On December 2, during his working visit to the Republic of Tatarstan, Chairman of Russian Government Dmitry Medvedev accompanied by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and other officials visited production facilities of OAO “KAMAZ” in Naberezhnye Chelny.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated employees on the 45th anniversary of the enterprise: “KAMAZ name is special on industrial map of our country. It is important that it did not turn into an ordinary undeveloped company. The enterprise is developing, flourishing, producing new models, and supplying them to our market and other countries. I can share my impressions with you. I am not talking about certain people now, but they were top managers of big foreign companies. They talked about your products with warmth and love, and I think it is the best guarantee of KAMAZ development for the next years. I congratulate you on the holiday, and I hope you will be in good mood and а course have good salary. I express my gratitude to you on behalf of the whole country!”

Dmitry Medvedev entrusted Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov with studying the opportunity of providing subsidies to regions for purchasing hybrid vehicles with electric and gasoline engine.

Medvedev saw a few trucks and a special simulator for teaching driving in different environmental and urban conditions.