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 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.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.