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 21 April, speaking at a briefing in the Government House of the republic, the Head of the Russian Federal Tax Service for Tatarstan Marat Safiullin said that slightly more than one week is left to file an income tax return for 2025 with the tax service. According to the results of the tax campaign 5.5.bn rubles should come to the regional budget, he said and informed who should submit declarations and who is entitled to benefits.
On 13 April in his congratulatory address on the occasion of the Maecenas and Benefactor Day, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated residents of the republic with the event and wrote: "Tatarstan has always been known for its generous and kind-hearted people who are ready to help the needy and support important social, cultural and educational projects. We all remember with gratitude the outstanding philanthropists – the Akchurin brothers, the Alafuzovs, and the Ushkovs, whose good deeds and generous donations contributed to the development of culture, education, and healthcare in our republic. The glorious traditions are continued by modern philanthropists and patrons of Tatarstan.
On 12 April in his address to residents of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated them with the Space Exploration Day and said: “April 12, 1961 has forever been inscribed into the world history as the day of triumph of the Soviet science and engineering thought. The flight of Yuriy Gagarin opened the way to the stars for the humankind and demonstrated to the whole world the might of our country.
On 4 April , speaking at a closing ceremony of the XX Russian Venture Forum held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian Venture Forum has confirmed its status of the point of attraction of technological development leaders.
The Forum created a unified scientific, technological and investment space where scientific ideas are transformed into competitive products, and startups gain access to capital and markets. Its business programme is organically integrated into the regional and federal agenda for achieving technological sovereignty and leadership of Russia, he said.