Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in opening of international aviation and space salon MAKS 2015
25 August 2015, Tuesday
On August 25, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in opening of international aviation and space salon MAKS 2015 in Zhukovsky near Moscow.
Tatarstan presented its major enterprises, such as Kazan Helicopters, JSC, Kazan Electropribor Plant, JSC Radiopribor, JSC, Zavod Elecon, JSC, KAZAN GIPRONIIAVIAPROM, CJSC , Kazan instrument-making design bureau, JSC, and SRA Radioelectronics named after V.I. Shimko.
Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the official opening.
The international aviation salon is a place for establishing a dialogue of professionals, business and industrial contacts, insight into best practice in the sphere of development, production, sales, service and maintenance of aviation equipment.
Rustam Minnikhanov looked around the exhibits presented at MAKS 2015 and took part in the special summer programme about the aviation salon. He also discussed issues of import substitution with Yuri Slyusar, President of PAO “United Aircraft Corporation”, and Aleksandr Mikheev, Director General of “Russian helicopters” holding .
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.