Rustam Minnikhanov: Success of Tatarstan is formed of sand grains and mass media plays important part in this
10 June 2012, Sunday
A plenary session of “Tatarstan” media club, set up at Plenipotentiary representation of RT in Moscow, was held in Kazan (Safar hotel) today.. RT President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the session. Over 70 people, the representatives of TV channels, info agencies, newspapers and magazines have arrived in Kazan today’s morning for participation in a session of media club “Tatarstan”.
During the day a program has been arranged for the guests in the context of which they visited High Technology technopark– IT-park, a number of sports objects, constructed for summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan.
President of RT Rustam Minnikhanov stated that today he is ready to answer all the questions of journalists. Then, head of the republic briefly told about the most important events.
In particular, he informed that today the festivities were held in Bolgar town dedicated to a regular anniversary of adopting Islam by the Volga Bulgaria. The people who do not know their roots have no perspectives, Rustam Minnikhanov said and invited all to visit the Bolgar town.
He stressed, while speaking, that multinational people of Tatarstan live in peace and accord.
Chairman of the Russian government Dmitry Medvedev was on a working visit in Kazan yesterday, on June 9. He held a meeting at the Gorbunov KAPO on strategic progress of aviation and said about creating a new plant on assembling the transport aircraft An-70.
Besides, a ceremony of laying the stone in foundation of innovative fellow town Innopolis–Kazan with participation of Dmitry Medvedev took place yesterday.
In the coming years, we would realize this project, in many angles this is not the issue of money, the main thing is to take up a political decision, Rustam Minnikhanov stated. The project is needed at federal level, its payback is very high.
III All-Russian forum of religious leaders took place in Kazan yesterday, on June 9. 900 people from 55 regions of the country discussed the problems of developing language, culture and traditions.
The success of Tatarstan is formed of sand grains and mass media plays an important role in this.
He thanked members of media club for the interest to Tatarstan. You are our brothers–in-arms and supporters, he said, addressing the guests.
Then, head of the republic shortly told about the projects being implemented in Tatarstan industry, - this is further evolution of special economic zone Alabuga where 30 companies residents have been registered already, the plans on developing JSC KAMAZ, construction of plant on production of ammonia, methanol, granulated carbamide and ammonia nitrate (JSC Ammoni) and many others.
By words of Rustam Minnikhanov, today the republic is oriented on serious development of chemistry and petro-chemistry.
We have learnt to recover bitumen oil, he said, and this means the use of the most updated technologies. Besides, the prospected reserves of hydro-carbon stock in Tatarstan – for more than 30 years under present volume of oil production is available, he said, and the reserve of bitumen oil makes up over 7 bln. tones.
Head of the republic stressed that today our task is to provide oil-chemical branch with raw material.
Regarding accession of Russia in the WTO, by words of President of Tatarstan, «the process is quite painful». Today we should not discuss how it would be bad, Rustam Minnikhanov said, over 150 countries are operating in the WTO, and nobody complains, so why Russia will not be able to work in the WTO? «We cannot live separately and must be integrated in the world economy», - he stated. During the session of media club "Tatarstan" Rustam Minnikhanov answered the questions of journalists of «Musulmane» program, magazine «Rossiyane», radio station «Echo Moskvy», TV channel «Russia Today», info agency «Interfax», the program «Utro na NTV» and others.
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.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.