President of Tatarstan meets with participants of Media-forum
18 May 2011, Wednesday
Meeting of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with members of Media-forum of RT mass media was held in House of RT Government.
In the meeting took part Vice-president of international information group “Interfax”, Director-general of ZAO “Agency of business communications” Nikolai Kasianov, Director-general of ANO “Sport broadcasting” Vasili Kiknadze, Deputy Director-general - Head of regional department of “VGTRK” Rifat Sabitov, Chief editor of paper “Komsomolskaya Pravda” Vladimir Sungorkin, Chief editor of "Rossiiskaya Gazeta" (Russian Gazette) Vladislav Fronin, PR-director of “CPL” company Anton Khrekov. Tatarstan was presented by Head of Republican agency for press and mass communications “Tatmedia” Marat Muratov.
Media-forum of RT mass media is traditionally held within the framework of Day of Tatarstan press with participation of representatives of local mass media, heads of federal press and TV channels, and well-known Russian journalists. Within the limits of forum results of republican journalistic contest “Bellur kalem – Crystal pen” will be summarized.
Moscow guests of media-forum discussed with Rustam Minnikhanov cooperation of Tatarstan with federal mass media and various information projects being realized in republic.
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.