Head of Yekaterinburg Municipal Council Alexander Yakob offered his comments on the Russian Federation President Dmitri Medvedev’s decision to propose Yekaterinburg as Russia’s candidate for hosting World Exhibition EXPO 2020. According to the official, the fact that Yekaterinburg gets to apply for the event signifies that the city’s international, strategic, socioeconomic, and sociopolitical achievements are recognized. It’s certain that, if Yekaterinburg gets chosen as the host city for EXPO 2020, this historic event will give the capital of the Urals a new development boost,’ Yakob says.

Holding the World Exhibition EXPO 2020 in Yekaterinburg will mean the city’s transportation system and the social sphere will change entirely and its safety level will reach a dramatically new height, deputy head of the city council for strategic planning, economics, and finance Alexander Vysokinsky said in his interview to channel 41-Domashny’s Poslesloviye, the city council’s press service reports. No such event has ever been held in Russia or even the entire former USSR. Yekaterinburg has already hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and the Petersburg Dialog forum and

Yekaterinburg-based Koltsovo Airport is about to raise its jet fuel prices by 1,000 RUR per ton. Jet fuel is available for 26,150 RUR per ton at the moment, and starting August 9, 2011, the airport’s price list will state that the fuel will be sold for 27,200 RUR per ton. The increase thus amounts to 4%. This is actually the second time prices have gone up recently. The previous 4% increase was announced by the airport on May 24, 2011. The air carriers have already responded to this rise: they will have to make the price of plane tickets go up. Jet fuel expenses constitute about 27% of the

В 10.00 в пресс-центре «ФедералПресс» (ул. Энгельса 65) начнется пресс-конференция, посвященная развитию инфраструктуры в новых микрорайонах и планам застройки города. В 10.00 в пресс-центре газеты «Аргументы и факты — Южный Урал», (ул. Российская, 67) состоится пресс-конференция «Одаренные дети школе не нужны». В 11.00 в пресс-центре «Комсомольской правды» (ул. Красная, 4) пройдет пресс-конференция хореографа-постановщика «Евровидения - 2011» Кори Экшн.

С 9 по 11 августа в Челябинске пройдет выставка-форум «Строительство-2011».