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Oil recovery in Tatarstan is compensated for by replenishing its reserves, which are by the year becoming increasingly hard to produce. The data was presented by the Tatnipineft, part of Tatneft, director Ravil Ibatullin at an international workshop Innovative Technologies in Geology and Development of Hydrocarbons. Owing to innovative technologies, the reserves earlier considered unconventional and unprofitable are now considered suitable for recovery.

September 10, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev presented Vladimir Kirshin, the Head of the investigative department of the Committee of inquiry under RF public prosecutor's office in RT with general’s shoulder straps, conforming to the class ranking of the second class state counsellor-at-law at the Kazan Kremlin.

September 9, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan had a meeting with Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime-Minister. During the meeting Vladimir Putin and Mintimer Shaimiev discussed socio-economic situation of the region, as well as issues related to holding of the Universiade-2013 in Kazan.

KAMAZ-Master team pilot Firdaus Kabirov won the 5th lap of Silk Road rally-raid. This victory gave him an opportunity to lead the trucks ratings of the race.

Tatarstan’s industrial policy priorities have for some years now been issues related to standardisation and improving technical regulation, claimed the Prime Minister of Tatarstan Roustam Minnikhanov while welcoming participants at an international conference called Practical Application of Technical Regulation in Russia’s Oil and Gas Complex.

Setpember 9, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and President of the Republic of Turkey Abdullah Gül had a telephone conversation on the initiative on the Turkish site.

A presentation of the Pozis research and development centre and a meeting called On coordination of industrial companies and organisations’s action in the field of technical upgrade and developing cooperation were held in Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan. The Prime Minister Roustam Minnikhanov attended the meeting.

Russian championship in trap-shooting will be held near Kazan on September 14-20.
At least 170 sportsmen from all over Russia will arrive in Tatarstan.

Mayor of Belville – the Universiade-2009 in Belgrade- Ranko Tarasevich arrived in Kazan for a working visit.

Tatarstan volunteers received invitation to work at the Olympics-2012 in London. Our young fellows will also be in demand at large-scale sport competitions in South Africa, Finland and France.