RT Premier Ildar Khalikov has met with CEO of JSC “RITEK” Nikolai Nikolaev. The meeting was held at RT Cabinet with participation of Deputy of RF State Duma Fatikh Sibagatullin, Aide to RT President Rinat Sabirov and other officials.
“RITEK” company is engaged in oil and gas production in Western Siberia and Tatarstan and is a part of JSC “Lukoil”. In accordance with data given by Nikolai Nikolaev last year the company produced 800 thousand tons of oil and 5 mln. cubic metres of gas.
Director-general of JSC “RITEK” informed that in 2010 the company opened in republic new oil deposit and ran the first underground pipeline at the bottom of the river. Currently a number of innovative projects are being implemented in Tatarstan. “RITEK” allocated 90 mln. roubles for Tatarstan charitable activity in 2010.
Chairman of RT government is satisfied by achieved results of “RITEK” company during the difficult 2010. He noted as well that JSC “RITEK” is the example for republican enterprises in terms of various social and charitable programs.
Ildar Khalikov emphasized that business relationships with “RITEK” help to establish contacts with “Lukoil”.
Further development of “RITEK” company in Tatarstan were discussed at the meeting. Nikolai Nikolaev suggested organizing a lecture of the President of JSC “Lukoil” Vagit Alekperov at Kazan federal university. Ildar Khalikov supported the idea. He is sure that speech of such a successful Russian businessmen will be interesting for university students.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials