PricewaterhouseCoopers intends cooperating with Tatarstan within the framework of “Innopolis” project

PricewaterhouseCoopers intends cooperating with Tatarstan within the framework of “Innopolis” project - construction of innovative satellite town near Kazan. Arrangements have been reached at the meeting of the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with President of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Mr Dennis Nelly. The meeting was held within the framework of St.Petersburg international economic forum (the exhibition center “Lenexpo”, St.Petersburg).
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked the company’s management for well-coordinated joint work with major Tatarstan industrial enterprises in the sphere of audit and consulting.

President of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Mr Dennis Nelly appreciated the Tatarstan initiative on realization of the “Innopolis” project and offered consulting and maintenance services. He specified the areas where the company’s specialists can be most helpful, i.e. development of road map, creation of legal and regulatory base facilitating attraction of investors, provision of high transparency level and reasonable project management.

Rustam Minnikhanov thanked PwC President for the offer saying that their help will be in demand. He reminded as well that the project was created by the Tatarstan ex-minister of communications Nikolai Nikiforov, who has become the Russian minister of communications and will now supervise the project on the federal level.

According to the Tatarstan President, the project was highly appreciated and supported by Chairman of the Russian Government Dmitry Medvedev. The President suggested choosing a specialist responsible for interaction in the context of the “Innopolis” project noting that on the part of Tatarstan the Minister of informatization and communications Roman Shaikhutdinov will by a contact person.

Today, PricewaterhouseCoopers participates in realization of Skolkovo project, renders consulting services for winter Olympic Games in Sochi 2014, and is the official partner of summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan.