Issues of further development of farming machines production on the basis of JSC “KAMAZ” have been discussed at the meeting between RT President Rustam Minnikhanov and Head of delegations of CNH International SA and New Holland AG Eguipment, Chief Executive Franco Fusignani. The meeting was held in House of RT Government. We remind that a joint enterprise with participation of JSC “KAMAZ” and Case New Holland (subsidiary of auto concern Fiat) on producing farming machines and construction machinery was founded in October 2009. By words of Rustam Minnikhanov, the enterprise is working successfully today, its production is in-demand and competitive at Russian market. RT President positively estimated partnership of JSC “KAMAZ” and New Holland. Both parties meet commitments within the limits of joint project.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with Chairman of Federation of independent trade unions of Russia Mikhail Shmakov in Kazan Kremlin.The meeting was also attended by RT Minister of labor, employment and social protection Airat Shafigullin, chairman of Tatarstan Federation of  trade unions Tatyana Vodopyanova, Head of department on issues of internal policy under RT President Office Aleksandr Terentyev. Mikhail Shmakov is in Kazan with two-day working visit. The following issues were discussed at the meeting: current situation at labor market in Russia and Tatarstan in particular, measures on decreasing the number of unemployed people, social position in republic.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov examined exposition of II international specialized exhibition “Nanotechnologies. Kazan-2010” and took part in XI international conference “Nanotechnologies in industry” that has opened today in Kazan. The conference is dedicated to problems of using nanotechnologies in -air and machine building, petrochemistry and medicine. At plenary session Rustam Minnikhanov noted that very interesting projects were presented at the exhibition “Nanotechnologies. Kazan-2010”, 4-5 of them may be realized today. Leadership of our country set the task on modernization of the economy, and this may be realized only with implementing innovations.

RT President Rustam Minnikhanov and Deputy Director general, member of Directorate of State corporation “Rosnano” Yakov Urinson discussed issues of developing nanoindustry in Tatarstan.
The meeting was attended by Director of department on interaction with federal ad regional authorities “Rosnano” Dmitry Krinitsky, RT Ministry of industry and trade Ravil Zaripov, RT Ministry of economy Midkhat Shagiakhmetov, Aide to RT President Anatoly Krasnov, Vice-President – CEO of JSC “Gasprombank” branch in Kazan Boris Pavlov, Director General of JSC “Innovative-production technopark “Idea” Sergey Yushko and others.

RT President Rustam Minnikhanov visited multi-functional centre of rendering state and municipal services, pre-school educational institution “Chishme”, Buinsk bakery plant and objects of social-cultural and household sphere. “We consider development of educational system and creation of necessary conditions for educating children as one of priority areas in Tatarstan. Within three years we have to solve the problem with kindergartens.”, - Rustam Minnikhanov said.RT President thinks that the problem with lack of kindergartens should be solved in a complex way. “Firstly, existing standards allow using private-state partnership. Secondly, there are some kindergartens in republic which were restructured and are now being misused. They are to be reconstructed”, - Rustam Minnikhanov noted.

World football championship 2018 may change the history of Russia radically. That is why members of FIFA committee gave preference to our country. Such opinion has been expressed today by Aide to RT President Iskander Muflikhanov at briefing in RT Cabinet.We remind that Tatarstan President within the Russian delegation supported Russian bid at the session of FIFA executive committee in Zurich last week. Members of the committee made a historical decision on holding the championship – 2018 in Russia. Kazan is one of the cities to host games of world championship. “World Univerisade 2013 will be held in Kazan, Winter Olympic games 2014 – in Sochi, and now Russia has won the right to host World football championship 2018”, - Iskander Muflikhanov said. These events will stimulate growth and development of infrastructure. Due to World Championship regional transport system among 14 cities hosting the games will become completely developed. Among these cities are St.Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Moscow, Podolsk, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Saransk, Samara, Volgograd, Sochi, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Yekaterinburg.

Public-private partnership projects in the sphere of preschool education development can develop in Tatarstan in to allow more kids to get admission to kindergarten. This topic was central at a meeting chaired by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov on December 7.The meeting was held at the Tatarstan House of Government. Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Education Minister Albert Gilmutdinov, Deputy Prime Minister – Informatisation and Communication Minister Nikolai Nikiforov, Chief of Staff of the Tatarstan President Yuri Kamaltynov, Aide to the Tatarstan President on social issues Tatyana Larionova and other officials took part in the meeting.

On December, 5 strong snow falling with rain caused open-phase faults of transmission lines in eight regions of Tatarstan.According to press service of RT Ministry of civil defense and emergency situations on Sunday afternoon partial blackout happened in 13 regions of republic where 967 power substations, 267 settlements are located. 66920 people live there. Operative headquartes was deployed immediately with participation of heads of ministries and departments and all heads of administrations of injured regions.RT President Rustam Minnikhanov held two sessions of RT Commission for preventing and liquidation emergency situations (on Sunday at 21.00 and midnight). Emergency-restorative brigades of JSC “Network Company” are working; Centre of management in crisis situations under Chief department of Russian Ministry of emergency situations on RT is monitoring the situation.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov held meetings during working visit to Abu-Dabi (United Arab Emirates).We remind that Rustam Minnikhanov is in Abu-Dabi with two-day visit (December, 4-5,2010).Thus, President of Tatarstan held negotiations on issues of attracting investments into republican economy with chairman of administration of the Bank “Al Hilal” Mohammad Jamil Berro and President of Islamic bank of Abu-Dabi (ADIB) Tirad Mahmud.Besides, by words of Aide to RT President Iskander Muflikhanov, Rustam Minnikhanov discussed issues of developing Islamic banking in Russia and its regions with one of major experts in the sphere of Islamic financing Dr Hussein Hamed Hasan.

All obligations of commissioning housing in 2010, especially those under the social mortgages program, are to be met. The statement was made by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov at a republican meeting on housing construction and commissioning in the Republic of Tatarstan and providing apartments to Great Patriotic War veterans.The meeting was held at the RT House of Government in a video conference format involving all the municipal districts of the republic.The main report was delivered by Irek Faizullin, the Tatarstan Construction, Architecture and Housing Minister.