Rustam Minnikhanov wins more votes at presidential primaries
27 June 2015, Saturday
On June 27, three candidates that will be considered by “United Russia” party for the presidency of the Republic of Tatarstan were defined at presidential primaries.
There are four candidates: Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Akhmetov, member of the Federation Council Sergey Batin, and former Head of the Department of domestic policy of Russian Presidential Administration Oleg Morozov.
Chairman of the election commission, Head of Regional public veterans organization Khabir Ishtiryakov informed that Marat Akhmetov won 874 votes, Sergey Batin – 705 votes, Rustam Minnikhanov – 1513 votes, Oleg Morozov – 789 votes.
Three candidates were selected, Rustam Minnikhanov, Marat Akhmetov, and Oleg Morozov.
On May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
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.