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 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
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.