UrBC, Moscow, July 8, 2019. Ural Airlines will operate a very special Yekaterinburg-Beijing flight today, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘Exactly ten years ago today, the airline operated its very first flight from Yekaterinburg to Beijing. The introduction of a scheduled flight in 2009 was strategically very important for the economic and cultural ties between China and the Urals. More than 370,028 passengers have travelled on this flight since then, while destinations in China have grown to become some of the key ones for both the airline and the airport. The new flight has meant

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 8, 2019. ChelPipe Group intends to present its stand dedicated to the program for comprehensive area development and urban improvement in Pervouralsk at the international industrial exhibition Innoprom 2019, the company’s press service reports. The agreement to work on the program was signed by ChelPipe Group, Sverdlovsk Region Government, Pervouralsk, and the City Analytics Center in June. ‘This year’s Innoprom is all about digital production and the global industry’s future. Within this given framework, the Group is presenting its own vision of comprehensive area

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 8, 2019. SKB-Bank is taking part in the international industrial exhibition Innoprom 2019 on July 8-11 in Yekaterinburg, the bank’s press service reports. The goal is to present the synergy between two big brands: SKB-Bank and DeloBank, the online bank for businesses. ‘Visitors to the exhibition will also be able to submit their biometric data at SKB-Bank’s stand, so as to be able to enjoy the benefits of remote banking from anywhere outside of the bank. What is more, there will be an out-of-the-ordinary assistant (a robot) to help you take a photo of the occasion

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 5, 2019. FORES Ltd’s Sukhoi Log branch keeps modernizing its production site, the company’s press service reports. Three temporary landfills got covered with concrete in June as part of the company’s environmental protection program. Additionally, a car tire collection spot got organized, as well as a storm drain for the temporary wood waste disposal site. The jobs cost around RUB 80,000 to complete,’ the press service says. According to the company’s representatives, all the production sites now meet all the existing sanitary standards. The concrete protects the

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, July 5, 2019. OOO MMK Industrial Park and WorldSkills Russia signed a cooperation agreement, Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works’ (MMK) press service reports. ‘Under the terms of the agreement, the industrial park’s residents will be able to offer professional development and continuous professional education courses to people in the 50+ age group free of charge; the courses will meet the international WorldSkills standards and will be offered as part of the Older Generation Project/National Demography Project,’ the press service says. Now WorldSkills Russia acts as

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 5, 2019. EVRAZ Nizhny Tagil Metallurgical Plant’s (EVRAZ NTMK) team won gold in Engineering Design and Wiring during EVRAZ Holding’s corporate round of the WorldSkills Championship in Novokuznetsk. Contestants from EvrazTekhnika won the first prize in Mechatronics, whilst the gold medals in the rest of the categories went to EVRAZ United West Siberian Metallurgical Plant’s (EVRAZ ZSMK) team. According to EVRAZ Holding Ural’s Corporate Communications Center’s PR Department, over three hundred professionals and experts from the holding’s six member enterprises (EVRAZ

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 5, 2019. ChelPipe Group’s employees, students on the Group’s Future of White-Coated Metallurgy Corporate Training Program, and students on the Group’s Tatarstan College of the Future Corporate Training Program are all taking part in ChelPipe Group’s corporate round of the WorldSkills Championship; the competition takes place at the Group’s Training Center in Pervouralsk. According to the company’s press service, the thirty contestants represent ChelPipe Group’s pipe manufacturing division and Rimera Oilfield Services division (Alnas, Izhneftemash, Chelyabinsk Pipe

UrBC, Moscow, July 5, 2019. According to the international research company Ookla’s recent findings, MegaFon currently offers its customers the fastest Internet connection in Russia, with its average data transfer speed exceeding that of its immediate competitor by 1.5 times, the telecom company’s press service reports. MegaFon’s average download speed comes to more than 25.94 Mb/sec and the average upload speed comes to 11.59 Mb/sec. Ookla’s independent research continues on a yearly basis; in Russia, more than 7.9m speed tests were made on more than 1.5 different mobile devices (via the

UrBC, Moscow, July 4, 2019. MegaFon operates more base stations in Russia than any other telecom company, Roskomnadzor announced at the end of May 2019. The company runs over 238,520 communication units, including 98,100 4G stations (many more than MegaFon’s competitors currently have), the company’s press service reports. In Russia on the whole, the number of 4G base stations increased by 16% in the first five months of 2019 and reached 283,400 units, Roskomnadzor’s report states. MegaFon owns more 4G base stations that any other ISP or mobile carrier: 98,100. The company’s rivals from the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 4, 2019. Andrei Komarov was re-elected Chair of the Board of Directors at Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant (ChelPipe), the company’s press service reports. ‘The decision was made during the re-elected BOD’s first meeting on July 1, 2019. The new BOD, elected by shareholders in the course of the annual general meeting, now comprises Boris Kovalenkov, Andrei Komarov, Dina Mikhryukova, Alexander Fedorov, Sergey Yankovsky, and Independent Directors Vadim Makhov and Oleg Seleznev (who was accepted as an Independent Director by the BOD’s special decision based on the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 4, 2019. Atomenergomash’s member enterprise SverdNIIkhimmash Board of Directors appointed Vitaly Starikov the company’s Director-General, the company’s press service reports. SverdNIIkhimmash is one of the Russian nuclear industry’s key research institutes. As the Director-General, Starikov will have to both ensure continuity and inspire a new wave of growth on the nuclear plant equipment market and in other sectors of the national economy,’ says Director-General at Atomenergomash Andrei Nikipelov. Vitaly Starikov worked as Deputy Director-General at Consolidated NPP

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 4, 2019. Amendments have been made to Yekaterinburg Council’s urban improvement program for 2017-2020; the order was signed by Mayor Alexander Vysokinsky, the town council’s website states. The changes mainly have to do with the way inter-budgetary transfers from higher-tier budgets get accounted for in the town’s own budget. In 2019, Yekaterinburg’s urban improvement program got allocated RUB 5,924,967, including RUB 4,509,467 from Yekaterinburg’s budget, RUB 510.5m from Sverdlovsk Region’s budget, and RUB 905m from the federal budget. Besides, adjustments have been

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 4, 2019. RUB 250.45m got allocated from Yekaterinburg’s budget to design the second line of Yekaterinburg Underground. Changes to this effect have been made to the town council’s Yekaterinburg Underground Development 2014-2020 Program; the paper was signed by Mayor Alexander Vysokinsky. Under the new terms, RUB 351.41m will get directed to the subway’s development all in all. Some funds (RUB 89.4m) will also come from Sverdlovsk Region’s budget; RUB 100m will come from non-budget funds. The second line is expected to ensure a link between ZhBI and VIZ in

UrBC, Moscow, July 3, 2019. Yekaterinburg got chosen as the host for the Summer Universiade 2023; the decision was made at the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU) Executive Committee meeting, TASS reports. Yekaterinburg is now expected to welcome 200,000 visitors from 150 different countries. The Summer Universiade comprises fifteen different sports: badminton, basketball, water polo, volleyball, judo, track-and-field challenges, ping-pong, swimming, springboard diving, artistic gymnastics, archery, tennis, taekwondo, fencing, and free callisthenics. Now the FISU committee

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 3, 2019. Mayor of Yekaterinburg Alexander Vysokinsky hopes Yekaterinburg will get to host the best Universiade in history, the town council’s press service reports. ‘The decision has been taken, the Universiade will take place in Yekaterinburg. This is enormous responsibility in terms of getting every facility ready and every event organized in the next three to four years. The work must certainly begin as soon as tomorrow. For Yekaterinburg, this is a very solid chance to support its status as both a sports and culture center and to prove a truly global city. Large

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 3, 2019. Ural Airlines reintroduced their Yekaterinburg-Prague-Yekaterinburg flight this month, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘Flight U6 701 (Yekaterinburg-Prague) and Flight U6 702 (Prague-Yekaterinburg) depart with a delay on July 2 due to having to wait for the departure permit,’ the press service says. Now Ural Airlines already announced that Yekaterinburg-Prague and Zhukovsky-Prague flights would have to get halted starting July 2 after Czechia’s air travel authorities had decided to annul their entry permits issued earlier.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 3, 2019. EVRAZ United West Siberian Metallurgical Plant’s (EVRAZ ZSMK) team proved the absolute leader at EVRAZ Holding’s WorldSkills championship, winning gold medals in ten out of twelve categories, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s Corporate Communications Center’s PR Department reports. More than three hundred workers and experts from EVRAZ’s six large enterprises (EVRAZ United West Siberian Metallurgical Plant’s (EVRAZ ZSMK), EVRAZ Nizhny Tagil Metallurgical Plant (EVRAZ NTMK), Kachkanarsky Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise, Raspadskaya Coal Comapny, EVRAZ Vanady

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 3, 2019. Starting July 1, 115 branches operated by the Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) will be able to collect customers’ biometric data, the bank’s press service reports. The procedure involves making the customer’s full-face photograph and taking a voice sample. The data will get entered into a single biometric system. Everything is done free of charge. ‘There are 46 locations in Sverdlovsk Region that have all the necessary equipment, as well as 14 in Chelyabinsk Region, 7 in Bashkortostan, 5 in Leningrad Region, 4 in Kirov Region, 4 in Perm

UrBC, Moscow, July 2, 2019. MegaFon announced the launch of its updated MegaFon CDN service this week; the product has been developed in partnership with the international provider G-Core Labs’ content delivery network, the telecom company’s press service reports. The partnership is expected to speed up the website performance and the delivery of bulky media files to end users in Russia and all over the world considerably. Thanks to collaborating with G-Core Labs, MegaFon’s customers will be able to stay active online anywhere in the world with MegaFon CDN, while G-Core Labs will expand its

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 2, 2019. Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant’s (ChelPipe) annual general meeting took place on June 28, ChelPipe Group’s press service reports. The meeting got attended by the company shareholders (and/or their representatives) who own 97.2715% of the company’s shares together. Based on the results of the vote, the plant’s net profit for the year 2018 will get directed to dividend payments (RUB 4.702bn all in all/RUB 15.38 per ordinary share). ‘The AGM attendees also elected the new Board of Directors: Andrei Komarov, Alexander Fedorov, Boris Kovalenkov, Oleg Seleznev,