On 7 June Rustam Minnikhanov was present at a ceremony of signing agreements on strategic partnership between the Ak Bars Holding Company and St Petersburg Polytechnic University of Peter the Great and the Maritime Complex Systems Company.
The first agreement presupposes cooperation in facilitation of engineering, education and science spheres and consultations in product introduction issues, and the second agreement envisages participation in implementation of complex projects in R&D and introduction of ship ancillary equipment into production.