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 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.
On 2 March in her address on the occasion of the Mentor’s Day, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva congratulated residents of the republic with the event and wrote: “Since 2025 this holiday established by Russian President Vladimir Putin has occupied a worthy place in the calendar of significant dates of our country, emphasizing the high status and significance of the mentoring mission.
On 28 February, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Director of the Fund “The Institute of Development of Tatarstan Cities” Nailya Nagumanova informed about preparation to the implementation of the Our Yard programme in the republic.