Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in road show Russian Startup Tour
6 February 2014, Thursday
On February 6 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the second round of All-Russia programme on development and support of technological entrepreneurship, the road show of development institutes Russian Startup Tour at high technology park IT park.
The event was organized by Skolkovo Fund, Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, Russian Venture Company, ROSNANO, Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communication and Ministry of Economy.
Deputy Minister of Communication and Mass Media Mark Shmulevich, Deputy Minister of Finance Andrey Ivanov, Advisor to the President of Skolkovo Foundation Pekka Viljakainen, Board Chairman of Skolkovo Foundation Andrey Burenin took part in the event.
Kazan round of Russian Startup Tour is a part of programme that is held on January 20 – April 27 in 27 Russian cities. The progamme is aimed at finding prospective high-tech projects, give impetus to development of innovative entrepreneurship activity in regions, help young specialists to develop strategies for implementation of their projects.
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.