Several agreements on entrepreneurship development in Tatarstan signed in technopolis “Himgrad”
12 December 2011, Monday
Signing of agreements on further cooperation between Tatarstan and state corporation “Bank for development and foreign economic activity” (Vnesheconombank) and development of entrepreneurship in Tatarstan took place on the territory of technopolis “Himgrad” (Kazan) on December 12.
The event was held in the context of a meeting themed “General standards of creation and management of industrial parks and formation of special entrepreneurship programs by the State Corporation “Bank for development and foreign economic activity (Vnesheconombank)" and JSC "SME Bank".
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy chairman of State corporation “Bank for development and foreign economic activity (Vnesheconombank)" Mikhail Kopeikin, Director of Department for small and medium-size entrepreneurship of RF Ministry of economic development Natalia Larionova.
Thus, a Plan of joint measures of Vnesheconombank group and RT Investment development agency on cooperation in the sphere of support of small and medium-size entrepreneurship was signed. Deputy chairman of Vnesheconombank Mikhail Kopeikin and Chief of Investment development agency Linar Yakupov put their signatures on the documents.
Moreover, a Contract on allocation of credit was signed between JSC "SME Bank" and GNO “Investment venture fund”.
Investment agreement between ZAO “Innovative production technopark “Idea”, OOO “Izvarino Farma”, and OOO “Centre of technology transfer” was signed (the project will be realized on the territory of “Himgrad”).
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.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.