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 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.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.