Vladimir Putin meets with Rustam Minnikhanov in Naberezhnye Chelny
15 February 2012, Wednesday
On February, 15 the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a bilateral meeting with the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. The meeting took place in an emergency hospital of the Auto town after the meeting on issues of realization of demographic policy for the period till 2025 and regional programs on health care modernization in 2011.
Vladimir Putin noted that Tatarstan is the leader by many parameters among Russian regions.
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov informed that high-tech production is very important for Tatarstan leadership. “We believe that development of KAMAZ, special economic zone, oil chemical enterprises, Kama industrial cluster will give us more money and new jobs,” Rustam Minnikhanov said addressing Vladimir Putin.
As for the social projects of republic Rustam Minnikhanov focused on housing construction and major repair of schools.
Head of republic also told about the need for developing primary health care.
President of Tatarstan assured Vladimir Putin that all allocated funds for the program of health care modernization will have been drawn in republic by September.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Vladimir Putin for federal programs. By words of RT President republic participates in all programs. This leads to positive changes in Tatarstan economy.
In the course of meeting Vladimir Putin presented the Stolypin Medal to the first RT President and State Counselor of republic Mntimer Shaimiev.
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.