At a meeting between Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and executives of Danfoss (Denmark) in Copenhagen, it was said that Danfoss and the republic intend to continue and strengthen their cooperation. Rustam Minnikhanov noted that Danfoss has a great experience of working in Russia and has had close and fruitful relations with Tatarstan in recent years.
“I am sure that such meetings as today will allow us to continue to work successfully and promote our joint projects. We see Denmark and its companies as our partners for long-term cooperation,” Minnikhanov said.
In his turn Niels Christiansen, President and CEO of Danfoss, noted that he is also satisfied with cooperation with Tatarstan and confirmed intentions of the company for further work. "We are interested in implementing projects in Tatarstan," he said.
Niels Christiansen also said that the company will continue to localize its production facilities in Russia. In particular, now we are working on the project of building a new plant in Nizhny Novgorod, he continued.
Then, new projects of Danfoss in Russia were demonstrated to Rustam Minnikhanov and members of the Tatarstan delegation. According to company representatives, Danfoss has invested 80 million Euros to Russia, where about 1,000 people are working at the company’s facilities.
They told in more details about their manufacturing and office complex in Nakhabino (Moscow region) and products already produced in Russia.
During the meeting Rustam Minnikhanov offered the company's executives to look into business conditions available in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone and invited representatives of the company to visit the zone for more detailed study.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
On 13 July, speaking at a regular meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with participation of the regional First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Nigmatullin and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Lenar Garipov reported about situation with the crops, readiness of harvesting complex and forage conservation work.
On July 8, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic, Head of the State Archive-Keeping Committee of Tatarstan Gulnara Gabdrakhmanova informed about the genealogy festival “Echoes of centuries in the history of the family”, which has been taking place under the patronage of the State Committee of the Republic for Archival Affairs since 2019. During the period of its existence, over 10,000 people took part in it.
On 3 July Tatarstan First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Nigmatullin and the regional Minister for Youth Affairs Rinat Sadykov took part in a solemn ceremony of opening the shift “Time of young heroes” in the children’s recreation camp Chayka in Vysokaya Gora region of the republic. More than 250 kids from 15 regions of the republic are taking part in this shift which is held for the second time this year, and speaking at the ceremony, Rustam Nigmatullin said: “Such shifts facilitate development of desire of young people to make their country better, to be proud of it and to protect their families and friends. We lay great hopes on you as you are the ones to create history of our Fatherland. I am sure the shift will be interesting, bright and informative.”
On 2 June, speaking at a briefing in the Government House of the republic held with all regions of the republic taking part in it via video conference, the regional Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Zyabbarov told journalists about preparation and holding the International Agribusiness Exhibition AgroVolga and the current situation in the agribusiness.