SKB-Bank’s outlet started operating in Vladivostok, the capital of Maritime Territory. In fact, the bank’s new office in Khabarovsk was opened shortly before this. The Far Eastern office is located in downtown Vladivostok, on the shore of the Golden Horn Bay at 30 Semenovskaya St. The office welcomes customers from 10 AM to 7 PM on weekdays and from 10 AM to 4 PM on Saturdays, with no lunch breaks. ‘SKB-Bank now runs offices on the coasts of seven seas and three oceans. The Pacific, for one, will get new offices in Magadan and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the nearest future,’ the bank reports.

Igor Vorobyev is no longer the BOD Chairman of Revdinsky Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Plant. This decision was taken by the plant’s Board of Directors. Rishat Gayanov was elected the new Chairman.

Kaliningrad Region’s Minister for Industrial Policy Dmitri Chemakin did not confirm the reports that Kaliningrad Amber Combine would be registered in Sverdlovsk Region, Komsomolskaya Pravda-Kaliningrad reports. ‘Certain rumors did reach me, but no official statements have been made so far,’ the Minister said. ‘The amber combine is owned by the federal authorities, so they are to have the last word in this case. The position of the Russian Federation Finance Ministry’s has not been announced yet. I cannot imagine how the combine might not be registered with us,’ Chemakin said. Acting Governor

The analytical think tank AlfaStrakhovaniye conducted a research on the sales of new cars in Russia, and Yekaterinburg in particular, in the first nine months of 2011, and came up with a rating of the best-selling brands. In January-September 2011, 62,890 new automobiles were sold in Yekaterinburg, which was 70% more than a year earlier. The sales reached a peak in June. Lada proved the most popular brand in Yekaterinburg: 11,320 cars have been sold since the start of the year, which amounts to 18% of all the cars bought in the city over the given period. In addition, Lada’s sales in

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