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 1 December Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in N.I. Lobachevsky Prize and Medal Award Ceremony held in Kazan Federal University and handed in the award to the Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chief Researcher of the St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergei Ivanov who was awarded for the outstanding achievements in fundamental and applied mathematics.
Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan Leyla Fazleeva congratulated on Mother’s Day.
"Dear mothers! On behalf of Tatarstan Government and on my own behalf, please accept our warmest and most heartfelt congratulations on Mother's Day. This holiday is filled with special meaning – it combines love, gratitude and deep respect for your work, care and resilience.
On 27 November the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with al municipalities taking part in it via videoconference which discussed measures on stepping up traffic safety, decrease of car accidents and reducing the severity of their consequences in the republic.
On 21 November in his address dedicated to the Day of the Tax Authorities Employee of the Russian Federation, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated employees and old stagers of Tax services with their professional holiday and said: