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On March 1, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov was on a working visit in Bugulma municipal region. He participated in a session of the municipal council on issues of social and economic development of 2012 and setting tasks for 2013. 

Head of Bugulma municipal region Ildus Kasymov, deputy of the Russian State Duma Radik Ilyasov, Deputy Director General on personnel and social development of OAO “Tatneft” Rustam Mukhamadeev, deputy of Tatarstan State Council and Director General of “TNG group” Rinat Kharisov, deputy of Tatarstan State Council Vasily Loginov participated in the session. 

Before the session Ildar Khalikov visited the exhibition of produce of local enterprises at the House of machinery. 

At the session Ildar Khalikov said that dwellers of Bugulma municipal region made considerable contribution to republican economy.

Director of Federal Financial Monitoring Service Yury Chikhanchin arrived in Kazan with a working visit. President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met Yury Chikhanchin at the international airport “Kazan”.

A conversation between Rustam Minnikhanov and Yury Chikhanchin was held at the Tatarstan Government House afterwards.

They discussed measures on counteraction of terrorist financing as one of the main sources of threats to national security. 

The government plans to establish a system that guarantees safety of not only mandatory, but also for the voluntary retirement savings.

Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseyev also told "Izvestia" if it will save the retirement savings against inflation, why should the system guarantee only nominal paid to the funded part of the pension contributions, and how  Russians can protect themselves from poverty in old age.

The average price of Urals crude for February 2013 amounted to U.S. $ 114.45. / bbl., which is 3.76% less than in the same month in 2012.

Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tatarstan on February 28, 2013 brought the preliminary funding to government customers of state programs of the Republic of Tatarstan for 2014-2016.

Russia's international reserves fell $5.5 billion to $524.0 billion in the week to February 22, the Central Bank said on Thursday, reports Interfax.

The reserves stood at $529.5 billion on February 15.

On February 28 President of Tatarstan, Board Chairman of OAO “Tatneft” Rustam Minnikhanov held company’s regular board session in Kazan. 

Results of budget execution by OAO “Tatneft” for January were summarized and budget for March was approved at the session.

Moreover, the program of improving reservoir pressure maintenance system for 2013-2014 was considered. New activities defined are performance of geological and engineering operations on key wells and reconstruction of objects of pressure maintenance system.

Half of all public institutions of regions and municipalities still maintain cash transactions with employees, it is not acceptable - salaries should be translated in non-cash form, said Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.

The Federal Treasury will short temporarily available budget with the use of repos in 2013 , Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on the board of the Federal Treasury.

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov notes risks of decrease additional revenues to the budget in the first half of 2013 compared to the same period of the previous few years. He said this, speaking at a meeting of the expanded board of the Federal Tax Service. "We're usually in the spring session to earn extra income, distributing them, and then wait for the fall session, have additional revenues. And this year, there are fears that such revenues may not be", - he said.