Rustam Minnikhanov: anti-corruption work should be implemented in a systemic way
29 August 2011, Monday
Session of Anti-corruption Council at RT President chaired by RT President Rustam Minnikhanov has been held in House of RT Government. State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, Chairman of State Council Farid Mukhametshin, Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov attended the session. Heads of municipalities, territorial departments of federal tax service, law enforcement bodies, representatives of self-regulated organizations, arbitrary executives and others took part in the session in format of video conference.
Opening the session Rustam Minnikhanov noted that the issue of bankruptcy is very urgent for republic. “We have to state that bankruptcy procedures are not very efficient. According to practice in Russia and Tatarstan connected with financial recovery contest, bankruptcy proceedings prevail”, - head of republic said.
In accordance with data presented by Centre of economic and social research 5,5 thousand bankruptcy cases have been considered since 2007. President stated that since 2008 total number of bankruptcy cases has increased, and it exceeds All-Russian rates.
Extremely low efficiency of bankruptcy proceedings executed in Tatarstan Republic and inadequate control of government bodies were marked at the session. It creates grounds for using institute of bankruptcy by individuals for personal and often illegal interests, particularly as a possible way of unreasonable enrichment.
“I should acknowledge that activity of authorized and supervision bodies do not influence efficiency of bankruptcy proceedings. There are several control agencies in republic which were founded for organizing interaction of government bodies. Judging by the situation they do not realize their functions properly”, - Rustam Minnikhanov said.
On May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.