About one hundred calls had been made to Chelyabinsk ambulance by 1:30 PM local time; the city had a large-scale bromine leakage today. Eight people had to be taken to hospital with suspected bromine poisoning that might have come through food sources. The rest of those who called the ambulance only asked for advice, the city council reports. Fifty liters of bromine leaked out of a carriage at Chelyabinsk-Glavny railway station at about 5:30 AM local time this morning. An unpleasant smell pervaded the city center. The local division of the Ministry of Emergencies advised the locals to stay in

Three employees of Uraldomnoremont-Yekaterinburg had to face disciplinary liability for violating the labor safety regulations at Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, which led to a gas poisoning of some workers there, Chelyabinsk Region’s public prosecution authorities report. The prosecution authorities investigated the incident involving seven workers of Korund+ and Rodnik going to hospital; the workers had contracts for the repair of blast furnace 5 at Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant. The victims of the accident were busy working on the blast furnace seams and installing graphite blocks with

Rosnano now owns a 48% shareholding in Chelyabinsk Region-based Russian Quartz. Russian Quartz deals in the production of high-purity quartz concentrate. Prior to the acquisition of the shareholding, Rosnano and Kyshtym Mining (KGOK) signed an investment agreement relating to the expansion and technical upgrades of the high-purity quartz concentrate production; the concentrates are used in microelectronics, for example.

VUZ-Bank keeps expanding the range of services it can offer to the young customers and offers them ISIC student privilege cards. The bank is now ISIC’s exclusive partner in Yekaterinburg. ISIC cards will be available at the bank’s outlets as soon as this September. VUZ-Bank’s ISIC card combines a plastic pay card, a discount card, and a UNESCO-supported, globally recognized student ID. The card can be used to pay for products and services in retail outlets all over the world, the card account can be topped up any minute, one can use it to take money out of a cash machine and have one’s

Officers of Tyumen Customs have confiscated 469 counterfeit items bearing Adidas logos since the beginning of 2011. Among the fake products are usually footwear, sportswear, socks, and bags. The customs authorities act as the protectors of intellectual property in that they prevent the import of counterfeit goods across the border and carry out inspections in the customs area alongside the local police officers. Tyumen Customs and Tyumen Region policemen conduct joint raids aimed at finding counterfeit goods in Ishim, Tobolsk, and Tyumen on a weekly basis.