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The Daimler German concern has notified the Troika Dialog investment company that owns a 44.4-percent stake in the auto giant Kamaz of its intention to purchase 15 percent, plus to the 10 percent it owns.

A loan agreement for 1.5 billion dollars has been signed between JSC Tatneft and a banking syndicate of international and Russian banks at Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers today in Kazan. The agreement has been signed by Tatneft Director General Shafagat Takhautdinov and WestLB bank Co-Head of Structure Finance Kai Henkel in attendance of Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov and the banking syndicate representatives.

Georgetown University’s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talaal Centre for Muslim-Christina Understanding and Saudi Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre have published the first edition of a catalogue of the Muslim world’s most influential leaders.

November 24, Tatarstan State Council Chairman Farid Moukhametshin held a meeting with director of B.N. Yeltsin Presidential Library Alexander Vershinin who is visiting Kazan these days.

Mayor of Naberezhniye Chelny city Ildar Khalikov and Director General of Skartel company Denis Sverdlov signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of implementing the new, fourth generation of communication.

Kazan football team Rubin is Russian football champion of 2009.

Republic of Tatarstan’s integrated nano industry development programme until 2015 is estimated at 181.7 billion roubles. The document was adopted at the Cabinet of Ministers during an extended meeting held by the Coordination council on implementing the cooperation agreement in the field of nano technologies and nano industry between the Rosnanotekh state corporation and Republic of Tatarstan. The meeting was chaired by the Prime Minister Roustam Minnikhanov, attendee was Rosnanotekh state corporation deputy general director Andrey Svinarenko

In a week formation of RT Public chamber comes to the end. The public organizations, wishing to delegate the representative to RT Public Chamber of a new structure, it is necessary to address till November 26th with corresponding application addressed to RT President, or Chairman of the State Council of republic, or chairman of RT Public chamber.

Prime Minister of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and chief of Directorate of railway stations - branch of JSC "RZD" Sergey Abramov discussed issues of operation of republican stations.

RT President Mintimer Shaimiev met with Vladimir Salamatov, the RF Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Grigory Elkin, the Head of the Federal Agency for technical regulation and metrology, and Gennady Voronon, the President of the Russian Quality Organization, Chairman of the Quality Committee of the RF Chamber of Trade and Industry, at the Kazan Kremlin November 19.