Dmitry Medvedev holds meeting in Naberezhnye Chelny on measures to support the Russian automotive market
2 December 2014, Tuesday
On December 2, in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a meeting chaired by Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on measures to support the Russian automotive market.
Opening the meeting, Medvedev said that the current situation in the Russian automotive market is unstable, with all segments having negative production and sales dynamics.
Medvedev said that the country's leadership has taken some measures to support the domestic automotive industry. In particular, two programmes to stimulate growth in demand for cars were launched. According to one of them regions will receive subsidies from the federal budget for the needs of housing and utilities sector to purchase buses and equipment that use natural gas. The second programme aimed at promoting sales will allow buyers to get a discount in case they scrap or trade in their old cars.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, using materials of IA "Tatar Inform"
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.