Rustam Minnikhanov visits objects in Naberezhnye Chelny
10 June 2014, Tuesday
On June 10, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov looked around tram line under construction, engineering centre of Kazan federal university, and IT park in Naberezhnye Chelny.
The new tram line with length of 12.2 km will connect old and new parts of the town, construction will cost 566,8 million roubles. Mayor of Naberezhnye Chelny Vasil Shaikhraziev said that the new line will be put into operation on December 25, 2014.
Rector of Kazan federal university Ilshat Gafurov showed Rustam Minnikhanov around the engineering centre with 29 laboratories that is meant for training specialists for automotive industry, and conducting applied researches for different enterprises.
Tatarstan President was told that engineers and Director General of OAO KAMAZ deliver lectures to the students of the engineering centre.
The guests visited laboratories and lecture halls. Laboratories were equipped with participation of enterprises, for example Ford Sollers gave their car for studying its internal structure.
During his visit to IT park, Rustam Minnikhanov welcomed participants of the final round of “Startup Sabantui”, highly estimated the level of the event and noted importance of talented developers for the republic.
The guests visited several offices, spoke to employees of resident companies and a lesson of IT academy.
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.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials
On 24 April in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a joint meeting the Council for Enforcement of Legislation of Languages of Tatarstan and the organizational committee for celebrations of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay which summarized results of work of the regional law enforcement on official languages of the republic and considered progress of the implementation of the plan of main events for preparation and celebration of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay .