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 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials