Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in Russian meeting on dairy industry
8 October 2013, Tuesday
On October 8 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a meeting on dairy industry development in Russia held by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Voronezh region.
According to Dmitry Medvedev, Russia has got all chances to become the leading producer of dairy products in the world. He said that within the last few years 100 bln rubles were allocated to support dairy industry. “Russia annually produces 30 mln tonnes of milk,” he added.
Head of Russian Government expressed hope that state support of dairy industry will not be reduced. He noted that 16 bln rubles are provided for agriculture development programme.
Chairman of Russian Union of dairy enterprises Arkady Ponomarev suggested making changes in the trade law and ban any bonuses for selling dairy products in shops. Dmitry Medvedev said agricultural producers should address law enforcement bodies on issues of corruption cases in retail networks. He noted that both trade law and the Criminal Code should be taken into account.
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.