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May 9 is Victory Day in Russia, commemorating WWII. Marchmont news returns on Monday (May 12). |
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 |  |  | Ekaterinburg | IT & technology | |  | | Finnish pharmaceuticals firm Elomatic says it will start building its planned new factory in May or June, as Perm regional authorities allocate the firm a 4-hectare construction site. |
|  |  | Kemerovo | Telecoms & media | |  | | Officials in Kemerovo say total services rendered in its communications sector for the year totaled $545m, Interfax reports. |
|  |  |  |  | Altai | Materials & extraction | |  | | Altay's head of industry and energy says he expects production output at Siberia-Polymetals to increase 45% thanks to recently-begun mining projects |
|  |  | Ekaterinburg | Materials & extraction | |  | | 2007 results released by the Ural Oil Company show net profit for the year totaled $6.8m, 2.3 times that of net profit made in 2006. |
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 |  | |  |  |  | N. Novgorod | Energy & utilities; IT & technology | |  | | International power firm ABS Holdings has announced plans to invest $105.5m in the first construction phase of a technopark in Cheboksary. |
|  |  | N. Novgorod | Transportation & logistics; Finance & business | |  | | The Russian government looks set to up its stake in Nizhny Novgorod's airport from 6% to 96%, following an additional share offering. |
|  |  |  |  | Tomsk | Materials & extraction | |  | | Interfax reports that Tomsk's regional authorities have finished preparatory work ahead of a project to mine hydrocarbon materials in 2009. |
|  |  | N. Novgorod | Retail & FMCG | |  | | St Petersburg wholesale meat supplier Meatland Food Group has announced $50m plans to build a distribution center for meat products in the Povolzhie region. |
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 |  | |  |  |  | Kazan | Transportation & logistics | |  | | Officials in Kazan have announced plans to build a new $590m logistics center in the Kazan town of Zelenodolsk. |
|  |  | Novosibirsk | Transportation & logistics | |  | | Finnish logistics operator Itella Logistics is taking over the National Logistics Company (NLC), after a deal was reached last week but not reported. |
|  |  |  |  | N. Novgorod | Industry & manufacturing | |  | | GAZ's bus-building arm has won a $24.8m contract to supply 1,150 school buses to serve rural areas. |
|  |  | N. Novgorod | Transportation & logistics | |  | | In 2008 $118m is to be invested into the ongoing overhaul of Nizhny Novgorod's aiport, as part of moves to increase passenger capacity ten-fold. |
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 |  | |  |  |  | Krasnoyarsk | Tourism & recreation | |  | | Russian metallurgical giant Norilsk Nickel is to invest $80m developing the Bobroby-Log ski centre near Krasnoyarsk, Interfax reports. |
|  |  | Kazan | Industry & manufacturing; Finance & business | |  | | Officials on a project to build an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk may revise its expected annual capacity up from 7 to 12 million tons. |
|  |  |  |  | Tomsk | Energy & utilities | |  | | Territorial Generation Company 11 releases its 2007 financial results, with net profit up 13 times on the previous year. |
|  |  | Kazan | Finance & business | |  | | 2007 sales turnover resulting from trade between Uzbekistan and Tatarstan amounted to $41.5m, newly-released figures show. |
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 |  | |  |  |  | Kazan | Energy & utilities; Finance & business | |  | | First quarter net profit at Tatarstan power supplier Tatenergo came in at $58.8m, figures released by the firm show. |
|  |  | Kemerovo | Retail & FMCG | |  | | First quarter retail sales in Kemerovo region came in at $2.6bn, figures just relased by the regional statistics office, Kemerovostat, reveal. |
|  |  |  |  | Novosibirsk | Retail & FMCG | |  | | Retail network Vester has announced plans to open 3 malls in Siberia in 2008, with 5 more in 2009. |
|  |  | Tomsk | Industry & manufacturing; Real estate | |  | | Tomsk Industrial and Building Company is to inject $16.8m into upgrading its production facilities by 2010, Interfax reports. |
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