Rustam Minnikhanov: Special attention should be given to interethnic relations
29 May 2015, Friday
On May 29, in session of Association of legislative bodies of subjects of Volga federal district in Russian Federation to be held in Kazan Town Hall, Acting President of the republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said to the representatives of regional mass media that special attention should be given to interethnic relations. To the point, Russian Presidential Envoy in Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich took part in the event.
Issues related to interethnic cohesion and corruption control were on the agenda. Rustam Minnikhanov said that regional authorities, including law-making bodies, should pay special attention to interethnic and interreligious relations.
The great work on maintaining interethnic cohesion in Tatarstan republic is carried out by Tatarstan Parliament.
Mikhail Babich, in his turn, emphasized that Association of legislative bodies of subjects of Volga federal district in Russian Federation contribute to solving important problems of the government and it makes possible because the members of the Association are elected by people.
“Being collegial body, the Association has initiated adoption of a number of bills at the federal level. It is very crucial for us how the Association will work, presenting the points of view of voters,” Mikhail Babich summed up.
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.