President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov meets with officials of DANONE-Unimilk
23 July 2012, Monday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Vice-president on integration of DANONE-Unimilk Stephan Kuste and Managing Director of the division “Volga” OJSC “Unimilk” Anatoly Arnautov discussed issues of perspective cooperation in the sphere of agricultural development and processing of agricultural produce.
The meeting was held at the RT Government House with participation of Deputy RT Prime Minister – Minister of agriculture and foodstuff Marat Akhmetov, Aide to RT President on economic issues Airat Khairulin.
The parties discussed interaction in the sphere of agro-industrial complex, processing of milk produce, in particular.
Rustam Minnikhanov told about development of milk industry, milk production and measures taken to increase the livestock of milk cows. He also noted that much attention is paid to development of private households and farms in republic.
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