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The delegation of the Ivanov Region, led by the governor Mikhail Men, has today arrived in Tatarstan. The purpose of the visit is to decide on building a textile industrial cluster with the participation of Tatartsan’s oil, gas and petrochemical companies, and to sign an agreement on modernising the textile industry through integration with the petrochemical sector.

The meeting of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiev, and the Governor of the Ivanovo region, Chairman of the Government of the Ivanovo region, Mikhail Men, took place at the Kazan Kremlin on May 20. After the meeting, the parties signed intergovernmental Agreement on modernization of the textile industry of the Ivanovo region on the basis of integration with petrochemical enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev has bestowed Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin with the order of Honour in the Kremlin. In accordance with the Russian Federation President’s Decree №513 from May 7, 2009, the head of the Republic of Tatarstan’s Kazan city municipal formation has been awarded with the Order of Honour for the achieved results and many years of conscientious work.

The Ivanov Region delegation, led by the governor and head of government Mikhail Men, has today begun a working visit to Kazan.

The Turkmenistan team will be represented by three cars and two trucks at the off-road rally Silk Road-2009. Vehicles will be prepared by the specialists of the Ashgabat KAMAZ Service Center and KAMAZ-master team.

Russia's Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works is interested in setting up a joint venture with Kamaz following a visit to the company's main plant by a MMK delegation led by board chairman Mr Viktor Rashnikov on Friday, reported Steel Guru with reference to Interfax.

Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev signed Decree №UP78 of May 15, 2009 “On the Republican Agency for Press and Mass Communication Tatmedia”.

All-Russian Student Spring-2009 has become a triumph for Tatarstan. The team representing our republic won the festival’s Grand Prix. Moreover, Tatarstan participants received one more Grand Prix – in the field “Regional Programme”. In this nomination they shared the victory with the delegation from Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (Yugra).

The Kazan Helicopter Plant intends to produce the Mi-38 helicopter in 2014, told Tatar-inform the deputy general director for foreign economic relations Valery Pashko.

The fourth meeting of the Security Council secretaries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member-states will be held in Moscow on May 20 under the chairmanship of the Russian side.