Vladimir Putin holds session of Supervision council of ANO “Agency for Strategic Initiatives on the promotion of new projects”
8 April 2014, Tuesday
On April 8 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a session of the Supervision council of ANO “Agency for Strategic Initiatives on the promotion of new projects” held by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Novo-Ogarevo (Moscow region).
Members of the Supervision council discussed launching of the national rating of the investment climate in Russian regions, measures on improving business climate in the country, some initiatives in social sphere, and provision of legal information to Crimean small and medium-size businesses in connection with joining of Crimea to Russia.
Vladimir Putin said that business climate in Russia should be improved at a rapid pace, by reducing administrative loads. He also reminded that the national rating of the investment climate in Russian regions should be launched, noting that a special rating committee for collecting information in regions was established.
Director General of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Andrey Nikitin, who took part in the event, said that the agency would open a representative office in Crimea and include new regions and countries in their programmes aimed at improving investment climate.
A shorthand report of the session is published on the official website of Russian President http://news.kremlin.ru/news/20737
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.