Rustam Minnikhanov meets with president of SAP EMEA Frank Cohen
27 July 2012, Friday
The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov has met with president of SAP EMEA Frank Cohen (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) at the RT Government House.
The parties discussed a number of issues, in particular, cooperation in the sphere of decisions for the republican state sector (management for emergency situations, educational sphere, strategic management of the region, proposals on support and development of small and medium-size business).
Welcoming guests, Rustam Minnikhanov reminded that Russia had joined WTO and it requires compliance with all global standards.
Frank Cohen noted that SAP had long been working with the Tatarstan enterprises and the region is known for high level of automatization and wide development of innovations. “We are ready to work with republic on the highest level, we will involve best specialists from SAP CIS, our European colleagues, international experts, SAP Labs and Skolkovo resources,” Frank Cohen said. He informed that in the nearest time the company is going to invest in innovative projects of republic.
The meeting was attended by Ishkhan Kazinyan, Deputy Director General of SAP CIS, and Anton Tataurov, Director for interaction with state authorities of SAP CIS.
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.