Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in opening of XII European Congress on Catalysis – EuropaCat – 2015
30 August 2015, Sunday
On August 30, speaking at an opening of the XII European Congress on Catalysis – EuropaCat – 2015 at the Piramida Cultural and Entertainment Complex, Interim President of the Republic Rustam Minnikhanov said that the republic is willing to learn and use the experience and achievements of specialists – participants of the XII European Congress on Catalysis – EuropaCat – 2015 “Catalysis: Balancing the use of fossil and renewable resources.”
Minnikhanov reminded that representatives from more than 60 countries are participating in the forum. He wished them all good work and pleasant stay in Kazan.
He briefed about Tatarstan as a Russian center of oil refining and petrochemistry, with specialized educational and research centers.
"We will try to establish direct contacts, learn and use your experience," Minnikhanov said, addressing the congress participants.
Kazan Federal University and Kazan National Research Technological University signed a memorandum of cooperation with Haldor Topsoe A/S Within the framework of the opening of the XII European Congress on Catalysis.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
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The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials