RUSSIA'S NIZHNY TAGIL GETS READY FOR URALEXPOARMS EXHIBITION

YEKATERINBURG, November 1 (AVN) -- The second Uralexpoarms international exhibition will be held in the western Siberian city of Nizhny Tagil from July 3 to 5, 2000, a spokesman for the Sverdlovsk regional administration said on Monday.

The exhibition will take place at the testing ground of the Metals Testing Institute, the spokesman told the Military News Agency.

In order to accept and accomodate guests and exhibits, its organisers are planning to build a new railroad terminal, two additional exhibition sites, two guest stands and a four-star hotel for 100 persons. Most of the works will be financed by the state-owned Uralvagonzavod plant and the administration of Nizhny Tagil, the spokesman concluded.