Thomson Reuters to present opportunities and services to Tatarstan energy companies
20 June 2013, Thursday
At their meeting within the framework of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and officials of Thomson Reuters agency agreed on presentation of the company’s opportunities and services for Tatarstan mineral and energy companies at a session of OAO “Tatneftekhiminvest-holding”.
At today’s meeting Rustam Minnikhanov said that cooperation with Thomson Reuters is efficient by a number of projects, including “Smart City Kazan”. He also thanked company’s executives for an opportunity to visit Thomson Reuters office in Dubai during the Annual Investment Meeting.
Thomson Reuters is a big international information agency and supplier of information services with 150 – year history. The company has representative offices in 155 countries, 40 thousand organisations use company’s solutions.
It is expected that information cooperation of Thomson Reuters with Tatarstan industrial enterprises will bring them to international markets and attract potential investors.
The Protocol on cooperation between Thomson Reuters and Tatarstan Investment Development Agency was signed at the meeting.
On May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
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.