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On July 11 at RT State Council there was a meeting of Public Youth Board, functioning under the republic Parliament. Vice Chairperson of State Council Mrs. Rima Ratnikova participated at the meeting. The agenda of the young lawmakers mainly covered organizational issues.

The Schneider Electric closed joint-stock company, a Schneider Electric concern’s subsidiary, and Nizhnekamsk-based open joint-stock company Taneko have signed a frame agreement on cooperation until 2012. The signatories were Schneider Electric general director Laszlo Markotan and Taneko general director Khamza Bagmanov. The agreement stipulates using SE equipment at the oil refining and petrochemical complex under construction in Nizhnekamsk.

July 10, Russian First Vice Premier Igor Shuvalov visited one of Russia’s largest petrochemical companies OAO Kazanorgsintez where together with Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev he took part in the meeting on issues of development of the petrochemical complex of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Igor Shuvalov, the Russian First Vice-Premier, Chairman of the organizational committee of the Universiade 2013, and members of the Russian Government evaluated the construction rate of sport venues in Kazan.
RT President Mintimer Shaimiev, RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov, RF Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy Minister Vitaly Mutko, RF Education and Science Minister Andrei Fursenko, Head of the Olympic Committee of Russia Leonid Tyagachev, Head of the Russian Sport Student Union Oleg Matytsin, Head of the RF State Duma Committee for physical culture and sport Anton Sikharulidze, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin took part in the inspection of the sport venues.

Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov held a meeting with Microsoft Russia President Nikolai Pryanishnikov.
Participation of Microsoft corporation in preparation and organization of the Universiade in Kazan was discussed at the meeting. Nikolai Pryanishnikov emphasized that cooperation between Microsoft company and Tatarstan is efficient.

Russian Government First Deputy Chairman Igor Shuvalov will hold a session of the organizing committee for preparation and organization of the World Summer Universiade-2013 on July 10.

Five Greenfield projects of the Universiade-2013 will be put into operation this year.

Tatarstan parliamentarians gathered together for the last meeting before holidays of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan of the 4th convocation on July 8. RT President Mintimer Shaimiev delivered a report on the budgetary and financial policy of the Republic of Tatarstan for 2010-2012.

Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov met with representatives of the Turkish company Lotus Energji at the Republic of Tatarstan Government House. Potential mutually beneficial projects were discussed at the meeting.