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Tatneft was included on the list of the world’s largest companies compiled by Forbes, which released a rating of 2000 largest public companies of the world on April 10, 2009. Their total market value made $20 bln, incomes - $32 bln, net profit - $1,6 bln, and asset value - $125 bln. They experienced significant losses over the last year: total net profit of the largest corporations fell by 31% and market value by 49%.

Kazan’s Ak Bars is Russian champion in ice hockey! They have defeated HC Lokomotiv from Yaroslavl I the seventh match of Gagarin Cup series with the score 1:0. Ak Bars has become the first winner of Gagarin Cup.

Kazan is open for proposals of architecture design companies on designing and construction of sport facilities for the Universiade-2013 in Kazan. Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov announced it at a meeting with representative of NBBJ company (the US) at the Republic of Tatarstan Government House on April 10.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Singapore to Russia Simon de Cruz has today toured the Alabuga special economic zone in Tatarstan, to see in person the business opportunities offered to its tenants, says Alabuga’s press service.

April 9, RT Prime-minister Rustam Minnikhanov is in Moscow on a working visit during which he is to take part in the meeting of the organizational committee of the International forum ‘The development of the CIS innovative space. The role and place of the CIS Chambers of Commerce and Industry’.

The traditional Day of the Original will be held at the Literature Museum of Gabdulla Tukai on April 10. The event is dedicated to the memory of the great poet.

A seminar with participation of Tatarstan State Council deputies “Regulatory aspects of the Republic of Tatarstan State Council deputies’ work” is to be held today at the republican parliament today.

Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov met with representatives of foreign mass media at the Republic of Tatarstan Government House on April 8. Reporters of Reuters News, Moscow Times, Business New Europe, Bloomberg informational agency, Russia Today and Vesti TV-channels arrived in Kazan for a two-day get-to-know visit. Tatarstan is the second Russian region after Yekaterinburg foreign journalists are visiting.

The 9th exhibition “Education. Career” has opened at Kazan Fair exhibition centre today. Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Protection Ayrat Shafigullin, Tatarstan Minister of Education and Science Albert Gilmutdinov, Tatarstan State Council Deputy Chairman Rimma Ratnikova, State adviser to Tatarstan President for social issues Tatyana Larionova took part in the opening ceremony of the exhibition.