Mass Media Overview

Diplomat, Issue 2/2008

Column: Under The Sign Of Mercury
The Vologda Oblast (region) is in a dry area, which creates added problems for the farmers there. Nevertheless, the region is ranked fourth in Russia in the efficiency of its farms. The last few years, things have improved owing to the implementation of the priority national project "Development of the Agricultural Production Sector (APK)" and provincial programs aimed at supporting farmers. The region is doing a lot to promote the sale of local products on domestic and foreign markets as well as attract business partners and investors. The Vologda Oblast's participation in the "Green Week" agricultural and food exhibition that is traditionally held in Berlin in January is part of this policy.

http://www.gazprom.com/

01.12.2009
Today at the Gazprom Headquarters Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Vyacheslav Pozgalev, Governor of the Vologda Oblast signed an Agreement of Cooperation between Gazprom and the Vologda Oblast Government for 2010.

Diplomat, Issue 12/2007

Column: Christmas
The Vologda Region is proud of its great countrymen, craftsmen, history, and beautiful scenery. The Russian Grandfather Frost, or Ded Moroz in Russian, has brought the Vologda Region maybe even bigger fame, however. Ten years ago, thanks to the combined efforts of the governments of Moscow and the Vologda Region, he took up residence 11 kilometers from the splendid northern city of Veliky Ustyug, which is situated at the confluence of two large rivers, the Sukhona and the Yug. It was the original project of Y.M. Luzhkov, the mayor of Moscow, and V.Ye. Pozgalyov, the governor of the Vologda Region.

http://www.rarolc.net/events/

Date: Nov 18 - Nov 20, 2009
Location: VOLOGDA
Summary: As part of the Year Two RLPP USAID project, RAROLC is continuing its work with its Russian partners in the regions of Rostov Oblast, Leningrad Oblast, Archangelsk, Pskov, Novgorod, Karelia and Vologda in the following areas: (1) judicial ethics training for qualifying commissions, ethics committees, and council of judges members; (2) assistance in the implementation of bench-bar meetings; (3) training on substantive law for advocates, lawyers, and judges.

http://en.wordpress.com/

Wednesday, 11 February 2009
President Dmitri Medvedev visited the Vologda Kremlin, which houses a famous collection of lacework. During his examination of the exhibition, the president was astonished at fine craftsmanship of the master lace-makers. "I now understand why these crafts are not common amongst men. They have less patience (than women do)", Mr Medvedev said after visiting the exhibition. However, Ludmila Korotaeva, the General Director of the Vologda Kremlin, who conducted the tour of the exhibition, said that recently a man competed in a lace-making competition, and he could fabricate lace as well as any woman.

http://www.autostat.ru October 27, 2008

The Russian metallurgical company Severstal signed an agreement with the Spanish auto component manufacturer Gestamp about the establishment of a joint venture of automobile stamping production. Severstal has the blocking minority ownership (25.5%) in the new JV.
The stamping shop has already being built in Kaluga and the start of production is planned in 2010. Severstal plans to supply its rolled products to the new shop but it will not be the exclusive supplier. The total investment volume in the project is about 100 million euro.

http://www.siemens.com/metals September 19, 2008

Erlangen, 2008-Sep-19
Siemens VAI Metals Technologies installs an integrated Manufacturing Execution System (MES) in the Cherepovets production complex of the Russian steel producer CherMK OAO Severstal.

http://www.severstal.com/eng November 17, 2008

China Representative Office to Focus on Improving Business Beijing - November 17, 2008 - OAO SeverStal, one of the world's leading metals and mining companies, has opened its first China representative office in Beijing.

Defense technologies/ 2008, vol. 7, N2

Thales's partnership with Russian industry in optronics started out 10 years ago when the company launched a joint engineering project with vehicle manufacturers to incorporate the Catherine FC infrared camera in sights built by Belarusian firm Peleng. Overseen by Russian defence agency Rosoboronexport, this partnership was subsequently expanded to include export markets for both land vehicles and aircraft, such as the Sukhoi 30 equipped with Thales's Damocles laser designation pod for Malaysia.

http://www.wirelinks.com August 10th

Severstal-metiz Group, Severstal's steel wire and wire products division, announced Monday that it had acquired Italian-based wire-rope producer Redaelli Tecna, as cash-heavy Russian metals firms look to expand abroad. The value of the deal was not disclosed, but analysts estimated it at 60 million euros to 100 million euros ($93 million to $156 million). The companies said synergies would allow them to save 10.3 million euros ($16 million) over the next five years. Severstal said it would help the Italian firm to distribute in the former Soviet Union, while Redaelli said it would bring the Russian side closer to its European customers.