President of Tatarstan meets with Head of the Russian branch of Hyundai Motor company
14 February 2012, Tuesday
Issues of cooperation between the Republic of Tatarstan and Hyundai company within preparation and holding World summer universiade 2013 have been discussed at a meeting of the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with Director general of “Hyundai Motor CIS” Byung Kwon Lim in Kazan.
The event was held in the House of RT Government with participation of Director of the Department of external relations under RT President – Aide to RT President Iskander Muflikhanov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Minister of transport Lenar Safin, Head of Universiade-2013 Directorate Vladimir Leonov.
During the meeting parties discussed prospects of Hyundai company participation in preparation and holding of the student games. Rustam Minnikhanov and Byung Kwon Lim noted that such a big sport event provides great marketing opportunities for Universiade partners.
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.