On April 12 at a regional meeting at Tatarstan Government House held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Municipal Economy Irek Faizullin said that 753, 000 m² (31.4 per cent of the annual plan) of housing were commissioned in Tatarstan as of April 11.
He reminded that under the programme of relocation of citizens from shabby houses, information concerning all houses located on the republic should be presented in the system of State Housing Fund of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan to provide housing under social mortgage programme.
Reporting on social mortgage programme, Irek Faizullin said that 24 houses with total area of 69.3 thousand m² were commissioned as of April 11.
As for rental housing, 11 houses with total area of 41, 492 m² will be constructed in 2014, including 8 houses for Innopolis employees in Verkhny Uslon region, a 119-apartment house for IT park employees in Naberezhnye Chelny, 156-apartment house for employees of SEZ “Alabuga”, and 44-apartment house in Zhurnalistov st. (Kazan).
Besides, a 64-apartment house and cottage township with total area of 11, 421 m² for employees of SEZ “Alabuga” are under construction.
Concerning construction of investment housing, 33 of 121 multi-apartment houses have been built.
Summing up, Rustam Minnikhanov asked to organize double-shift work during the construction season, that is especially important for strategic objects, such as SEZ “Innopolis”.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.