UrBC, Moscow, August 9, 2019. MegaFon’s revenues rose by 4.5% in the second quarter of 2019 and amounted to RUB 85.6bn, while the OIBDA rose by 20.6%, the telecom company’s press service reports. Service revenues went up by 3.3% and amounted to RUB 78.8bn. The number of MegaFon’s mobile subscriptions increased by 0.1% against one year earlier and came to 77.6m altogether as of June 30, 2019. The number of mobile data users rose by 6.9%, to 34.45m people, as of June 30, 2019. According to the company’s press service, a MegaFon user now needs more than 11.3 Gb of traffic every month on average,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 9, 2019. Ural Airlines added the first Airbus A320neo (side number: VP-BRX) to the company's fleet of aircraft. The plane arrived directly from Airbus assembly line in Toulouse and will now get operated on a lease from CDB Aviation, the air carrier's press service reports. The company will receive four more new airplanes, including two Airbus A321neo ones, before the end of the year. Ural Airlines is now the first Russian airline to operate an Airbus A320neo with LEAP-1A engines supplied by CFM International. These engines are more fuel-efficient than

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 8, 2019. 75 forged banknotes got detected within Sverdlovsk Region's banking system in the second quarter of 2019 (total value: RUB 312,000). According to the Central Bank of Russia's Ural division, the majority of these banknotes (59 units) were fake 5,000-ruble bills. 1,000-ruble banknotes come next (12 units), followed by 2 500-ruble bills, 2 2,000-ruble bills, and 2 U.S. Dollar bills. '193 forged Russian banknotes got detected and removed from Sverdlovsk Region's banking sector in the first half of the year altogether; this was 23% less than

UrBC, Moscow, August 8, 2019. International flights will grow 2% more expensive for Russia-based customers starting August 7, tutu.ru reports. Following the IATA's recent resolution, the exchange rate used in the international booking process is going to change to RUB/EUR = 72.5/1 instead of the current 71/1. This means Russian travelers will now have to pay an extra RUB 1,500 for every €1,000 of the ticket's cost.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 8, 2019. 8,283 car loans got issued on Sverdlovsk Region market in the second quarter of 2019, which was 2.5% less than one year previously, the National Credit History Bureau's research findings indicate. In Russia on the whole, 241,200 loans got issued in 2019'Q2, which exceeded the figures for one year earlier by 8%. 'Banks keep issuing car loans on a relatively large scale, yet this market segment isn't as booming as it used to be some years back. The important thing is, automobile loans boost demand for new and used cars and therefore

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 8, 2019. Ural Airlines brought the price of its Tel Aviv flights down in August: the special offer holds on August 7-17, 2019, the air carrier's press service reports. 'The company's Tel Aviv flights will get operated through March 27, 2019. The special price offer applies to flights that will get operated starting August and on,' the press service says. The offer holds for the following flights: Yekaterinburg-Tel Aviv/Tel Aviv-Yekaterinburg (prices start from RUB 8,000 (one way) and RUB 15,000 (there and back). The flights will get operated on

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 8, 2019. You can now get Ural Airlines' plane tickets from Yekaterinburg to a number of European capitals at a discount, the air carrier's press service reports. The tickets (up to 40% off) are on sale on August 8-17, 2019. The flights will get operated between September 1 and December 23, 2019. Prices of Promo and Economy tickets start from RUB 14,700 and RUB 18,000, respectively, for Prague flights, from RUB 16,000 and RUB 19,000, respectively, for Rome flights, and from RUB 16,000 and RUB 19,000, respectively, for Paris flights. 'The prices quoted

UrBC, Moscow, August 7, 2019. The amount of goods the Russian Federation imported between January and July 2019 shrank by 1.7% compared with one year earlier, that is, down to $118.851bn, Prime refers to the Federal Customs Service as stating. $19.035bn worth of goods got imported from outside the CIS in July 2019, which exceeded the figures for June 2019 by 11.8% and the figures for July 2018 by 4.8%.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 7, 2019. More than 30,000 personal investment accounts have been opened in Sverdlovsk Region so far, with some 22,000 more accounts opened in Chelyabinsk Region as well, Chelyabinsk division of Russia's Central Bank's Ural branch's press service refers to Moscow Exchange as reporting. Moscow, Moscow Region, and Voronezh Region are currently the three Russian constituencies with the largest number of active personal investment accounts on the market. As for Ural Federal District, the number of people with personal investment accounts is at its highest

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 7, 2019. A store renting space in a large shopping mall in Yekaterinburg had to pay RUB 2,670 per m2 a month on average in the second quarter of 2019, which exceeded the mean rental prices for one year earlier by 4.2%, Ural Real Estate Chamber's analyst Anna Golovkina told UrBC. 'Several malls raised their rental prices after the VAT increase, and by about the same percentage (2% to 5%), in the first quarter of 2019. A number of malls reacted to the VAT a bit later, in the second quarter of the year, and some of them raised their rental prices as part of

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 7, 2019. SKB-Online users can now get an official notice of bank accounts held, as well as the account balance statement, online, the bank's press service reports. The notice might be needed by government authorities or visa application centers; you might also need one for personal use. 'To get the notice, you need to go to Statements, select the account you need information on, select the language you need for the statement (Russian or English), and download the statement or have it sent to an email address,' the press service says. You can also use

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 7, 2019. EVRAZ Holding's coal mines have all been fitted with cameras, Raspadskaya Coal Company's PR Department reports. The cameras ensure online monitoring of the production process and help ensure compliance with the safety regulations. '105 infrared/thermal imaging cameras in explosion-proof casing are now at work 24/7 despite the poor lighting underground. The data get displayed on the experts', mine managers', and Raspadskaya Coal Company's control tower's screens automatically. The management checks and analyzes the footage

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 6, 2019. Residents of Yekaterinburg's District Akademicheskiy are going to contribute to the discussion around the construction project for an office/culture center in the district, the town council's Information Policy Department reports. 'We are currently working on the issue of what the district's primary office building should look like if the district acquires the official status of Yekaterinburg's administrative unit,' the town council says. Yekaterinburg Council and the developer RSG-Akademicheskoye announced in April they were

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 6, 2019. Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) classified EVRAZ Holding's Kachkanarsky Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise (EVRAZ KGOK) as a quality- and customer-oriented ore pellet supplier, EVRAZ Holding Ural's Corporate Communications Center 's PR Department reports. NLMK's logistics and purchasing departments completed their assessment of supplier performance in 2018, evaluating EVRAZ KGOK as a Class A supplier (i. e. an outstanding supply reliability contractor) and giving it the score of 100 points. EVRAZ KGOK makes some 6.5m tons of iron ore

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 6, 2019. OOO FORES's Shadrinsk-based asset TekhnoKeramika adopted an environmental monitoring schedule for August 2019, the company's press service reports. On August 5, the certified lab of Industrial Measurement Lab Test Center in Ural Federal District's Kurgan Region division will take the first 25 air samples next to 68 Avtomobilistov St. Night-time samples will get taken in the early hours of August 7 as well. On August 8, the Shadrinsk branch of Kurgan Region's Hygiene & Epidemiology Center will take soil samples and gauge noise level

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 6, 2019. Deputy Head at Moscow Government’s Labor & Social Welfare Department Pavel Keller paid a visit to Magnitogorsk and visited Metallurg Charity Foundation (mainly supported and financed by Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works/MMK), MMK’s Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. According to MMK, Pavel Keller took an interest in the foundation’s work to support the elderly. MMK’s projects aimed at seniors (involving more than 30,000 people in Magnitogorsk and nearby rural areas) have been, more than once, acknowledged by both the federal

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 6, 2019. Deloitte CIS completed its audit of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works' (MMK) digital maturity and transformation potential; the audit is meant to help shape MMK's digitization strategy, the company's Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. MMK's Industry 4.0 Program currently comprises over twenty projects in progress and dozens of completed projects, with resulting outcomes already part of the plant's work process. Digital solutions are now being used at every stage of production. The company relies on a

UrBC, Moscow, August 5, 2019. The Russian drivers’ trip computer data might potentially become a commodity; the change would affect around 40% of the country’s automobile market, or more than 20m cars. Target ad campaigns might get launched through the medium in question as soon as 2021, GLONASS told Izvestiya. Car dealers, garages, and online stores are expected to become the key customers for the product. Sharing the data relating to one’s automobile as well as travel and location information is entirely up to the driver; a discount would be offered in exchange for sharing. A database such

UrBC, Moscow, August 5, 2019. The share of Russian nationals who have savings of any kind reached 37% of the country’s entire population in July 2019, news.ru refers to the Central Bank’s data as indicating. This is the second highest percentage since August 2017, when 39% of respondents said they had a financial cushion. Analysts say the increase in the overall amount of savings has to do with interest payments on existing deposits and not with the people’s growing incomes. As for the percentage of Russians with savings in a bank, the figures started growing in March 2019, the Central Bank’s

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 5, 2019. Sverdlovsk Region’s Federal Authority for Road Traffic Safety announced they would annul a vehicle registration of any vehicle that had been modified so as to no longer comply with the existing road safety norms and requirements, their press service reports. The unauthorized modifications could include, but are not limited to, the following: — tinted windows; — lowered suspension; — changes in the exhaust system. A warrant gets issued for a vehicle with unauthorized modifications, and the owner is given ten days to bring the automobile in compliance with