Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Massachusetts Minister of Housing and Economic Development Gregory Bialecki
16 September 2013, Monday
On September 16 during his meeting with Massachusetts Minister of Housing and Economic Development Gregory Bialecki Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov noted a large amount of innovations that are adopted in various economic sectors in Massachusetts.
Local authorities and businessmen are interested in development and adoption of state-of-the-art technologies and implementation of different innovative projects.
He also noted that for the first time he got familiar with a government structure that unites economic development and housing sector.
Massachusetts Minister of Housing and Economic Development Gregory Bialecki said it was a kind of experiment noting that his ministry is responsible for providing housing to highly skilled specialists employed for innovative industries in Massachusetts.
Rustam Minnikhanov said that all conditions for developing innovative projects, attracting new ideas and technologies were created in the state.
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.