Denis Manturov visits Experimental Design Bureau named after Simonov in Kazan
18 June 2014, Wednesday
On June 18, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited the Experimental Design Bureau named after Simonov in Kazan.
The enterprise deals with development and maintenance of remotely piloted aircraft systems, development of air targets, creation of target layout for testing airborne avionics of aircrafts Su-30MK, MiG-29, and С-300, С-400 systems, maintenance and repair of engineered equipment.
The enterprise has got its own production facilities meant for design, production, and testing of models of aviation equipment.
In April 2014 it was renamed for the Scientific Production Association “Experimental Design Bureau named after M.P.Simonov”.
Denis Manturov and Rustam Minnikhanov also looked around the newly constructed production facilities “KAI-Composit” established by OAO Scientific Production Association “Experimental Design Bureau named after M.P.Simonov” and Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N.Tupolev.
Later on, the guests went to the assembly department to see presentation of a long-duration unpiloted aircraft that is being created as a demonstrator.
On 14 September Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part took part in the elections of the Rais of the republic and cast his vote on the polling station on Chetaeva Street in Kazan.
There are four candidates taking part in the elections of the Head of the republic, namely Rustam Minnikhanov form the One Russia Party, Khafiz Migralimov from the KPRF, Vitaliy Smirnov from the Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice and Ruslan Yusupov from the LDPR.
On 9 September at a briefing in the Government House of the republic and dedicated to issues of organizing and holding the single day of voting, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Tatarstan Andrey Kodratyev told that the elections of the Rais of the republic, of members of the local self-government bodies as well as the additional elections of a member of the State Council of the republic from the Melecess constituency will be held on 14 September.
On September 8, speaking at a meeting of the organizing committee and jury members of the XXI Kazan International Film Festival "Altyn Minbar", which was held in the capital of Tatarstan from September 5 to 9 under the motto "Through the dialogue of cultures - to the culture of dialogue", Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Vasil Shaykhraziev, who chaired this meeting, thanked the jury members for their attention to the festival and noted its growing authority. "The Kazan International Film Festival continues to develop, its geography and number of participants are expanding. This year we are celebrating a record number of applications, which indicates the importance of our forum," he emphasized.
On 8 September in his address to financiers dedicated to their professional holiday, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated them with the Day of Russian Financier and wrote: “The financial system is the foundation of the stability of the republic and a guarantee of the sustainable development of economy.