Session of Operations Office on monitoring markets for agricultural products, raw materials and foodstuffs held at Tatarstan Government House
4 February 2015, Wednesday
On February 4, at Tatarstan Government House, acting Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held the session of Operations Office on monitoring markets for agricultural products, raw materials and foodstuffs on the territory of Tatarstan Republic.
Issues related to public procurement for social institutions, changes of staple food prices and the current situation were under discussion at the session.
Aleksey Pesoshin reported that Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Federal Service on state statistics on Tatarstan Republic, Center of economic and social research under Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministries conduct monitoring of staple food prices with the help of executive committees of municipalities of the republic.
To the point, First Deputy Prosecutor of the Republic of Tatarstan Artem Nikolaev said that Tatarstan Prosecutor's Office and Tatarstan Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service inspected major retail chains on the territory of the republic in order to prevent unreasonable price increase and revealed some violations.
Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan Republic – Tatarstan Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Akhmetov informed about situation in agricultural market.
Tatarstan President’s Press Office, Elena Britvina
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