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January 21, Tatarstan and the Gomel Region, Belarus, signed a memorandum of cooperation on trade, economy, science and technology. The document was endorsed by the Prime Minister of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Gomel Executive Committee chief Alexander Yakobsson.

Before the Kamaz auto maker resumed operation, the company’s deputy general director Yuri Klochkov summarized the results of the last year’s performance and spoke of the plans for 2009, reports the press service.

January 21, the enlarged meeting of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Tatarstan was held with the participation of Farid Mukhametshin, the Chairman of the RT State Council. The meeting was devoted to the results of the operative-serving activity in 2008.

On 21st of January RT President Mintimer Shaimiev signed the law "On public counselors for juveniles".

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.