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 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.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.