NEWS

Today is International Museum Day. Tatarstan Vice-Premier – Minister of Culture Zilya Valeyeva addressed people of Tatarstan on this occasion.

A delegation from the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel company, led by the board of directors Viktor Rashnikov, has toured the premises of the auto maker Kamaz, reports the company’s press service.

OAO Tatneft in the 1st quarter of 2009 supplied 3.7 million tonnes of oil to foreign states. Supplies were made via the Druzhba pipeline to Germany, Poland, Czechia, Italy, Croatia, Spain, Bulgaria, Sweden, Greece and France, says the company in a statement. The firm delivered 475 thousand tonnes to the Mozyr oil refinery, Naftan in Belarus and an oil refinery in Odessa, Ukraine.

The meeting of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiev, and the Director of the Federal Migration Service, Colonel General Konstantin Romodanovsky, took place at the Kazan Kremlin on May 15.

At an extended meeting the Tatarstan Industry and Trade Ministry discussed Tatarstan’s energy and industry performance in the first quarter of 2009 on May 15. Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov attended the meeting.

The Kazan-based group of companies Nefis is one of Russia's largest manufacturers of basic goods such as fat products and household chemicals has been included into the list of major enterprises of Russia.

Tatarstan’s industry should be involved at most in the construction of oil refining and petrochemical facilities in Nizhnekamsk, the project run by the Taneko company.

The 9th International New Music Festival Europe-Asia will take place in the Tatarstan capital from May 20 through May 26. There will be twelve concerts featuring works by composers from France, Italy, Spain, the USA, Lithuania, Peru, Greece, Japan, China, Buryatiya, Mongolia, Kalmykia, Tajikistan, Russia and Tatarstan.

May 14, the 5th meeting of the Council of heads of migration bodies of the CIS member-states is held in Kazan. Representatives from all CIS countries except Georgia and Turkmenistan gathered together in the capital of Tatarstan. RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the opening of the session.

On May 14th and 15th, the delegation of JSC AK Transneft, Russia's largest petroleum-transporting company, is visiting KAMAZ on a working visit.