The Committee for Small and Medium Enterprise Development has been converted into a new entity.President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has decreed to transform the Committee for Small and Medium Enterprise Development into the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency. The dissolved committee’s chairman Linar Yakupov has headed up the new body.

Today Governor of Novosibirsk region Vasily Yurchenko who is on a working trip in Kazan got acquainted with the largest projects of social and economic development of Tatarstan. The delegation visited Universiade Village, IT-park, Kazan federal university, technopolis “Himgrad”. Vasily Yurchenko was accompanied by RT President Rustam Minnikhanov.

Representatives of mass media were told about readiness of bathing places for beach season at a briefing in House of RT government. The briefing was held in format of video conference with participation of all municipal regions. According to acting Head of department of State inspection of small-size vessels under State institution Ministry of emergency situations Ildar Salikhov there is a tendency of yearly decrease in number of beaches in republican towns and regions. The main reason for closing beaches is absence of financing. For now out of 52 beaches 31 have been checked. Only 16 may be officially used. 19 prescriptions were issued for elimination of revealed shortcomings.

Telephone of “hot line” on issues of employment of students and youth in RT in summer time was announced at a briefing in House of RT government. By telephone (843) 231-82-25 (Republican centre of student labor teams) one may get information regarding formation of student teams and vacancies for young people in republican towns and regions. By words of Director for GU “Republican centre of student labor teams” Rinat Sadykov for June 1 2011 there are 1915 vacant places in data base. 166 vacancies are meant for the juveniles, more than 650 - for students.

Delegation of Novosibirsk region headed by the Governor Vasily Yurchenko arrived in Kazan with two-day working visit (June 6-8). President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, First Vice-premier Ravil Muratov, Director of Department for external relations – Aide to RT President on international issues Iskander Muflikhanov met the delegation at international airport “Kazan”.

Issues of realizing film project “Treasury of Kaban Lake” in Tatarstan were discussed at a meeting between RT President Rustam Minnikhanov and representatives of Film Company “Anno Domini” (Moscow). The meeting took place in House of RT government with participation of Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin, RT Minister of culture Airat Sibagatullin, Head of Department for culture and developing languages of RT peoples under RT Cabinet Staff Gulshat Nigmatullina and others.

“The program of housing construction by social mortgage is not and will not be the way of attracting income, and will stay a social program”, - RT Premier Ildar Khalikov said being interviewed by journalists. By words of Head of RT government for the last few years social mortgage allowed solving housing problems of more than 55 000 Tatarstan families. Social mortgage and will be oriented towards employees of budget sector and those enterprises who are payers of State housing fund.

“Party “United Russia” has done a lot in Tatarstan”, - Chairman of State Duma of the Federal Assembly Boris Gryzlov said to journalists in Kazan. In his opinion this may be evaluated by economic rates. In the first quarter 2011 industrial production in Tatarstan increased by 7,5 % (more than average rate by Russia). He reminded that gross regional product has doubled for the last five years, though the plan implied 10 years.