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.
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