Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in forum “Open innovations”
14 October 2014, Tuesday
On October 14, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Information and Communications Roman Shaikhutdinov and Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov took part in a traditional annual forum “Open innovations” in Moscow.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Chairman of Chinese State Council Lǐ Kèqíang delivered speeches at a plenary session.
Later on, Rustam Minnikhanov spoke at a governor’s session of the forum that was dedicated to priorities of technological development of regions, support of demand for innovative products and international cooperation within the framework of joint Russia-China projects.
Tatarstan President told about economic growth points of the republic and nanotechnologies. He reminded participants of the session that 14 Russian regions joined the association of innovative regions and uphold interests of regions before the federal center.
Rustam Minnikhanov also noted that cluster development is underway in the republic, and engineering centres are being created, such as Rosnano centre of nanotechnologies and Aerocomposit company.
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.