NEWS

The XVIII Moscow Festival of Tatar Song “The Motherland Melodies” closed with a gala-concert at the Chamber Hall of the International Music House.

The mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin has commented on the media frenzy caused by Kazan having registered its brand of Russia’s third capital with the Rospatent intellectual property service.

Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Yury Borisov and Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikahnov discussed issues of jointly working on creating the digital television network in the Republic of Tatarstan and the telecommunication infrastructure for the Universiade 2013 in Kazan at the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers on April 6.

The Bank of Russia has made a decision to issue a sport series of coins ‘Distinguished sportsmen of Russia’ for the coming Universiade 2013 in Kazan and the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi.

The Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers has today discussed issues curbing the development of the local oil product market and ways to solve them. The meeting was chaired by the prime minister Roustam Minnikhanov.

Kazan has registered the right for ‘Russia’s third capital’ trademark.

The Tatarstan Investment-Venture Fund and the Russian Association of Direct and Venture Investment organize a seminar-training (coaching) as part of preparation for the 4th Kazan Venture Fair, the press-service of the Tatarstan Investment-Venture Fund reports.

Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov visited Yelabuga, Tatarstan on April 2. On the territory of SEZ Alabuga he held a working meeting on problems of the special economic zone infrastructure construction.

Tatarstan Association of Farmers and Farms is to sign a contract with Bastet-grupp company for supply of equipment for grain elevators.

Rosneft and Tatneft companies have been included in the list of candidates claiming oil-gas field exploration in Iraq as a part of the second qualifying stage. Russian informational agencies report about it citing Iraq’s Oil Ministry.