into the Russian Federation consolidated budget from Sverdlovsk Region increased by 3.4% or 4.441.7m RUR in the seven months of 2013, Sverdlovsk Region division of the Federal Tax Service’s press service reports. In terms of what economic sectors the revenues came from, the amount of tax paid by the processing industries rose by 17.4% or 6,482.6m RUR, that paid by the electricity, natural gas, and water producers and distributors went up by 22.2% or 1,841m RUR, that paid by the companies dealing in real estate, rent,

August 16, 2013. Over 1,500 residents of Academic District of Yekaterinburg are already enjoying the benefits of a co-branded project called Academic District Resident's Card, METCOMBANK's press service reports. 'We offer a card to everyone who buys an apartment in Academic District; our clerks will tell you about all the benefits you can enjoy with this card right in the office of Academic Management Company,' says METCOMBANK Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board Nina Batalova. The card will be handy for all those moving house: among the thirty brands that joined the

August 16, 2013. A hotel was opened at Vysotsky Business Center in Yekaterinburg today. The hotel is located on the 37th, 38th, and 39th floors of the skyscraper. There are 73 single and double rooms of standard and premium class in this hotel. The hotel staff say the interior is done in the classical, barocco-like style. This is an upmarket hotel as far as prices go: these vary from 5,700 to 15,000 RUR a day, depending on the room category. This is now the city's third hotel that aspires to be classed as a five-star one. The symbolic red-ribbon-cutting ceremony was performed by Mayor of

August 16, 2013. According to the data as of August 12, 2013, the average price of a square meter of housing on the existing home market in Yekaterinburg is 70,899 RUR, the Ural Chamber of Real Estate's analytical report states. The analysts say the market has been going up slightly by about 0.1% a week over the last two months. Given that prices tended to drop in the first half of the year, a change in the median figure has only been +1.1% since the start of the year. 'Nevertheless, the come-back of the upward trend does not necessarily mean a return of the stable price growth

August 16, 2013. Ural Airlines and Koltsovo Airport of Yekaterinburg coordinated a special event last Wednesday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the aviation industry in the Urals. Ural Airlines and Koltsovo Airport's long-service employees, who contributed to the launch of the aviation sector here, were invited to the solemn ceremony in Aviators Palace of Culture at the village of Koltsovo, the airline's press service reports. The invitees entered the beautifully decorated concert hall to the songs about the sky and airplanes. The welcoming speech was given by Koltsovo Airport

August 16, 2013. In the first half of 2013, over 50% of local banks (62 out of 100) reduced the interest rates they offer on deposits. 17 banks, however, increased their rates, and 21 banks left their offers the same. As it happens, the decrease in the deposit rates offered mainly took place in the second quarter of the year, Deposit Insurance Agency State Corporation's review states. The interest rates on deposits under 700,000 RUR dropped by 0.6% on average and came to 7.9% a year as of July 1, 2013. The interest rates on deposits over 700,000 RUR declined by 0.4% on average and

August 15, 2013. The United Migration Center uploaded an order for the construction of a deportation center for illegal migrants on the government purchases website. Under the terms of this order, the Center is planning to use a building in the village of Koltsovo located at 15/4 Gornistov St. 44.295m RUR has been allocated for the reconstruction of the building. The deportation center layout will provide for rooms fit for two, three, and four people; in addition, there is going to be a disinfection chamber and a health unit. What is more, the building will have a room for three-, four- and

August 15, 2013. Three-quarters of Russians had loan offers infringed upon them by bank clerks. According to Superjob.ru's Research Center, this is exactly the point where some image damage is done to the bank in the customer's viewpoint: 59% of Russians who were faced with such pressure exerted on them, normally grow to think worse of this particular bank. An infringement of loan services is quite a wide-spread phenomenon in Russia: more than 75% of respondents said they did have such an experience. Banks typically target quite adult and income-stable audience: 79% to 80% of

August 15, 2013. Delegates from 15 countries are going to come to Yekaterinburg for the city's 290th anniversary celebrations, Deputy Mayor of Yekaterinburg for Social Policy Mikhail Matveyev said at a press conference dedicated to the Town Day. Yekaterinburg expects visitors from its sister cities Genoa and Turin (Italy), Guangzhou (China), Annaba (Algeria), Mogilev and Minsk (Byelorussia), and Incheon (South Korea). What is more, delegates from a number of African countries will come to the capital of the Mid-Urals as well. Most of the delegations will be headed by city and town

August 15, 2013. Ural Airlines came up with a performance report for July 2013. the company flew 2,389,351 passengers since the beginning of the year and operated 18,655 flights in January-July 2013, including 6,786 international flights, 7,714 domestic flights, and 4,144 flights around the CIS, the airline's press service reports. Ural Airlines' passenger turnover rose by 25% in the seven months of 2013 against a year earlier. The company's total passenger turnover was 6,393,669,000 passenger-kilometers in the seven months of 2013. In July 2013, Ural Airlines' passenger

August 15, 2013. Court officers imposed temporary limitations on foreign travel for 24,320 Sverdlovsk Region residents. The spokesperson for the local division of Russia's Federal Service of Court Officers reports that about a third of those with travel restrictions are people who don't pay their children's allowance (7,959 people). Their debts total to 1,607,982,000 RUR. The accumulated debt of all the local residents who had travel restrictions imposed on them reached over 12bn RUR on August 14, 2013. So far, only 735 Sverdlovsk Region residents have paid off their debts.

August 14, 2013. According to the data provided by the local division of the Federal State Statistics Service, the average pay of a consumer industry worker in Sverdlovsk Region came to 28,388 RUR in June 2013, which is 11.9% more than in June 2012, the spokesperson for Sverdlovsk Region Economics Ministry reports. In January-June 2013, the average pay of a Sverdlovsk Region-based consumer industry worker was 26,753.6 RUR (+10.8% on January-June 2012); as for the country average, the figure was 28,828 RUR (+13.3%). In the first half of 2013, the average month's pay went up on the

August 14, 2013. The first stage of the start-up and commissioning jobs at the ultra-filtering water treatment department is compete at the Western filtering station of Yekaterinburg Water Supply & Waste Water Treatment Plant. On Wednesday, August 14, Mayor of Yekaterinburg Alexander Yakob and his deputy for housing and public utilities issues Alexei Kozhemyako are going to take part in the launch of this preparatory stage of the start-up and commissioning process. Yekaterinburg Water Supply & Waste Water Treatment Plant's press service says that Yekaterinburg really needs the

August 14, 2013. 201,000 foreign workers have been registered in Sverdlovsk Region since the beginning of the year, with about 150,000 migrants arriving in the area through Koltsovo Airport of Yekaterinburg, Deputy Head of Sverdlovsk Region division of the Federal Migration Service Vadim Lysakov said at a press conference. 'Out of the total number of foreign residents who arrived here this year, some 43,000 came to work. Most of the foreign labour still comes from the former Soviet republics: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and some others. As for those countries whose residents need

August 14, 2013. An open-to-all tourist youth conference called Azovka 2013 was held at Seversky Pipe Plant (a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company). This conference was rejuvenated after a big break 13 years ago and has been held in Azov Mountain for the eighth time this year. This is an all-city event attended by teams from companies and organizations of Polevskoy. This year, there was a record-setting number of participants: 23 teams and 500 people. The teams competed in several kinds of sports: fencing, weight lifting, air rifle shooting, darts, and tug-of-war. Also, an assault course was

August 14, 2013. 1.87m RUR worth of paid administrative fines was paid to Yekaterinburg budget in January-July 2013; these were the fines issued by the administrative committees for various offenses, the spokesperson for Yekaterinburg Council reports. The committees looked into 1,998 protocols in these seven months; most of these were based on the quarterly inspections. In 187 cases, the proceedings were stopped due to various circumstances, in 429 cases, the offenders received just a warning, in 1,381 cases, they had to pay a total of 13,807,1m RUR worth of fines. The most common offenses,

August 13, 2013. A new street around the 14th kilometer of Yekaterinburg-Koltsovo Airport Highway is now called Vystavochnaya (Exhibition St). A decree to this extent was signed by Mayor of Yekaterinburg Alexander Yakob, Yekaterinburg Council's press service reports. The name was chosen after a number of applications by Yekaterinburg residents who support the idea of the Urals' capital applying for the right to host the World Universal Exhibition EXPO 2020. The copies of the name-establishing decree were directed to the law-enforcement authorities, the technical inventory offices,

August 13, 2013. Expert RA, a rating agency, confirmed SKB-Bank's credit rating at A+ (Very High Credit Rating), with Stable Rating Outlook. Analysts commented on such positive factors as strong competitive products and a wide geographical network, a diverse range of transaction options for customers, and a good balance of both short-term and medium-term assets and liabilities. The facts that the bank depends very little on the large investors' funds, has a big share of long-term funding in its assets and liabilities ratio, is very likely to be supported by the primary beneficiary,

August 13, 2013. Severnaya Agricultural Company (Kirovgrad Poultry Factory) is now a corporate customer of the telecommunications provider MegaFon. According to the mobile carrier's press service, over 250 of the agribusiness's employees are now MegaFon's subscribers. Given the first statistics on the number of phone calls made, the farmers are estimated to make over 11,000 minutes worth of phone calls a month. Under this new business agreement, MegaFon improved the quality of connections at a number of the company's production sites in Sverdlovsk Region. For one, the

August 13, 2013. In 2014, the number of foreign workers who will be employed in Sverdlovsk Region will be 12,000 lower than last year, Director of Sverdlovsk Region Labor & Employment Department Dmitri Antonov said at a conference. The Department reports 1,711 companies applied for job permits for foreign worker from 64 countries; there are 538 different professions involved, and the average month's pay comes to 16,800 RUR. The median number of applications per company is 61 people, the total number of foreign workers applied for is 103,524 people. 'This is not a big figure for