Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolay Fedorov visit Maisky greenhouse complex
6 March 2015, Friday
On March 6, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolay Fedorov, Tatarstan Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Akhmetov, Head of Zelenodolsk region Alexander Tygin visited Maisky greenhouse complex.
The complex was founded in 1974. Its total area is 42 hectares.
Director General of Maisky greenhouse complex Ilshat Ganiev said that 30.5 thousand tonnes of cucumbers and tomatoes were produced there last year.
The guests were also shown around the center for maintaining soil quality, where Ganiev stressed that only home-produced equipment is used there.
Rustam Minnikhanov and Nikolay Fedorov looked around greenhouses for growing tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers, strawberry and lettuce.
It was noted that the company’s total income made 476.9 million roubles last year.
Minnikhanov called for finding new customers and increasing the production output.
On 11 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that as of 11 May the housing construction plan has been fulfilled by 60 per cent in the republic with 1m 888thousand square meters of housing already commissioned.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin accompanied by the Head of his Office Shamil Gafarov paid homage to Soviet soldiers buried at the Arsk cemetery in Kazan and together with war veterans and other participants of the ceremony laid flowers and wreaths to the monument of the Soldier-the Last Man Standing.
On 7 May an official delegation from Tatarstan headed by the regional Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov came to the UAE to take part in an annual Investments Forum AIM Congress 2024 held in Abu-Dhabi.
The forum brought together leaders and experts of the branch from all over the world and is dedicated to transformational changes happening on the global investments landscape.
On May 6, speaking at a briefing held in the Government House of Tatarstan and dedicated to the issues of holding the sowing campaign in the republic, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic-Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Marat Zyabbarov said that in the current year the sowing area will be 2.7 million hectares, which is at the level of last year, including 1.8 million hectares allocated for spring sowing.