On October 22, at the Kazanskaya Yarmarka exhibition center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov took part in a solemn opening of the XVI specialized exhibition "DorTransExpo-2014".
The event will be attended by about 56 companies from Kazan, Tatarstan and 10 Russian regions. Road construction and utility special-purpose machinery, road infrastructure facilities and research developments are displayed at the exhibition. Also, a professional skill competition meeting the World Skills standards will be held within the framework of the show.
Welcoming participants and guests of the event, Ildar Khalikov congratulated road workers on their professional holiday and thanked them for effective work. “All the tasks set by Tatarstan President have been completed in due time and with high quality,” he said.
He continued that it would have been impossible to accomplish such ambitious tasks without modern machinery and technologies. “The preparation for the Universiade showed that only modern technologies enable us to provide the proper quality and speedy execution of all works. And today's exhibition is one more opportunity for our road builders to see all the industry's latest developments," Ildar Khalikov said.
He also noted with satisfaction that it has become a good tradition to hold a contest of professional skills at the exhibition. According to Khalikov, this contest will be one more step to holding the World Skills competition in Kazan.
Minister of Transport and Roads of the republic Lenar Safin handed in awards to the winners of the contest "Best Product of the Exhibition" after which the honoured guests cut the symbolic ribbon and looked around the exposition.
On 21 April, speaking at a briefing in the Government House of the republic, the Head of the Russian Federal Tax Service for Tatarstan Marat Safiullin said that slightly more than one week is left to file an income tax return for 2025 with the tax service. According to the results of the tax campaign 5.5.bn rubles should come to the regional budget, he said and informed who should submit declarations and who is entitled to benefits.
On 13 April in his congratulatory address on the occasion of the Maecenas and Benefactor Day, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated residents of the republic with the event and wrote: "Tatarstan has always been known for its generous and kind-hearted people who are ready to help the needy and support important social, cultural and educational projects. We all remember with gratitude the outstanding philanthropists – the Akchurin brothers, the Alafuzovs, and the Ushkovs, whose good deeds and generous donations contributed to the development of culture, education, and healthcare in our republic. The glorious traditions are continued by modern philanthropists and patrons of Tatarstan.
On 12 April in his address to residents of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated them with the Space Exploration Day and said: “April 12, 1961 has forever been inscribed into the world history as the day of triumph of the Soviet science and engineering thought. The flight of Yuriy Gagarin opened the way to the stars for the humankind and demonstrated to the whole world the might of our country.
On 4 April , speaking at a closing ceremony of the XX Russian Venture Forum held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian Venture Forum has confirmed its status of the point of attraction of technological development leaders.
The Forum created a unified scientific, technological and investment space where scientific ideas are transformed into competitive products, and startups gain access to capital and markets. Its business programme is organically integrated into the regional and federal agenda for achieving technological sovereignty and leadership of Russia, he said.