Rustam Minnikhanov took part in solemn opening of the 16th international exhibition “Oil.Gas.Petrochemistry.” and the 4th specialized exhibition “Industrial ecology and security.” Expositions were placed in pavilions of exhibition centre “Kazan fair”. RT Prime Minister informed that more than 200 companies representing CIS countries and far abroad including specialized enterprises of Belgium, Germany, Norway and USA are taking part in present exhibitions.

Presentation of JSC POZIS engineering centre and meeting on coordinating activity of industrial enterprises and organizations in the sphere of technical re-equipment and development of cooperation were held today in Zelenodolsk. RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov, RT Minister of industry and trade Ravil Zaripov, Head of Zelenodolsk municipal region Radik Khasanov, President of RT association of enterprises and entrepreneurs Aleksandr Lavrentyev took part in the event.

Efficiency of federal electronic platform zakazrf.ru for holding open auctions in the electronic form on the right to conclude the state contracts has been ascertained by participants of the press conference, which took place on September 8 in agency "Interfax" (Moscow).

The operating director Albert Karimov reported on the outcomes of activity of the technopolis «Khimgrad» at the session of Board of directors of JSC «Tatneftekhiminvest-holding».

Tomorrow, on September, 8th, at 10 o'clock in the morning, a traditional briefing for representatives of mass media takes place in Assembly Hall of RT Cabinet. A theme of a briefing - about a course of implementing a republican program of the social mortgage.

A solemn ceremony of opening rally-marathon «Silk road» (Dakar series) took place today in capital of Republic Tatarstan - Kazan. The event was held near hotel "Riviera" and the ice palace "Tatneft-arena". We remind that as organizers of rally came out Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan (the initiative belongs to the president of Turkmenistan).

Issues of mutually beneficial cooperation were discussed during working visit of RT First deputy prime minister Boris Pavlov in China (August,25-September,1). Russian delegation consisted of Marketing Director of JSC “Helicopters of Russia” Mikhail Dubrovin, Deputy head of regional marketing management of JSC “Helicopters of Russia” Viktor Egorov, Director of external economic connections of JSC “Kazan helicopters plant” Valery Pashko, Aide to RT first deputy prime minister Roman Kiryukhin.

All-Russia meeting "Regulation of prices for medicines in Russian Federation" has been opened today in Kazan. RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the first session. Prime Minister thanked Head of Federal tariff service Sergey Novikov for holding such large-scale event in the capital of Tatarstan.

Several objects of social infrastructure have been opened today head of the RT Government Rustam Minnikhanov in the Vysokogorsky municipal region of Republic Tatarstan. The first object became a universal sports hall «Biektau» in a village Vysokata Gora. Addressing the residents at the Vysokogorsky region during the opening ceremony, RT Prime Minister noted that today in the morning, on Day of knowledge, the boarding school of football club " Rubin was also opened in Kazan for preparing the future football players.

(Kazan, September 1, Tatar-inform, Sergei Semerkin). The number of people held responsible for violating Russian currency legislation has over the past year considerably increased. In 2008, a total of 14,635 rulings prescribing fines were issued in Russia, over the 6 months in 2009 the number of rulings prescribing fines has been 11,763. In Tatarstan, fines were in 2008 imposed for the amount of 10 million roubles, while over the 7 months in 2009 for 540 million roubles.