Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov considers that on-line trading system will secure against corruption and provide correct interrelation “price-quality”
14 March 2009, Saturday
Head of Tatarstan government required for a serious attitude towards implementation of the planned parameters in housing construction in 2009 at a meeting in RT Cabinet.
449 thousand m² of housing (22,5 % of annual plan) have been constructed in January and February. It is planned to have 1,55 mln. m² of housing commissioned by the end of 2009.
Rustam Minnikhanov said that it is necessary to have all documentation for construction, particularly, registered ground areas. Besides he offered to cooperate actively with State Order Agency and use on-line trading system for purchasing construction materials.
Rustam Minnikhanov entrusted chief of State Order Agency Yakov Geller with organizing training seminars for specialists (including municipal regions).
RT Minister of construction, architecture and housing Marat Khusnullin made a report at the meeting. He stressed that a 3-year program of State housing fund has to be approved by May,1 saying that municipal administrations should take documentation seriously.
As far as the program of capital repair of multi-family houses is concerned it has already been financed for 998 mln. roubles. Accounts were set up for 233 houses, the works started.
The issue was raised likewise regarding cost of 1 m² of housing by social mortgage program. Currently the price for 1 m² is defined as 22 000 roubles. But Marat Khusnullin considers that this point should be discussed because both imported decoration and domestic-produced materials became more expensive.
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.