Rustam Minnikhanov: Tatarstan carries out systemic work with Microsoft company
14 March 2013, Thursday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with representatives of Microsoft management at Tatarstan Government House. Further cooperation with the company and application of Microsoft licensed software products were discussed at the meeting.
According to Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan carries out systemic work with Microsoft company. “We have established good business relationships. Tatarstan is one of regions that initiated legalisation of Microsoft products application,” he said.
Microsoft Vice-President for Eastern and Central Europe Don Grantham, Tatarstan Minister of Information and Communication Roman Shaikhutdinov, Aide to Tatarstan President Airat Khairullin participated in the meeting.
To the point, representatives of Microsoft management team are staying in Kazan to take part in solemn ceremony of launching Microsoft Windows 8 system in Tatar language (Kazan IT-park, Peterburgskaya str.)
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.