Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov arrives in Singapore to take part in the 8th Russia Singapore Business Forum
23 September 2013, Monday
On September 23 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov arrived in Singapore to take part in the 8th Russia Singapore Business Forum.
To the point, the Russia Singapore Business Forum was organized in 2006 and became the only high level event in Asia for business representatives from Russia, CIS countries, Singapore and other Asian countries. The forum’s main goal is to foster business contacts, discuss new possibilities, and latest economic tendencies in Russia and Asian region.
It is expected that 800 participants, including representatives from the most dynamic Russian and Singaporean business segments, will attend the four-day Forum 2013 (September 23-26), that takes place at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
It is planned that on September 24 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov will take part in a special event of the Russia Singapore Forum “Investing and doing business in Tatarstan” and deliver special speech on the topic “Tatarstan – Singapore experience”.
Deputy Prime-Minister – Tatarstan Minister of Information and Communication Roman Shaikhutdinov, Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov, Aide to Tatarstan President Airat Khairullin, Board Chairman of OAO Ak Bars Bank Robert Minnegaliev, Director General of Innopolis Special Economic Zone Igor Nosov, Director of State Autonomous Institution “High Technology Park “IT-park” Anton Grachev and other officials are on the Tatarstan delegation.
On 12 April in his address to residents of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated them with the Space Exploration Day and said: “April 12, 1961 has forever been inscribed into the world history as the day of triumph of the Soviet science and engineering thought. The flight of Yuriy Gagarin opened the way to the stars for the humankind and demonstrated to the whole world the might of our country.
On 4 April , speaking at a closing ceremony of the XX Russian Venture Forum held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian Venture Forum has confirmed its status of the point of attraction of technological development leaders.
The Forum created a unified scientific, technological and investment space where scientific ideas are transformed into competitive products, and startups gain access to capital and markets. Its business programme is organically integrated into the regional and federal agenda for achieving technological sovereignty and leadership of Russia, he said.
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.
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