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About 4 billion roubles will be spent on Kazan metro construction this year. 1.6 bln roubles have been allocated so far. The funds were allocated from the Republic of Tatarstan budget, Marat Rakhimov said. The federal centre does not plan to finance the Kazan metro this year.

The 10th Tatarstan open programming team tournament among high school and university students has finished in Kazan. The organisers were the Tatarstan Ministry of Education and Science and JSC ICL KME CS, with the support of Microsoft and Intel.

The anniversary competition’s winner was the Urals State University team that solved 8 problems of the 12 offered. In February 2010, the team came in 13th at the 34th world programming championship ACM ICPC 2010 in Harbin, China. The runner up at the tournament in Kazan was the Izhevsk State University team, while the Lomonosov Moscow State University Kolmogorov School team finished third. The winners were awarded medals and valuable prizes, including computer equipment and licenced software.

The best school student team, solving 5 problems, was the team of the Lobachevsky lyceum at Kazan State University. The contestants were awarded a computer. Individual prizes were given to the youngest participants, Nail Mingaleev, a 7th grader at the Kazan high school No 122, and Maria Ryabova, a 9th grader from the Kazan team No 1. The other participants received encouragement prizes.

Tatarstan State Council Chairman Farid Mukhametshin took part in the official swearing-in ceremony of Saratov Region Governor Pavel Ipatov on April 5. Russia President’s Plenipotentiary representative in the Volga Federal Region Grigory Rapota, the Council of Federation members and the State Duma deputies, representatives of the Volga Federal Region attended the ceremony.

On commission of Tatarstan President and on behalf of the republic’s multi-ethnic people, Tatarstan State Council Chairman Farid Mukhametshin made a speech at the solemn ceremony. The parliament speaker delivered greetings and congratulations to Pavel Ipatov.

The 23rd International Festival of Classic ballet named after Rudolf Nuriev will be held on the stage of Jalil Tatar Academic State Theatre of opera and Ballet on May 12-25.

The Republic of Tatarstan is a region pioneering in preparation of young people for the army and in organization of and conducting conscription.

Tatarstan has won the 1 and 2 degree certificates at the 12th Russian competition of in-cage fur farming, held at the premises of the fur animal breeding and rabbit breeding research institute in Moscow. JSC Birulevo represented Tatarstan. The company was awarded 1st degree certificates for the high quality of the silver fox pelts. A 2nd degree certificate was presented to the animal breeders for the red fox pelts.

According to the Tatarstan Agriculture Ministry, nearly all the fur stored at the animal breeding entities over the past 2 years ahs been sold, since the prices of fur have grown. The goods were sold on both the domestic and foreign markets.

Tatarstan State Council Chairman Farid Mukhametshin will take part in the swearing-in ceremony of Saratov Region Governor Pavel Ipatov today, April 5. Farid Mukhametshin will visit the Tatar National Gymnasia as part of his one-day visit. He will meet with the region’s Tatar community representatives, Tatarstan State Council press-service informs.

The world-famous EXPO 2010 exhibition will May 1 to October 30 be held in Shanghai, China. An official delegation will represent the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as a group of business concerned with finding new business partners and concluding contracts. The Tatarstan Commerce and Industry Chamber department of business education said today this year’s event was held under the motto "Better City, Better Life".

The display is to present new models of living, innovative achievements of urban science and technology, solutions to environmental, energy, water supply, construction and culture of daily living problems, as well as to problems of rebuilding urban districts and interaction between the village and the city.

The Tatarstan Chamber is assembling a group of Tatarstan businessmen, to take part in the business trip to China between April 28 and May 7and attend the exhibition as part of the Tatarstan delegation. Business meetings with entrepreneurs will be held within the visit, tours of the economic zones and specialised exhibitions, held in the same period in China, are planned.

JSC Tatneft net profits in 2009, according to the Russian Accounting Standards, totalled 50.87 billion roubles. This is 48 percent more than in 2008, 34.3 billion roubles. JSC Tatneft said in a statement in the fourth quarter of 2009 the net profits had been 5.41 billion roubles, which is nearly half of that in the third quarter, 11.4 billion. The company said the main reason for decreased profits in the 4th quarter of 2009 was redistribution of resources among the subsidiaries.

President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited construction sites of the social mortgage program in Kazan. April 4, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited social mortgage program construction in Kazan.