Rustam Minnikhanov at a resulting meeting of the Arbitration Court: Execution of judgements is the current criterion for assessment of work of the system of justice

On 2 February the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a meeting of the Arbitration Court of the republic held with participation of the Chairman of the Arbitration Court of Volga Federal District Denis Plotnikov and Chief Federal Inspector for Tatarstan Viktor Demidov, where the Chairman of the regional Arbitration Court Maksim Borovkov made a keynote speech summarizing work done by the court in 2023 and which was held in the Arbitration Court Building.

In his turn Rustam Minnikhanov informed that despite external challenges, Tatarstan is moving ahead with its GRP making 4 trillion rubles, the amount of shipped produce – more than 4.6 trillion and the amount of construction work – 700bn rubles in 2023.

“We are grateful to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Government of the country for their support. The results of the last year are the outcome of the well-coordinated work of all bracnhes of economy and power bodies at all levels. And it should be noted that the Arbitration Court of the republic has also made its contribution as its work is inseparably linked with ensuring economic stability of the country,’ he said.

The Rais of the republic drew attention to a number of issues which ensure efficient interaction of tax bodies, departmental executive power bodies and law-enforcement bodies of the republic, in particular the trend to decrease of tax arrears.

He also assessed the demand of web-conferences and videoconferencing for court sessions, having said that the number of sessions using these means grew 5 times compared to 2022.

“Due to use of IT in arbitration process administration of justice becomes accessible,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.

Speaking about situation with bankruptcies, the Rais of the republic said: ”The bankruptcy procedure should be carried out in such a way so that a debtor cab fulfill most of his liabilities to the state and other creditors and especially as far a salary is concerned.”

Rustam Minnikhanov also stated that execution of judgements is a very important issue and it is a substantial criterion for assessment of work of the system of justice.

“Restoration of infringed rights and protection of legal interests should not only be stated in the court ruling but also actually executed,” he said.

In the end of the event, Rustam Minnikhanov handed in a number of awards of the republic and Letters of Gratitude from the Rais of the republic.