Rustam Minnikhanov meets with chief of Bombardier company
16 August 2012, Thursday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Vice President of Asset Management at Bombardier Rod Sheridan have discussed issues of mutually beneficial cooperation. The meeting took place at the RT Government House with participation of Tatarstan’s Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Minister of industry and trade Ravil Zaripov, and others.
Rustam Minnikhanov noted that Tatarstan had become one of the regional service platforms of Bombardier. The authorized service center of the Canadian engineering company opened on the territory of TulparTechnic.
“Opening of such a center means that you have serious intentions and we need to develop our relationships,” Rustam Minnikhanov said. He thanked Bombardier management for cooperation saying he is sure that new center will service the Bombardier aircraft park with a high level of reliability and quality.
Rod Sheridan made a short presentation for attendees of the meeting, told about new aircrafts, use of composite materials in their production and prospects of the Russian aviation market. In particular, he noted that cooperation with “Ak Bars aero” is efficiently developing.
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.