Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Mitsui officials (Japan)
29 October 2013, Tuesday
On October 29 at their meeting at KRK “Pyramida” Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Executive Director for Project Development of Mitsui & Co., Ltd Sugawara Masato discussed prospects of cooperation between Mitsui and Tatarstan production factories. In particular, Rustam Minnikhanov stressed that Tatarstan appreciates relations with Mitsui & Co., Ltd and is interested in their further development.
To the point, a delegation of Mitsui & Co., Ltd arrived in Tatarstan to take part in solemn events dated to 55th anniversary of OAO "Kazanorgsintez" and 50th anniversary of first production output at OAO "Kazanorgsintez”. Mitsui & Co., Ltd and OAO "Kazanorgsintez” have long-term business relations. In 2005 they implemented a joint project on setting up the bisphenol and polycarbonate production complex.
Director General of OAO “TAIF” Albert Shigabutdinov, Deputy Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Khamza Bagmanov, Board Chairman of OAO “Nizhnekamsneftekhim”, Deputy Director General for Management and Strategic Development of OAO “Nizhnekamsneftekhim” Vladimir Busygin, Aide to Tatarstan President Rinat Sabirov and other officials took part in the meeting.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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.