Yesterday on September, 12 President and founder of Worldwide economic forum Claus Schwab met with managing and economic elite of Tatarstan. The discussion was held at “circle table” in Kazan town hall. RT Prime minister Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the meeting.

Today RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov met with Deputy Minister of sport, tourism and youth policy of Russia Natalia Parshikova in RT Government House. President of Russian student sport union, member of Executive Committee of FISU Oleg Matytsyn, Minister of youth, sport and tourism of RT Marat Bariev, Head of Management of Culture, Sports and Tatarstan Nationalities' Languages Development under RT Cabinet Office Ramil Tukhvatullin also took part in the meeting.

Today ceremonial opening of the largest polycarbonate plates production plants in Russia “SafPlast Innovative” took place in Tatarstan. RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov took part in opening ceremony of new manufacture. “SafPlast Innovative” plant is located in the vicinity of Kazan, its total area is 1,4958 hectares.

Today Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov took part in ceremonial opening of XV international exhibition “Oil.Gas.Petrochemistry-2008” in Kazan.
The exhibition is held in Tatarstan capital and over the years has been among 3 large regional oil and gas expositions. Every year more than 200 oil and gas producing companies and enterprises which produce equipment and technologies for extraction and processing of hydrocarbons take part in this event.

“Russian venture company” Jsc and Tatarstan Government signed today the agreement about cooperation and joint work in creation of venture investment industry and development of innovative branches of economics.
“Russian venture company” was presented by general director Aleksey Korobov, Tatarstan was presented by Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov.

Today Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov met with Deputy General Director of Federal State unitary enterprise “All-Russia state television and broadcasting company” (VGTRK) Andrey Bystritsky. They discussed preparation and holding of 14 Finance Assembly of European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

First Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan Boris Pavlov took part in Yakutsk economic forum “Megaprojects of Russia” that took place in Yakutsk (Sakha republic) on September, 6-7, 2008.
At the conference “Megaprojects and new possibilities for small and medium enterprises“Boris Pavlov presented innovative and investment potential of Tatarstan including cluster development of oil-chemistry and oil-producing branches of Tatarstan, complex project “Development of nanoindustry in Tatarstan”, investment project “Complex usage of low-trade timber of forest-poor regions by the example of Tatarstan”.

Deputy Minister of Health Care of Tatarstan Farida Yarkaeva informed today at briefing in RT Cabinet that in 2008 Tatarstan received medicines for 1, 55 billion RUR to provide citizens that have benefits. Last year the sum was 1, 17 billion RUR.

In 2009 total volume of Compulsory Health Insurance (OMS) Fund income in Tatarstan will make 17, 5 billion RUR. RT Minister of Finance Radik Gaizatullin informed about it today at the session in RT Cabinet that was devoted to consolidated budget of Tatarstan for 2009.

Head of Tatarstan Government informed today at the session in RT Cabinet that in 2009 Tatarstan plans to construct a number of important strategic objects. The part of means will be allocated from additional income.