Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov meets with Deputy Board Chairman of OAO "Rosselkhozbank" Kirill Levin
15 April 2014, Tuesday
On April 15, at their meeting in Kazan, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Deputy Board Chairman of OAO "Rosselkhozbank" Kirill Levin discussed state support measures for entrepreneurship.
Ildar Khalikov is sure that today’s visit of Rosselkhozbank’s management to Kazan will contribute to further strengthening of relations.
It is important to us that not only public authorities but also institutions, dealing with entrepreneurs, and banks in particular realize the need to support and develop small and medium business under the current situation, Ildar Khalikov said.
According to him, small and medium-size businesses create jobs and provide social security of citizens and stability of the state. Particular attention is paid to this issue in Tatarstan, Ildar Khalikov added.
Kirill Levin, in his turn, said that upon studying the map of small and medium business development specialists of OAO “Rosselkhozbank" concluded that entrepreneurship develops more actively if there are large production facilities and enterprises in the area.
Participation of OAO "Rosselkhozbank" in regional investment projects and bank’s cooperation with the non-profit organization “Guarantee Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan” were also discussed at the meeting.
Earlier, the press-service of Tatarstan branch of "Rosselkhozbank" reported that it is planned to allocate 5.3 billion roubles to regional agricultural producers to carry out seasonal field works this year. Since December 2013, the bank has provided loans to the amount of 1.8 billion roubles to 56 enterprises for this purpose, including 1.5 billion roubles to large-size companies.
As of mid-March, the share of OAO "Rosselkhozbank" in lending to agriculture is 37 per cent in Tatarstan.
Representatives of Small Business Department of OAO "Rosselkhozbank", Tatartsan Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Tatarstan Ministry of Economy and other officials took part in the meeting.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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