President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in work of the conference “Nanotechnologies in industry”
8 December 2010, Wednesday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov examined exposition of II international specialized exhibition “Nanotechnologies. Kazan-2010” and took part in XI international conference “Nanotechnologies in industry” that has opened today in Kazan.
The conference is dedicated to problems of using nanotechnologies in -air and machine building, petrochemistry and medicine.
At plenary session Rustam Minnikhanov noted that very interesting projects were presented at the exhibition “Nanotechnologies. Kazan-2010”, 4-5 of them may be realized today. Leadership of our country set the task on modernization of the economy, and this may be realized only with implementing innovations.
President of Tatarstan announced that republic had been cooperating with “Rosnano” for a long time. The corporation is already financing some projects in the sphere of nanotechnologies in RT. Tatarstan and “Rosnano” are creating nanotechnological centre on the basis of technopark “Idea”. Innovations require coordinated work of scientific and educational centres, state authorities and business.
Head of republic believes that the exhibition “Nanotechnologies. Kazan-2010” is a good area for exchanging experience.
Chairman of Republican interdepartmental commission on developing nanoindustry in RT, Advisor to RT President Boris Pavlov reported on course of realizing the Complex program of project development of nanoindustry in RT for the period till 2015.
At the conference representatives of RF regions share their experience on developing nanotechnological sector of economy.
Holding the contest of works on nanotechnological problems among scientists, students and Phd students by the program “Smart fellows” is planned in the course of conference.
On 21 April, speaking at a briefing in the Government House of the republic, the Head of the Russian Federal Tax Service for Tatarstan Marat Safiullin said that slightly more than one week is left to file an income tax return for 2025 with the tax service. According to the results of the tax campaign 5.5.bn rubles should come to the regional budget, he said and informed who should submit declarations and who is entitled to benefits.
On 13 April in his congratulatory address on the occasion of the Maecenas and Benefactor Day, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated residents of the republic with the event and wrote: "Tatarstan has always been known for its generous and kind-hearted people who are ready to help the needy and support important social, cultural and educational projects. We all remember with gratitude the outstanding philanthropists – the Akchurin brothers, the Alafuzovs, and the Ushkovs, whose good deeds and generous donations contributed to the development of culture, education, and healthcare in our republic. The glorious traditions are continued by modern philanthropists and patrons of Tatarstan.
On 12 April in his address to residents of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated them with the Space Exploration Day and said: “April 12, 1961 has forever been inscribed into the world history as the day of triumph of the Soviet science and engineering thought. The flight of Yuriy Gagarin opened the way to the stars for the humankind and demonstrated to the whole world the might of our country.
On 4 April , speaking at a closing ceremony of the XX Russian Venture Forum held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian Venture Forum has confirmed its status of the point of attraction of technological development leaders.
The Forum created a unified scientific, technological and investment space where scientific ideas are transformed into competitive products, and startups gain access to capital and markets. Its business programme is organically integrated into the regional and federal agenda for achieving technological sovereignty and leadership of Russia, he said.