Dear oil and gas industry workers! Dear veterans of the industry! On behalf of Tatarstan Government I congratulate you on your professional holiday – the Day of oil and gas industry workers! Oil and gas production is a difficult, responsible work of thousands of people. We can hardly imagine any sphere of our life without products of the industry. Therefore, we call oil and gas industry a national heritage of our country, the basis of rapid development and guarantor of energy safety.

On September 6, in Kazan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov accompanied by Chief of Staff of the Administrative Office of Tatarstan President Asgat Safarov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture, and Housing and Utilities Services Irek Faizullin visited the Zarnitsa factory and school No. 70 located in Kirovsky district of the city.

On September 5, at a regional videoconference held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Akhmetov reported that as of today 1.27 million hectares or 82 per cent of the grain crop area have been harvested in Tatarstan, with an average yield of 22.3 centners per hectare.

On September 5, at the Tatspirtprom branch “Usadsky Distillery”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov held a board session of OAO "Tatspirtprom". The main issues on the agenda were results of financial and economic activity of OAO «Tatspirtprom" for the first half of 2014 and implementation of investment projects.

On September 5, during his working trip to Chistopol region, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited Cadet Boarding School No. 11 overhauled for the new school year.