On January 15 at their meeting in Kazan Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Head of Federal Space Agency Oleg Ostapenko discussed issues of further cooperation in the sphere of space technologies and implementation of new technologies.

To the point, in 2010 Tatarstan was chosen as a pilot region for testing systems, complexes and solutions for application of results of space activity. Tatarstan is one of the leading Russian regions in using information systems.

Aide to Tatarstan President Airat Khairullin, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Information and Communication Roman Shaikhutdinov took part in the meeting.