Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in joint meeting of State Council and Council for Implementation of Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy
21 April 2014, Monday
On April 21, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhnov took part in a joint meeting of State Council and Council for Implementation of Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy, held by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Participants of the meeting discussed issues related to sustained development in rural areas.
“The rural areas have tremendous economic, demographic, natural and historical-cultural potential. Our task is to put this to effective use for the country’s benefit, in order to give millions of our people a new quality of life,” Vladimir Putin said in particular.
The President emphasized that people continue to leave the countryside. In 2000 the rural population made 40 million people. Today, the rural areas are home to about 37 million people.
Opening the meeting, the President announced that he has signed an executive order on rehabilitation of the Armenian, Bulgarian, Crimean Tatar and German peoples and state support measures for their revival and development.
The meeting was broadcast online on the Russian TV channels.
More information is available at http://www.kremlin.ru/news/20839
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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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.
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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.