Elvira Nabiullina visits IT city of the future Innopolis
17 September 2015, Thursday
On September 17, Chairman of the Central bank of the Russian Federation Elvira Nabiullina and Russian Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolay Nikiforov accompanied by Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Minister of Information and Communications Roman Shaikhutdinov and Director General of OAO “SEZ Innopolis” Igor Nosov visited Innopolis City in Verkhny Uslon in the republic.
Elvira Nabiullina and Nikolay Nikiforov arrived in Kazan to take part in the solemn opening of the first Kazan forum of financial technologies Finnopolis 2015.
During their visit to Innopolis, the guests were told about the history, main business dimensions, and main planned figures of development of the Innopolis city till 2030.
Nabiullina was interested in the amount of funds invested in Innopolis and Shaikhutdinov told her that 15 bln roubles were invested in the project.
The guests walked around training and office buildings, and Innopolis University.
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
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