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RT government and marketing agency "Flad&Flad Communication" (Germany) have signed agreement on cooperation. RT Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Head of the agency Markus Flud put their signatures in the document. The signing ceremony took place on the territory of JSC “Kazan fair” where the exhibition “Energetics. Resource saving-2010” opened today. The agreement implies cooperation in the sphere of complex decisions on information maintenance in such high-tech sectors as environmental protection, energy-saving technologies, biotechnologies, resumed energy sources, and decision-making for improvement of programs for secondary education.

Session of RT government “On results of implementing the program “Energy resource efficiency in Tatarstan for 2006-2010 years” and tasks on realizing long-term targeted program “Energy saving and increase of energy efficiency in Tatarstan for 2011-2015 years and prospects up to 2020” was held in Kazan. RT Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov took part in the event.Opening of XII specialized exhibition “Energetics. Resource saving-2010” and XI International symposium “Energy resource efficiency and Energy saving” was held on the territory of Exhibition centre “Kazan fair” before the session. Opening the session of RT government, Ildar Khalikov underlined the importance of adopting energy-saving technologies in industrial sector, budget institutions and municipalities.

This year decade of disabled people in Tatarstan will start on December,2 in Kazan Sport complex “Olimp”. This has been announced today at briefing in RT Cabinet. RT Minister of labor, employment and social protection Airat Shafigullin and his deputy Irina Prosviryakova answered journalists’ questions.Decade of disabled people is held in republic every year. Charitable concerts, round tables, training seminars, fairs of vacancies for disabled people will be held in all cities and regions of republic. RT Minister of labor informed that this year attention will и focused on sport. Such decision was made in order to highlight necessity of leading active life by disabled people.

Issues of developing information technologies and a number of projects within IT-sector in Tatarstan were discussed at the meeting between RT President Rustam Minnikhanov and Russian deputy minister of mass communications Ilya Massukh. The meeting was held in Kazan Kremlin with participation of RT Minister of informatization and communications Nikolai Nikiforov.Rustam Minnikhanov and Ilya Massukh discussed issues of future elaboration of software products within the limits of the project “E-government of the Republic of Tatarstan”.

Issues of creating the concept of IT-village of the Republic of Tatarstan and future development of technoparks network were discussed at the meeting between RT President Rustam Minnikhanov and President of group of companies “Tronic”, chairman of SEMI committee in Russia Igor Kucheryavy.The event was held in Kazan Kremlin with participation of First deputy prime minister Ravil Muratov, RT Minister of informatization and communications Nikolai Nikiforov, RT Minister of youth affairs, sport and tourism Rafis Burganov, Aide to RT President Iskander Mouflikhanov, Head of RT Committee on developing small and medium entrepreneurship Timur Shagivaleev, Deputy minister of industry and trade Oleg Vlasov and others.

The Agreement on cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan and FGUP Central Aerohydrodynamics Institute named after Zhukovsky (TsAGI) was signed at the Kazan Kremlin on November 29.Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and TsAGI Director General Boris Alyoshin put their signatures under the document.The agreement establishes long-term mutually beneficial partner relationship, development of scientific-technical and production potential of industrial and research enterprises based in the Republic of Tatarstan as well as employing their resources for creation of science-intensive output with the competitive capacity to meet the demand at internal and external markets of high-tech civil produce.

Regular session of JSC “Tatneft” Directors board chaired by RT President Rustam Minnikhanov has been held today in RT Cabinet.Results of budget performance by JSC “Tatneft” for 10 months of 2010 were considered; budget for December was fixed, and budget for 2011 was discussed. Directors board heard the information about main results of financial-economic activity of the company. Thus, 19 mln.347 thousand tons of oil have been produced for 9 months; 251 new producing wells were put into operation.By results of financial-economic activity, 36,6 bln. gains have been received before taxation. For reporting period total sum of charged taxes and payments for all levels of budget has made 170 bln. roubles.

Major areas of mutually beneficial cooperation of group of companies “Renova” and innovative centre “Skolkovo” (Moscow) with the largest enterprises of Tatarstan have been discussed today at the meeting in House of RT government The meeting with officials of group of companies “Renova” and innovative centre “Skolkovo” headed by Vice-president - member of directorate of group of companies “Renova” Rinat Khalikov was held by RT President Rustam Minnikhanov. We remind that representative delegation of “Renova” company and innovative centre “Skolkovo” arrived in Kazan with two-day visit (November, 28-29, 2010). The program of visit includes discussion of perspective areas for cooperation between “Skolkovo” and Kazan (Volga) Federal university and such structures as innovative production technopark “Idea”, IT park and others.

RT Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov met with journalists - representatives of foreign mass media working in Russia. The meeting was held in House of RT government. We remind that representatives of foreign mass media working in Russia, stay in Kazan with two-day introductory visit (November,26-27). They have already visited IT park (Kazan) where Minister of informatization and communications Nikolai Nikiforov presented a number of IT projects being realized in Tatarstan.Journalists asked Ildar Khalikov questions regarding preparation and holding of Universiade 2013 in Kazan, how it is possible to follow the principles of tolerance in such multinational region as Tatarstan, economic and cultural cooperation of Tatarstan with CIS countries and global society.