Tatarstan and RF Ministry of agriculture sign Agreement on financing the state program related to Agro-industrial Complex for 2012
2 February 2012, Thursday
An agreement on financing activity within the confines of state program on supporting agro-industrial complex for 2012 has been signed today between the Republic of Tatarstan and RF Ministry of agriculture. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Head of RF Ministry of agriculture Elena Skrynnik put their signatures on the document in Moscow.
The agreement implies allocation of federal subsidies to Tatarstan Republic for supporting agricultural production. The amount of funding will be no less than it was last year.
“For the purpose of efficient preparation for holding sowing campaign within optimal agro-technical terms the ministry starts concluding agreements on financing activities with regions in the context of the state program in advance”, Elena Skrynnik noted.
The minister stressed timely receipt of funds by agricultural producers is a very important factor of high production rates. Rustam Minnikhanov assured Tatarstan leadership would fulfill commitments in terms of program realization in time.
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.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.