Prospects of attracting new investments of Sberbank Rossii to Tatarstan discussed in Sochi
16 September 2011, Friday
Promising patterns of investments in Tatarstan economy on the part of JSC “Sbernank Rossii” have been discussed today in Sochi at international investment forum during the meeting of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with managing partner of consulting subsidiary of the Sberbank Rossii - Strategy Partners Aleksandr Idrisov. Head of RT Agency for investment development Linar Yakupov, Director of Department for external relations – Aide to President of Tatarstan Iskander Muflikhanov attended the meeting.
According to Linar Yakupov, opportunities of attracting Sbernak Rosii investments in republican economy were debated during the meeting. Petrochemistry and mechanical engineering were chosen as main investment areas. Rustam Minnikhanov gave assignment to make up a working group for defining key projects within the limits of the mentioned areas, reconsidering ways of increasing investment attractiveness of petrochemical and engineering projects and planning certain actions.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials