Head of RT Government Rustam Minnikhanov held a meeting in the RT Cabinet. He considers that the problem of petrochemicals supply can not be solved without a systemic work. It is necessary to take into consideration the cost of oil production, assurance of its quality and workload of capacities of producing companies.

The representatives from 31 countries are going to take part in international auto rally “Silk Road 2009 – Dakar series” to get started from Kazan in September.
The future event was discussed at a meeting of organizing committee held by RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov. He informed that competitions of such status will be held in Kazan for the first time. In fact, the idea belongs to President of Turkmenistan and is supported by Russian President. It is meant that rally will become the largest off-road race in European and Asian part of the world (as far as the next race Dakar is planned to be held in Southern America).

RT Minister of health care Airat Farrakhov informed at a meeting in the RT Cabinet that by the decision of Russian government Tatarstan had been included into federal program on improvement of organization of medical aid for the injured in road accidents.
RT Minister of health care have done enormous work on preparing the project of medical aid for the injured in road accidents on M-7 highway.

RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov held a meeting with specialists from the World Bank. RT minister of economy Marat Safiullin, state counselor under RT President on social issues Tatyana Larionova, chairman of state council committee on budget, taxes and finances Murad Gadylshin, the World Bank social policy sector chief in the region “Europe-Central Asia” Katty Lindert, analyst of social programs department of World Bank Ivan Shulga took part in the event.

On March 28 Tatarstan government joined an international action “ Earth Hour -2009”. Within the action millions of people throughout the Earth switched off the light for 1 hour to show they are worrying about future of a planet. Illumination of RT Cabinet was turned off at 20.30.

A joint session of Republican interdepartmental commission on interaction with federal state power bodies of Russian Federation on implementation of Tatarstan projects and programs and Coordination Council on implementation of Agreement on cooperation in the sphere of nanotechnologies and nanoindustry development between State corporation "Russian corporation of nanotechnologies" and Tatarstan on use of nanotechnologies in petrochemistry has been held in Kazan chaired by RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov.

The session of Tatneft Board of Directors chaired by RT Prime minister R.N.Minnikhanov was held in RT Cabinet.The results of Tatneft’s budget implementation for January and February were considered, the budget for April and the second quarter of 2009 got approved.

Questions of interaction between local commodity producers with the trading network companies located in a territory of the Republic Tatarstan dure to be weekly discussed. Such a decision has been accepted in the RT Cabinet on results of the meeting chaired by RT First Vice Premier Ravil Muratov.

The possibility to create industrial economic grounds for small and medium-size entrepreneurship with granting tax privileges of republican level was discussed at a meeting in the RT Cabinet held by RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov.

Such information has been provided by RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov in Sochi at a field session of the Physical Culture and Sport Council under Russian President. Head of Tatarstan government briefly informed the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on construction of objects for Universiade-2013. Later, he reminded that earlier RT President Mintimer Shaimiev had addressed Dmitry Medvedev on subject of holding the annual All-Russian sport forum. He suggested holding it in October, 2009 in Kazan.