Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolay Fedorov visits exhibition of Tatarstan food and processing enterprises
6 March 2015, Friday
On March 6, Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolay Fedorov visited the exhibition of Tatarstan food and processing enterprises at Korston hotel.
Nikolay Fedorov arrived in Kazan to take part in a session of Interdepartmental commission on holding spring agricultural works and rendering help to agricultural authorities of regions within Volga Federal District.
Before the session Fedorov looked around the exposition of large agricultural producers, including OOO “Prosto moloko” that produces milk, cheese and yoghurts. It is the only company with the complete production cycle in the republic. Representatives of Kazan bakery plant No. 3 told about their produce, volume of output and prospects of development.
Near the exposition of Zelenodolsk milk processing factory Rustam Minnikhanov stressed that the enterprise produces children’s dairy products for the whole republic.
Minnikhanov and Fedorov looked around other expositions as well.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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.