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From January 21 to 22 the delegation of the Republic of Tatarstan headed by Rustam Minnikhanov, the RT Prime Minister visits the Republic of Belarus.

January 20, the final board of the Territorial Office of the Federal Service of State Statistics in the Republic of Tatarstan (Tatstat) and RT Committee for Social-Economic Monitoring was held with the participation of Rustam Minnikhanov, the Prime Minister of Tatarstan. During the meeting the Head of Tatarstan Government appreciated the role of information technologies in the activity of the Sate statistics institutions.

In spite of the difficult economic situation the innovation activity in the Republic of Tatarstan must be continued – said Rustam Minnikhanov, the Head of the Tatarstan Government during the meeting with Albina Nikkonen, the Executive Director of the Russian Association of Venture Investments (RAVI), which was held at the RT Cabinet of Ministers on January 20.

January 20, the working meeting with the delegation of the Republic of Finland headed by Marti Pantasar-Kallio, Director of the Programs of Lahti Technopark was held at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The issue of the purchasing for republican and municipal organizations of automobiles produced in Tatarstan was discussed on January 19 at the meeting in the RT Cabinet under the presidency of Rustam Minnikhanov, the Prime Minister of Tatarstan.

January 19, JSC "KAMAZ" resumed operation after the New Year Holidays, informed Vladimir Saveliev, the Director of the Department for Informational Policy of the company to Interfax Agency.

January 19, the international scientific-practical conference "Theory and Practice of Institutional Changes in Economic Development of Society" was held in Kazan State Technical University n.a. A.Tupolev (KGTU-KAI). The leader scientists of Russia are participating in the Conference.

January 19, Nazif Mirikhanov, the Plenipotentiary of Tatarstan in Russia received Mr. Simon de Cruz, Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore in the Russian Federation. A broad circle of the issues of the bilateral economic cooperation was discussed during the meeting.

January 19, the session of the Board of the RT Ministry of Forestry was held in Kazan with the participation of the Rustam Minnikhanov, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan. The system of the management of the forestry and tasks of the branch for the next ten years was discussed at the meeting.

In 2008 "Kazan" International Airport served 751504 passengers or 21.9 percent more than it did in 2007. During the year the passenger traffic on international lines rose by 29.5 percent, on internal lines – by 17 percent.