Russian Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov: Business comes to Tatarstan because proper conditions are provided here
13 December 2013, Friday
On December 13 a joint session of Tatarstan Ministry of Finance, Department of Federal Tax Service, and Department of Federal Treasury Russian Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov said that business comes to Tatarstan because proper conditions are provided here.
The session was held at Korston hotel with participation of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Deputy Head of Federal Tax Service Andrey Petrushin, and broadcasted online on the Official Government website www.prav.tatarstan.ru.
Anton Siluanov informed that leaders of other regions should have the same attitude to entrepreneurship and provide necessary conditions for doing business. He noted that Russian Government appreciates work of Tatarstan leadership in this sphere, and federal funds allocated to the region are wisely spent.
Anton Siluanov mentioned preparation for summer Universiade 2013 as a positive example, saying that newly constructed venues are now used by Tatarstan citizens, students and sportsmen.
Russian Minister of Finance continued that large sums of money are allocated for creating industrial platforms and special economic zones today. However, none of them except for Special Economic Zone “Alabuga” yield results.
Summing up, Anton Siluanov presented a badge of Russian Ministry of Finance “Expert of financial work” to Rustam Minnikhanov.
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.