NEWS

About 500 residents in Kazan have today paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the terror acts in the Moscow metro on March 29. At 7:57 am today, the time of the first explosion, a mourning meeting began at the central Bauman street. A total of 39 candles were lit up, to coincide with the number of the people killed by the blasts at the Park Kultury and Lubyanka metro stations. The meeting’s participants held posters reading “Terrorism Is A Threat to the World”, “We Are In Mourning”, “People, Be Vigilant” and “Terrorism Has No Nationality”.

The first stage of the Universiade-2013 Village will be commissioned in Kazan by September 1, 2010. Some 8 thousand students will move into the new residence. 8 objects of the World Student games will be put into operation in the near future, Vladimir Leonov informed.

Vice-President of UNESCO International Commission for Scientific Education, Professor Janchai Yingprayung will pay a visit to Kazan on April 1 - 4. The purpose of his visit is participation in the festival of scientific-technical ideas and projects “Nauka-Fest” (“Science-Fest”). Professor Janchai Yingprayung will read out lectures for teachers and gifted children of Kazan schools, present virtual teaching opportunities in a school educational social network, and meet with scientists from the city universities.

Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov signed the laws of the Republic of Tatarstan on the State Counsellor of the Republic of Tatarstan and on introduction of amendments in articles 75, 76 and 94 of the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The first law determines the status, appointment procedure and competence of the State Counsellor of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The second law is on conferring the right of legislative initiative in the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan on the State Counsellor of the Republic of Tatarstan and clarifies the powers of the State Counsellor and the President of the Republic of Tatarstan when appointed on this position.

The texts of the law will be published in the press.

Two automated systems were presented to Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov at a meeting held in the RT House of Government on March 30. The presentation of the state automated system for target programs and the information analysis system for developing and monitoring the program of capital investment was made by RT Minister of Economy Marat Safiullin who said that the adoption of these systems ‘can open a new stage in the system of public administration in the republic”.

Representatives from the Federal Centre for Animal Toxicological and Radiation Safety will attend the EurasiaBio 2010 international congress, to be on April 13-15 held at the foreign trade centre in Moscow. The event is sponsored by the Russian public organisation Y. Ovchinnikov Biotechnologists Society. The purpose is to advertise bio technologies, bio industry and bio economy, the most important areas of the 21st century’s scientific and technical progress.

A memorandum of cooperation has in Kazan been signed by JSC Kamaz and the Microsoft corporation. The signing was a follow-up to a round table meeting between Tatarstan’s regional customers’ IT directors, attended by the Microsoft vice president Vakhe Torosyan and Microsoft Rus president Nikolai Pryanishnikov.

The Kamaz information technologies department director Viktor Ganin at the meeting discussed with the Microsoft managers issues relating to strategic IT cooperation and extending the licence agreement. The parties coincided in the opinion that the strategic partnership would offer new opportunities exchanging experience within Microsoft auto making solutions. Setting up a Microsoft competence centre and a training and IT skills improvement centre on the grounds of JSC Kamaz in Naberezhnye Chelny was said to be called for, as well as implementing some joint projects financed by Microsoft.

Tatarstan sportsmen Regina Vlasova and Sergei Goryslavets won bronze medals of the Russian under-18 championship in Russian billiards.

On March, 29 President of Republic Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov appointed new Head of security service of RT President - Aide to President of Republic Tatarstan Muslikh Sitdikov relieving from this post Rakhimov R.G. for the reason of transfer to another job.

RT President also signed an Edict in compliance with which the coverage of RT President and RT Cabinet activity is laid on Press service of RT President.

Andrei Kuzmin, former Head of RT Cabinet Press service has been appointed to the post of Head of press service of RT President.

Session of JSC "Tatneftehiminvest-holding" Board of Directors was held in House of RT Government. President of Tatarstan - chairman of JSC "Tatneftehiminvest-holding" Board of Directors Rustam Minnikhanov chaired a meeting.

Deputy chairman of Concern "Shell" in Russia Igor Ignatiev presented the review of technologies of oil-processing at Concern "Shell".

Academician of Russian academy of sciences Ilya Moiseev spoke at the session. His report was devoted to issues of bacterial synthesis for the benefit of fuel industry and petrochemistry. Further, board members discussed issues relating to preparation and holding yearly general meeting of JSC "Tatneftehiminvest-holding" shareholders.

Director General of state unitary enterprise "Agency on state order, investment activity and interregional connections of Republic Tatarstan" Yakov Geller reported on work of electronic commodity website.

President of Tatarstan - chairman of JSC "Tatneftehiminvest-holding" Directors board Rustam Minnikhanov said that the next session of Directors board is planned on April 29.