President 's patronage will protect our business

On March 11 RT President Mintimer Shaimiev met the Republican businessmen. Tatarstan representatives of middle and small business came to the Kazan Kremlin to talk with the authority.

The main issue is to change the attitude of state to small and middle business. Tatarstan was going to do it for a long time. The state program of business support was developed; State Council adopted the corresponding law. Before signing it, Tatarstan President has decided to ask advice from the people occupied in this sector.

Opening the meeting М. Shaimiev said that the development of business becomes one of Tatarstan priority for socioeconomic development. The meeting should be resulted with the acceptance of Decree, entrusting the coordination of business development to RT first vice-premier Ravil Muratov. He is going to create republican public council on small and middle business for businessmen to solve the most serious issues.

RT Vice-premier Segey Kogogin informed the meeting about measures on realization of the Complex State program of business support. He marked the importance of creating the base for development of all possible kinds of business in the republic to exclude exportation of financial and other resources. The President supported this thesis.

RT President Мintimer Shaimiev, who was satisfied, both, with the talk and professional level of Tatarstan businessmen summed up the results of the meeting. He explained the state problem as " not to prevent, to create the conditions, to help " small and middle business. And the main businessmen problem - not to be depend on the state and to work professionally.