Rustam Minnikhanov: We should expand our cooperation with Denmark
4 April 2012, Wednesday
The Republic of Tatarstan is interested in attraction of Danish investors and cooperation with Denmark in the sphere of energy efficiency and other areas. Such a statement was made by the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov today at a meeting with the Danish Minister for trade and investment Pia Olsen Duhr.
RF Minister of economic development Elvira Nabiullina took part in the event.
The meeting was held after a solemn launching of the Rockwool plant in SEZ Alabuga. The Russian leadership is interested in attraction of Danish investments, Elvira Nabiullina stressed.
The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Pia Olsen Duhr for the visit to republic saying that the Danish experience in the sphere of energy resource efficiency is widely used in Tatarstan, including the republican program of energy resource saving.
The head of republic called Pia Olsen Duhr for using the advent of Rockwoll plant in Tatarstan in attracting other Danish companies in republic. Moreover, Rustam Minnikhanov suggested organizing the visit of Denmark business delegation to Tatarstan. According to Rustam Minnikhanov, educational sphere is also interesting for republic in cooperation with Denmark.
The Danish Minister for trade and investment Pia Olsen Duhr informed that several Danish companies are willing to launch production in Russia.
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.