Rustam Minnikhanov: “Singapore experience plays an important role in Tatarstan achievements”
10 September 2014, Wednesday
On September 10, at his meeting with Singapore businessmen within the framework of Russia Singapore Business Forum, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that Singapore experience in economic and social spheres, and public administration played an important role in development of Tatarstan in the last few years.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked participants of the meeting for their attention paid to the republic. “Tatarstan is one of Russian leading regions. The experience we gained in Singapore played a great role in our achievements,” he said.
The President noted that during his visits to Singapore he realized that people are the basis of success in any business, and the competitive environment was created in Singapore.
“Singapore demonstrates the obvious example that people should work in a consistent way to achieve results,” Rustam Minnikhanov summarized.
Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov, who took part in the meeting, presented the investment potential of the republic, and Tatarstan Vice-Premier – Minister of Information and Communications Roman Shaikhutdinov told about Innopolis IT city that is being constructed near Kazan and offered Singapore companies to pay attention to opportunities provided there.
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.