Rustam Minnikhanov inspects harvesting of potatoes in Vysokaya Gora region, Tatarstan
10 September 2015, Thursday
On September 10, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Akhmetov and Head of the Vysokaya Gora region, Tatarstan, Rustam Kalimullin inspected harvesting of potatoes in the region.
According to the latest information provided by the ministry of agriculture, 15 per cent of potatoes have been harvested in the republic, the average yield is 227 centners per hectare.
The Vysokaya Gora region was ranked fourth in Tatarstan after Arsk (1999 hectares), Kukmor (780 hectares), and Baltasi regions (771 hectares).
Rustam Minnikhanov was informed about local vegetable producing companies, including ZAO “Biryuli”, the main supplier of vegetables in the republic. In 2011-2014 the company modernized the amelioration system for the sum of 13.3 mln roubles, and purchased a new high-performance machine from the United Kingdom. Rustam Minnikhanov talked to machine operators about the new equipment and their working conditions.
Later on the same day, Minnikhanov visited the exhibition of local agricultural producers.
On 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
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