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October 2012
Monday
Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tatarstan organized a trip for its pensioners to  the Museum of Gabdulla Tukay in the Kyrlay village in Arsk region. The Seniors Day is celebrated on October 1st in Russia.  

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September 2012
Friday
A regular session of OAO Tatneft Board of directors chaired by the Tatarstan President Rustam was held at the RT Government House today. Results of budget performance by the company for eight months of 2012 have been considered, budgets for October and the fourth quarter of the current year approved, and forecasts of financial and economic activity of the company for 2013 discussed.

Board of directors heard information about realization of construction of the integrated hydrocracking unit at TANECO, technological efficiency of drilling new wells and development of horizontal drilling at the company’s fields.

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September 2012
Wednesday
Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker arrived in Kazan within the framework of his working visit to the Russian Federation.

The delegation was met by the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Chairman of State Council Farid Mukhametshin at the international airport “Kazan”.

The Luxembourg delegation consists of the Minister of economy and foreign trade Etienne Schneider, Ambassador of Luxembourg to Russia Pierre Ferring, other officials and representatives of business community of the Grand Duchy.

Jean-Claude Juncker is going to visit the Tatarstan-Luxembourg Business Forum, the Kazan IT-park, the Kazan federal university and meet with President of Tatarstan.
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov held a regular session of OAO “Tatneftehiminvest-holding” Board of directors. Several attractive projects offered by research institutions and innovation companies were considered at the session at the RT Government House.

Deputy Director of the Institute of problems of chemical physics of the Russian Academy sciences made report about creation of nanomodified binders and polymeric composite materials.

Rustam Minnikhanov said that prospects of using nanoadditives in polymers seem to be interesting for Tatarstan.

During the session two projects aimed at creation of vapor recovery units for petrol stations were presented to members of the Board.

Regional authorities and law enforcement bodies must settle the problem connected with debts of agencies rendering housing and communal services for fuel and energy resources.

Such assignment has been given by the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a video conference on issues of preparation for the heating season. Tatarstan’s Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov participated in the event.

Head of the Russian Government informed that readiness of the housing fund for the heating season is 90 %, boiler houses – 87 %, heating and water supply systems – 91 %. 219 bln roubles are provided in all types of budgets to prepare for the heating season.

Dmitry Medvedev requested to prepare all objects of energy, housing and communal sector for the heating season by November 15. For the same period RF Ministry of defence must prepare subsidiary objects and submit relevant documents to the government.


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September 2012
Tuesday
The 3d session of VII Russia-Singapore Business Forum “Russia and CIS: Opportunities and Challenges” opened by the speech of President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

The Tatarstan President thanked organisers of the event for the opportunity to share his ideas about mechanisms of forming new growth model under the conditions of globalization of the world economy and current changes in Russia.

Rustam Minnikhanov noted that decisions made by the country’s leadership focus on economic optimization, development of small and medium-size business.

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September 2012
Friday
Memorandum of cooperation and interaction in the context of the project of territorially detached innovation center Innopolis between the Republic of Tatarstan and State Corporation Bank for development and foreign economic activity (Vnesheconombank) has been signed within the framework of XI international investment forum “Sochi-2012”. 
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Head of Vnesheconombank Vladimir Dmitriev put their signatures on the document in presence of the RF Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. 
The memorandum implies opportunity of participation of Vnesheconombank in funding of construction of the main building of the technopark and housing objects. 
To the point, construction of Innopolis started in June 2012 in Tatarstan. The city will occupy the area of 1200 hectares in a picturesque place not far from Kazan. It is meant for 155 thousand people including 60 thousand IT specialists. Master plan of Innopolis was developed by RSP Architects Planners&Engineers (Singapore). 
The Innopolis project is presented at the exposition stand of the Republic of Tatarstan. 

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September 2012
Tuesday
Russian Ministry of Finance published on its website a draft federal budget for 2013 and the period of 2014 and 2015 on September 18.

According to the document, the next year's budget deficit is expected to reach 521.4 billion rubles, or about 0.8 percent of projected GDP (66.515 trillion rubles). The volume of domestic government debt to Russia on January 1, 2014 should amount to 6.569 trillion rubles, and external debt - 66.2 billion dollars.

In 2014, as expected in the Finance Ministry, the budget deficit will amount to 143.6 billion rubles, in 2015 - 10.8 billion.

Earlier, the ministry had prepared three
forecasts on key economic indicators for 2013-2015. The base case assumes that GDP growth in the next three years will be 3,7-4,5 percent and the conservative option is to increase the economy in 2013-2015 to 2,7-3,3 percent. The optimistic scenario assumes that the average annual increase in GDP in 2013-2018 will amount to 6.1 percent.

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September 2012
Monday
Presentation of a special economic zone of the industrial-production type “Alabuga” for foreign and Russian investment companies was held in Moscow. Director General of OAO “Special economic zones” Oleg Kostin, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Director General of SEZ Alabuga Timur Shagivaleev took part in the event.

Presentation of SEZ Alabuga (the Elabuga municipal region, the Republic of Tatarstan) was dedicated to the issue “Why do global brands choose SEZ Alabuga.” Guests and potential investors were told about advantages of the special economic zone, preferences for resident companies and created infrastructure.

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September 2012
Saturday
Tatarstan’s Minister of finance Radik Gaizatullin told about formation of revenue part of the Tatarstan budget in 2013 at a session at the RT Cabinet. The session was dedicated to estimated figures of social and economic development of the Republic of Tatarstan in 2013-2015.

The event was chaired by the Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov with participation of the RT President Rustam Minnikhanov.

The session was held in format of video conference with all municipal regions.

According to head of the ministry, most solid sources of the budget income are income tax, personal income tax, and corporate property tax. In total, they make 74 percent of the consolidated budget and 78 percent of the republican budget.

In 2013, personal income tax of the consolidated budget is expected to make 49.7 bln roubles, and of the republican budget-29.8 bln roubles. The income tax is estimated at 45 bln roubles.


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