RT PM Rustam Minnikhanov held a meeting with Director General of “Hewlett Packard” company (HP) in Russia, Mr Owen-Christopher Kemp with participation of RT Minister of economy Marat Safiullin, Minister of informatization and communications Farit Fazylzyanov, Head of Information and Analysis Department under RT Cabinet Aleksandr Yurtaev, Director General of Information Technologies Centre Nikolay Nikiforov, his deputy head of the department of info-communications, data protection and technical support Airat Khairullin.

Chief of RF pension fund department in Tatarstan Marsel Imamov informed at a briefing in RT Cabinet that scale of pension in Tatarstan would go from 4300 to 5500 roubles by the end of 2009. The pension is expected to be expanded on the first of March, April and December thus reaching the amount of 5,5 thousand roubles.

On behalf of RT Government PM Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated Tatarstan citizens on “Defender of the Motherland Day”.
“Nowadays the staff of armed forces is becoming stronger, its professional training and technical facilities are improving. More attention is paid to the veterans who have expended much effort in ensuring of combat readiness in the army and fleet. The glorious military and labour traditions are being revived. A lot is being done for patriotic education of the rising generation.

Organization of XXIV winter University game in Harbin, scale of this event - a good example for imitation. This was said in the interview to one of the Chinese TV channels yesterday, on February 18th, by Prime Minister of Republic Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

Prime minister of Republic Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took off to the city of Harbin (China) for participation in opening ceremony of the World winter university game of 2009.

February 16, 2009, First Deputy Prime Minister of RT Boris Pavlov held a meeting regarding organization and holding an International forum «Development of innovative space of the CIS. Role and place of commercial and industrial chambers of the countries of Commonwealth» which is to take place in Kazan from April 16 to April 17 2009.

February 12, 2009, First Deputy to RT Prime Minister Boris Pavlov held number of meetings with heads of enterprises on co-financing the RT investment projects and programs at the Plenipotentiary representation of Republic Tatarstan in the Russian Federation

The results of work of Tatarstan communication sector for 2008 and the tasks for 2009 have been discussed at the expanded session of RT Ministry of Communications collegium with participation of RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov.

Delegation of “Daimler AG” headed by chairman of company directorate Dieter Zetche has visited “KAMAZ”. The guests have seen the main production line of automobile plant “KAMAZ-Diesel”, forge factory, joint enterprise “KAMMINZ-KAMA”.

RT PM Rustam Minnikhanov expressed a support for the initiative to create a single register of labour resources demands for the largest enterprises of the republic. The idea was put forward by territorial directorate of Federal agency on special economic zones management in RT.