Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov is on working trip in Sakha Republic
15 November 2011, Tuesday
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov is on a working trip in Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The main purpose of visit is participation in a travelling session of Public committee at the Russian President dedicated to issues of developing housing-communal services in the country and housing construction. The event will be held by the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
The program of Tatarstan President’s stay in Yakutsk, the capital of Sakha Republic includes visit to Arctic innovative center “Northeast federal university named after M.K.Ammosov” and acquaintance with activity of the staff of training research technological laboratory “Graphene nanotechnologies”, and projects of laboratories “Mechanochemical biotechnologies” and “Technology of polymeric nanocomposites”.
Moreover, Rustam Minnikhanov is going to visit a workshop for gem-cutting of diamonds GUP “Committee for precious metals and stones of Sakha Republic (Yakutia)” and historical-architectural complex “Stary gorod” (Old city).
A travelling session of Public committee at the Russian President (session of JSC “ALROSA”) will be held later on. We remind that the time difference between Yakutsk and Moscow is six hours.
On 13 April in his congratulatory address on the occasion of the Maecenas and Benefactor Day, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated residents of the republic with the event and wrote: "Tatarstan has always been known for its generous and kind-hearted people who are ready to help the needy and support important social, cultural and educational projects. We all remember with gratitude the outstanding philanthropists – the Akchurin brothers, the Alafuzovs, and the Ushkovs, whose good deeds and generous donations contributed to the development of culture, education, and healthcare in our republic. The glorious traditions are continued by modern philanthropists and patrons of Tatarstan.
On 12 April in his address to residents of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated them with the Space Exploration Day and said: “April 12, 1961 has forever been inscribed into the world history as the day of triumph of the Soviet science and engineering thought. The flight of Yuriy Gagarin opened the way to the stars for the humankind and demonstrated to the whole world the might of our country.
On 4 April , speaking at a closing ceremony of the XX Russian Venture Forum held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian Venture Forum has confirmed its status of the point of attraction of technological development leaders.
The Forum created a unified scientific, technological and investment space where scientific ideas are transformed into competitive products, and startups gain access to capital and markets. Its business programme is organically integrated into the regional and federal agenda for achieving technological sovereignty and leadership of Russia, he said.
On 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”