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 March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.