Ildar Khalikov holds meeting with delegation of international rating agency Standard&Poor's
19 March 2015, Thursday
On March 19, at his meeting with delegation of the international rating agency Standard&Poor's, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov told about social and economic development of the republic. He noted that Tatarstan is the leader among Russian regions by overall agricultural industrial output, and capital investments.
Khalikov said that in spite of crisis, the GRP made 1 trillion 631 billion roubles last year (the growth of 1.3 per cent).
He also noted that major investment projects in the sphere of petrochemistry, engineering and IT are realized in the republic.
Representatives of Standard&Poor's noted that a correct financial policy is realized in Tatarstan and there are good liquidity figures in the republic.
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.