RT President visits Pestretsy, Rybnaya Sloboda and Tyulyachi regions
4 May 2012, Friday
RT President Rustam Minnikhanov inspected the sowing campaign in three Tatarstan regions - Pestretsy, Rybnaya Sloboda and Tyulyachi, met with chiefs of husbandries and visited several social objects.
In the Pestretsy region RT President met with chiefs of husbandries on the field of agrofirm “Ak Bars- Pestretsy” near the village Lenino-Kokushkino. Rustam Minnikhanov informed about construction of an agro-industrial park in Kazan that will enable selling produce to city dwellers without any resellers. According to chiefs of husbandries, one of the main problems is lack of needed capacities for potato processing.
Rustam Minnikhanov also spoke to agronomists. By words of scientists, this winter problems of winter crops were connected with infections developing during the warm autumn. In order to avoid such problems in future winter crops must be treated with special chemicals.
In Pestretsy President of Tatarstan visited the secondary school № 2 and acquainted with construction of a two-floor attached building with a sports hall. Teachers thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for the program of professional development for English teachers EF School.
Moreover, Rustam Minnikhanov viewed a fish breeding plant under construction in Rybnaya Sloboda.
The meeting with Tyulyachi agrarians was held at a horse-breeding farm of S.Giniyatullin. Later on, Rustam Minnikhanov assessed the Tatarstan sowing campaign in the interview.
“The work is organized everywhere, farmers are in a positive mood. Recommendations of local authorities are taken into account, family farms are under construction.
Notwithstanding problems with winter crops, agrarians are provided with seeds and equipment they need. I believe we will not face serious problems,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.
Finally, Rustam Minnikhanov visited the village Verkhnie Kibya-Kozi in the Tyulyachi region. There he inspected the site of a new village club being constructed within the republican program.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.