Russian–Singapore Business Forum has commenced its work
25 September 2011, Sunday
Today in Singapore the VI Russian Singapore business forum has commenced its work. The delegation from Tatarstan headed by RT President R.N. Minnikhanov takes part in a work of the forum. The delegation includes also vice- RT prime minister RT minister of info and telecom Nikolai Nikiforov, chairman of RT Investment development agency Linar Yakupov, director of RT External relations department – aide to RT President Iskander Muflikhanov, chiefs of major RT enterprises.
Russian-Singapore business forum having become a traditional event is being held this year from September 25 to 28. The forum participants are going to discuss actual problems of economic development, the agreements are expected to be concluded between business representatives of Russia, the CIS countries and Asian Pacific region.
Tatarstan delegation in light of the forum holds separate presentation of economic potential of the republic. So, the air company Al Bars Aero, JSC Zelenodolsk shipyard plant, JSC Kazan helicopters will show their presentations.
Today during the opening ceremony of the forum the guests have been welcomed by RSBF founder, ex-ambassador of Singapore to Russia Michael Tei and board chairman of Sberbank German Gref. They wished successful work to the forum participants and German Gref said that increasing number of forum participants speaks about big prospects of trade-economic cooperation between Russia and Singapore and Asia at large.
On 26 March Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a meeting of the Council by the Russian Presidential Envoy in the Volga Federal District dedicated to rural demographic policy held by the Russian Presidential Envoy in the District Igor Komarov in Nizhniy Novgorod with participation of heads of federal ministries concerned, representatives of the Federal Assembly and heads of federal entities of the Volga Federal District. The participants of the meeting discussed such topics as the demographic situation, implementation of federal programmes and the best regional practices, and the results of the meeting will be used for preparing comprehensive solutions of such tasks set by Russian President Vladimir Putin as preservation of the population, strengthening health, raising prosperity of people and supporting families.
On 24 March, speaking at a briefing on achievements of preventive medicine last year and plans for 2026 held in the Government House of the republic, representatives of Tatarstan Healthcare Ministry said that medical check-ups are proving their effectiveness in preserving the health and lives of residents of the republic.
Thus the regional Healthcare Minister Almir Abashev informed: “Over the past five years, a clear course has been set to ensure that preventative medicine in the country gains momentum. Starting from 2022 the number of people who should have their medical check-ups in this or that year is growing. We are facing a task of covering more than 70 per cent of elderly people with check-ups by 2030.”
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.