Rustam Minnikhanov meets with representatives of the Tatar community in the USA
21 November 2010, Sunday
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with representatives of the Tatar community in the USA. The Head of the republic had an informal conversation with compatriots from San-Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Columbia and Connecticut.
Some 300 Tatar families live in the United States at present. Two associations support and develop the Tatar nation’s cultural heritage - the American Turko-Tatar Association (ATTA) and the American Tatar Association (ATA). Members of the associations organize Sabantui celebrations, mark the great Tatar poet Gabdullah Tukai’s birthday, hold religious holidays and organize concerts of Tatar songs and dances. Both organizations have official websites in the Internet: www.atany.com, www.attasf.org.
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.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.