On 1 November, during his working trip to Moscow, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with the Director General of the State Transport Leasing Company Yevgeniy Ditrikh, where they discussed development of the transport branch including ship-building industry and such matters as the current condition of the river transportation vehicles, passenger transportation by the river and others.
Tatarstan Minister of Transport and Road Economy Farit Khanifov and the Director General of the Ak Bars Ship-building Corporation Renat Mistakhov, who informed about the corporation product range, also took part in the meeting.
In addition, Rustam Minnikhanov handed in the Director of the Ship-building Industry and Sea Machinery Department of the Russian Trade and Industry Ministry Bori Kabakov a Tatarstan state award - The Valorous Labour medal.