Tatarstan President meets Chairman of Supervisory Council of Knorr-Bremse AG
29 October 2014, Wednesday
On October 29, at their meeting at Tatarstan Government House, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Chairman of Supervisory Council of Knorr-Bremse AG Mr Heinz Hermann Thiele discussed current issues related to the activity of the Knorr-Bremse KAMA Joint Venture and prospects for further development of the company in Tatarstan.
Knorr-Bremse AG, a German company, is one of the world’s leaders in production of brake systems for trucks and railway transport. In Tatarstan, the company and KAMAZ (the largest automobile corporation in Russia) have established a joint venture producing brake assemblies in Naberezhnye Chelny.
Director General of OAO “KAMAZ” Sergey Kogogin also took part in the meeting.
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.