On October 17 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Thuringia Minister of Economy, Labour and Technologies Matthias Machnig took part in opening of the economic forum “Thuringia meets Tatarstan”.
Tatarstan and Thuringia businessmen came to Pullman Erfurt am Dom hotel in Erfurt to take part in the forum.
Welcoming participants of the forum, Mr Machnig noted similarity of two regions, two economic platforms for business and territorial development. He pointed out areas of potential cooperation, in particular, petrochemistry, agricultural engineering, automotive components production, health care, investment activity. I am sure that the foundation for future joint projects that will contribute to globalization of economy, internationalization of investments, and harmony of international dialogues will be laid today, the Minister said.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, in his turn, said that the republic is one of economically developed and stable innovative regions in Russia, and major efforts are taken to develop competitiveness of its economy. He mentioned such projects as Innopolis, Smart City Kazan, transport corridor “West Europe-West China”, and Sviyazhsk interregional logistics centre under implementation.
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.