Head of the government of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in structure of the Russian delegation takes part in economic forum in Davos

Today, on January, 28th, Prime Minister of Republic Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in structure of delegation of the Russian Federation has arrived in Davos (Switzerland) for participation in the international economic forum.

The main subject to be discussed by participants of Davos forum-2009 is the consequences of a world economic crisis. By preliminary assessments, the forum will be attended by more than 40 heads of the states and national governments, 60 ministers, more than 30 top executives of leading international organizations. Even before official opening of Davos-2009 the analysts stated that « the forum did not cause such a boom since the beginning of its work in 1971 ».

The official delegation of the Russian Federation is led by Prime Minister of the country Vladimir Putin. Besides him, Russia in Davos is represented by the first vice-premier of the Russian Federation Igor Shuvalov, minister of economic development of Russian Federation Elvira Nabiullina and Anatoly Chubays ( Rosnano), Andrey Kostin (VTB), Oleg Deripaska (BAZEL), Vagit Alekperov (LUKoil), Alexander Izosimov ("Vympelcom").
The work of Davos economic forum-2009 will last till February, 1st.