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 May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
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.