Tatarstan President: “Stable situation in the republic and in families depends on working efficiency of enterprises”
29 April 2014, Tuesday
On April 29 at a session of the Economic council under Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that stable situation in the republic and in families depends on working efficiency of enterprises. Tatarstan President stated that country’s and global economy is slowing down. Besides, Europe and USA are imposing sanctions on Russia.
“We should estimate which sanctions will be applied to our enterprises indirectly, and what markets can we lose. Ministries should estimate all these risks. Besides our everyday work we have to take into account current situation in the world,” Rustam Minnikhanov said. He also asked to pay attention to income tax, labour efficiency and energy and resource consumption. “We have to carry out complex work on using technologies in the sphere of organization of production and efficiency of resource management to meet international standards. We should also focus on tariff policy, transport infrastructure and staff training,” Rustam Minnikhanov added.
“We should increase responsibility of our managers, and tell private investors what is happening at their enterprises. I think any owner is interested in efficient work of his company.
Participants of the meeting discussed financial activity of energy, petrochemical, engineering, transport, construction, housing and utility enterprises, and social and economic development of Tatarstan in the 1st quarter of 2014.
Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, heads of ministries, agencies, and enterprises took part in the event.
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.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.