President of Azerbaijan sees industrial, sport abd IT achievements of Tatarstan
24 June 2011, Friday
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev staying with a working visit in Kazan has attended today in capital of Tatarstan number of objects. President of Tatarstan presented him achievements of Tatarstan in the sphere of industry, sports and IT.
The delegation of Azerbaijan which besides Ilham Aliev includes Minister of foreign affaires Elmar Mamedyarov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation Polad Byul-Byul ogly visited Kazan helicopters plants, Universiade Village, IT –park.
General director of JSC Kazan helicopters Vadim Legai presented Azerbaijan guests most updated models of helicopters produced in Kazan, manifested production enterprise capacities. The delegation members saw also the helicopters built at KVZ within the frameworks of the contract for 21 choppers to be supplied to Azerbaijan.
Presentation of JSC KAMAZ output also took place at KVZ, in particular, Ilham Aliev was presented trucks and buses operating on natural gas.
In the Universiade Village Ilham Aliev managed to acquaint with preparation of Tatarstan to major sports events which are to be held in Kazan – World summer Universiade 2013 and world championship on football -2018.
In IT-park President of Azerbaijan saw Tatarstan developments in the sphere of Electronic government, possibilities of single inter-departmental system of electronic documents circulation. .
Here, the presentation of industrial potential of Tatarstan –oil-chemical cluster of the republic, SEZ Alabuga, technopark Khimgrad was arranged for Azerbaijan guests.
Ilham Aliev also got acquainted with operation of coordination system of saving the suffered «GLONASS +112» and visited IT park business –incubator.
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.