Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in the reporting session of the Kazan City Duma

On February 27, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the reporting session on the results of the socio-economic development of the capital of Tatarstan in 2022 and setting tasks for 2023.

Making a keynote report, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin emphasized that with the beginning of the special military operation assistance to soldiers and residents of the liberated territories became a new serious area of work along with solving the problems of city development. Uniting the efforts of enterprises, business and all concerned residents of the city under the auspices of the «Dobraya Kazan» Foundation, the collection and dispatch of humanitarian aid was organized. More than 350 enterprises and thousands of ordinary Kazan citizens responded. As many as 725 tonnes of products were collected and 38 trucks were sent.

Summing up the results of 2022, the Mayor of Kazan said that the capital of Tatarstan remained a growing city. This applies to demography, the economy, and the development of urban infrastructure. As many as 272.3 billion roubles of tax revenues were collected from the territory of the city to all levels of the budget. The growth amounted to almost 60 billion roubles or 28 percent. As many as 44.3 per cent was allocated to the federal budget, 49.1 per cent to the budget of Tatarstan and just under 7 per cent remained in the city budget.

In 2022, revenue of the city’s budget was executed in the amount of 39.8 billion roubles with a plan of 32.6 billion roubles with an increase of 22 percent.

Kazan enterprises: manufacturers of rubber and plastic products, machinery and equipment, representatives of the chemical industry, as well as food products showed a significant growth of production.

Today, over 80,000 small and medium-sized enterprises are operating in Kazan.

The construction industry of Kazan is loaded at 100 per cent. In 2022, as many as 874.5 thousand square meters of housing were commissioned. The plan for 2023 is 1 million 250 thousand square meters. As many as 1,647 families improved their living conditions under various programmes, including 1,260 families under the social mortgage program. The problem of deceived shareholders has been completely solved in the city.

One of the main problems is the deterioration of engineering networks. Only in the last 2 years there have been more than 2,000 accidents. Networks are worn out by more than 70 per cent. The Mayor of Kazan emphasized that a special state programme is needed to address the issue of overhaul of engineering networks.