On August 20 at their meeting at Tatarstan Government House Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and AECOM officials - Regional Director, Russia/CIS, Transportation Vladimir Avetisyan and Managing Director, Russia Anthony Young discussed cooperation issues on a number of projects as well as preparation of complex traffic plan for holding of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Kazan.
To the point, AECOM is a global provider of management support services to a broad range of sectors, including architectural, engineering, landscape and city design, economic and strategic planning, transportation, environment and power engineering.
The company has been running business in Russia for 20 years with main offices situated in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Kaluga (for more information, please visit AECOM website http://aecom.com/About).
After a short presentation of the company’s activity and projects, Ildar Khalikov offered the AECOM management to consider the possibility of cooperation on Tatarstan toll highway project.
Tatarstan Minister of Transport and Roads Lenar Safin, Deputy Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture, and Municipal Economy Vladimir Kudryashov, First Deputy Head of Kazan municipality Irshat Minkin, Head of Kazan subdivision of Autonomous non-profit organization “Organizing Committee “Russia 2018” and other officials took part in the meeting.
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.