Tatarstan President looks around bus made based on KAMAZ chassis in Bogota
5 November 2014, Wednesday
On November 5, during his working visit to Colombia, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov looked around a bus assembled in Colombia based on KAMAZ chassis. Tatarstan President got into the driver's cabin, where Director General of KAMAZ Automobile Corporation Sergey Kogogin made a presentation for him and other Tatarstan delegates.
Passenger buses manufactured on KAMAZ chassis are assembled in Colombia at the Busscar factory in Pereira. They are equipped with Euro 3 system and have a seating capacity of 32 passengers. During the last 18 months the Busscar factory manufactured 420 buses. Buses for long-distance travelling are equipped with an air conditioner. Buses based on KAMAZ chassis are produced for the Venezuelan market as well.
For information: The produce of OAO “KAMAZ" has been delivered to Colombia since the early 1990s and over 200 KAMAZ trucks have been exported to this country since 2008.
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.