Minnikhanov visits Butlerov Institute of Chemistry and Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies at Kazan Federal University

On December 6, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited the Butlerov Institute of Chemistry under construction and a new building of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies at the Kazan Federal University (KFU).

The building construction of the Butlerov Institute of Chemistry is almost completed. The foundation stone laying ceremony was held within the framework of the International Butlerov Congress on Organic Chemistry in September 2011.

Students told Minnikhanov about projects implemented at the KFU, as well as grants they received for their research.

During his round of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies Minnikhanov looked around its laboratories and classrooms, as well as talked to students.

Representatives of the Institute told Tatarstan President about scientific work carried out at the university, and the use of the most modern methods of investigation in their work.