Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Director General of OOO “IKEA MOS”
3 June 2014, Tuesday
On June 3, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with Director General of OOO "IKEA MOS" (Retail and Property) Armin Michaely, who said that IKEA and MEGA-Kazan shopping centre are big players in Tatarstan retail market.
The amount of company’s investments in the republic makes 4 billion roubles. In 2014, IKEA MOS, the owner of MEGA-Kazan, paid 235 million roubles of taxes, IKEA Dom - 245 million roubles. The number of employees working in Kazan makes 2,500 people. 12.5 million people visit the shopping centre every year.
Armin Michaely addressed Rustam Minnikhanov with request to improve transport accessibility of MEGA-Kazan.
Tatarstan President noted the important role of IKEA company for Kazan as a big tax payer and employer, and asked regional ministries and agencies to work out the announced proposals.
Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, Aide to Tatarstan President on economic affairs Airat Khairullin, and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin took part in the meeting at the Kazan Kremlin.
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.