On 15 June at their meeting in the Government house of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and the Head of the Ontustik Trade and Industrial Corporation Serikjan Seytjanov discussed issues of cooperation in oil and gas sphere and implementation of joint projects. With participation of the Acting Rector of the Kazan Federal University (KFU) and Dmitriy Tayurskiy and Director General of the Tatneftekhiminvest holding Rafinad Yarullin, the parties of the meeting also discussed possibility of establishing a branch of the KFU in Shymkent (Kazakhstan).