Rustam Minnikhanov holds session of working group on preparing session of Council under Plenipotentiary Representative of RF President in VFD on issues of developing energy complex
6 May 2011, Friday
President of Tatarstan Republic Rustam Minnikhanov held a session of working group on preparing the session of Council under Pl.. Representative of RF President in VFD “On prospects of developing energy complex in the Volga Federal District”.
The session was held in Kazan Kremlin, Residence of RT President in format of video conference with all regions within Volga Federal District.
We remind that Rustam Minnikhanov is the head of working group on preparing the issue “On prospects of developing energy complex in Volga Federal District” to be considered at the session of Council under Pl. Representative of RF President in VFD (to be held in third decade of June in Perm).
Deputy P. Representative of RF President in VFD Andrei Kubrin also attended the session of working group.
Addressing participants of the meeting Rustam Minnikhanov noted that energy complex is an important part of any region’s economy, especially those being within the Volga Federal District as far as they’re industrial and consume great amount of energy. Issues to be discussed at session of Council under Plenipotentiary Representative of RF President in VFD are connected with development of energy complex, efficient tariff policy, energy and resource efficiency and providing energy security in regions.
Officials of Bashkortostan Republic, Mari El, Mordovia, Udmurtia, Chuvashia, Perm region, Penza, Nizhni Novgorod, Orenburg, Samara, Saratov, Ulianovsk regions took part in video conference.
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.