President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev and President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov discussed issues of developing trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation between Kazakhstan and Tatarstan. The meeting was held in Astana. Nursultan Nazarbaev is sure that cooperation between Kazakhstan and such large region of Russia as Tatarstan is traditionally based on friendship and trust and will be successfully developing.

Today’s session of RT Cabinet Presidium was dedicated to measures on resistance to spreading and use of psycho-active substances realized as household chemicals. The session was held by RT Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov. Deputy Chairman of RT State Council Alexandr Gusev, heads of republican and federal ministries, RT Prosecutor’s office, responsible employees of RT President and RT Cabinet offices, officials of institutions of higher and secondary professional education attended the event.

RT President Rustam Minnikhanov has seen production capacities of “Diamond Aircraft” company during working visit to Austria. Head of Tatarstan and his accompanying persons visited workshops for assembling single and double engine mini-planes of “Diamond” brand and workshop for producing items from composed materials.

RT President Rustam Minnikhanov is in Austria with working visit. Protocol of intentions on creating production of items from composite materials for aviation sector has been signed within the limits of his visit to enterprises of Fischer Composite Company. The production will be organized on the territory of JSC “Kazan aviation production association named after Gorbunov” (Kazan).

Meeting of Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov with delegation of Caspian-European integration business club (CEIBC) has been held in RT Cabinet. Ildar Khalikov warmly welcomed CEIBC delegation in Kazan. He noted that Tatarstan and Azerbaijan are tied by long-term political, economic and cultural relations. These two oil regions are developing oil production, petrochemistry and new innovative economy.

International conference on coherent and nonlinear optics, lasers, its applications and technologies "ICONO/LAT-2010" started its work in Kazan on August, 23. It was opened by RT Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov. On behalf of republican leadership head of Tatarstan government welcomed participants of the conference and expressed gratitude towards organizers of forum for choosing Kazan as a place for holding the conference.

A regular session of JSC “Tatneftehiminvest-holding” Directors board was held in Kazan under chairmanship of RT President Rustam Minnikhanov. Head of republic shared impressions about contest of professional skills that had been held at JSC “Tatneft” last Saturday.

Budget performance over seven months of 2010 was a central issue at the meeting of the Board of OAO Tatneft. Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan – Chairman of the Board of OAO Tatneft, chaired the meeting. The event took place in Almetyevsk, Tatarstan.

Housing area of 1,2 mln. m² to be commissioned in Tatarstan by results of eight months. 250 000 m² of housing are to be constructed by the program of social mortgage. This was announced today by RT Minister of construction, architecture and housing Marat Khusnullin at republican meeting on issues of housing construction and providing housing for war veterans.

“Tatarstan should learn more from Singapore”, - RT President Rustam Minnikhanov said at meeting with officials of business delegation from Singapore. The meeting was held in Nizhnekamsk on finishing republican august meeting of educators with participation of Singapore delegation.