Rustam Minnikhanov meets Director General of Agency for Strategic Initiatives
17 October 2014, Friday
On October 17, at the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met Director General of Agency for Strategic Initiatives Andrei Nikitin, who is taking part in an educational seminar opened today in Kazan on National rating of investment climate in Russian regions.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Andrei Nikitin for holding the seminar in Kazan. Tatarstan President highly estimated modern assessment methodologies implemented by the Agency and noted the importance of comparing the investment potential of Russian regions. According to Minnikhanov, the republic is interested in increasing its own investment attractiveness, creating innovative economy and, as a result, promoting in the national rating. He assured Andrei Nikitin that the regional leadership will take a close look at all proposals and suggestions that will be put forward at the seminar.
Rustam Minnikhanov and Andrei Nikitin also discussed prospects of implementation of new joint projects between Tatarstan and Agency for Strategic Initiatives.
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.