'We are currently thinking of who is going to become the new general director of Koltsovo airport; as for the former GD Mikhail Maximov, he is guilty of a breach of law as well as of failing to comply with the orders issued by the Ministry of Transport since he chose to change the traditional flight schedule for Ural Airlines (the one the carrier has used for years) more or less ad libitum,’ Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Eduard Rossel announced at a press conference on May 29, 2007.

'Mr. Maximov has received a number of warnings from the Ministry in the past, but he did not seem to pay any attention to those. I don’t believe, though, that Mr. Maximov was acting out of his own accord. It appears he had been manipulated by someone,’ the Governor said.