Delegation of Novosibirsk region headed by the Governor Vasily Yurchenko arrived in Kazan with two-day working visit (June 6-8).
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, First Vice-premier Ravil Muratov, Director of Department for external relations – Aide to RT President on international issues Iskander Muflikhanov met the delegation at international airport “Kazan”.
Novosibirsk delegation comprises representatives of Ministry of industry, trade and entrepreneurship development, Ministry of economic development, Ministry of culture, Ministry of education, science and innovative policy and other structure of executive power.
The program of working visit is rather intensive and informative. On June 7 guests will be told about course of preparation for Universiade 2013. Several objects of sport infrastructure (Universiade Village, Centre of volleyball “St. Petersburg”), development of projects “Electronic Tatarstan”, “Electronic Government” (on the basis of IT-park), and work of federal electronic site will be demonstrated to Novosibirsk delegation. Later on members of delegation will visit a house built using energy-saving technologies (on the territory of technopolis “Himgrad”).
Agreement about trade-economic, scientific and technical, social and cultural cooperation between Tatarstan Republic and Novosibirsk region will be signed later on. Moreover, Agreement on scientific and technical cooperation between Institute of catalysis named after G.K. Boreskov of Siberian branch of Russian Academy of sciences and JSC “Tatneftehiminvest-holding” is also planned for June 7.
The trip to JSC “TANECO” (Nizhnekamsk) and SEZ “Alabuga” (Elabuga municipal region) is planned for June 8.
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.