Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in meeting of Russian ministry of agriculture
4 July 2012, Wednesday
President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov was today on a working trip in Moscow to take part in a meeting of the Russian ministry of agriculture held by the RF Minister of agriculture Nikolai Fedorov.
Further development of the industry in the country and specifically in Tatarstan was discussed at the meeting. One of issues on the agenda was creation of the advanced grain processing sector as the main factor of foodstuff safety and agriculture development in the country.
Nikolai Fedorov noted that for now the most numerous cattle and poultry stock among other Russian regions is characteristic of Tatarstan.
Tatarstan presented new project of high-quality beef production aimed at provision of population with high-quality beef. The project implies purchasing of cattle, equipment for fodder procurement, creation of production infrastructure in several municipal regions of Tatarstan. Realization of this project will enable producing up to 7 thousand tons of meat per year.
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.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials