Rustam Minnikhanov meets with representatives of Tatarstan in Russian Federation Council and State Duma of Federal Assembly

On January 30 at his meeting with representatives of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation Council and State Duma of the Federal Assembly Rustam Minnikhanov stated that a powerful corps of members represents Tatarstan Republic in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly and it is neccesary to take advatange of this opportunity.

Chairman of Tatarstan State Council Farid Mukhametshin, Chief of Staff of Tatarstan President’s Office Asgat Safarov, regional ministries and heads of some organizations took part in the meeting.

Farid Mukhametshin said that at today’s traditional meeting it is necessary to summarize results of the work of Tatarstan representatives in the State Duma in 2013 and set tasks for this year.

Tatartsan Ministry of Economy Midkhat Shagiakhmetov made a keynote report. In particular, he reminded that the amount of the obtained federal funds from all resources made 75.8 bln rubles (72.4 bln rubles in 2012). He mentioned that 27.0 bln rubles were raised in the region under federal target and state programmes.

Commenting on the situation, Rustam Minnikhanov noted that the region needs new strategic projects to take part in federal target investment programmes. He pointed out a number of topical issues that should be dealt with at the legislative level. Among such issues he mentioned reformation of housing and municipal economy sector, rates of utility services, provision of measures to improve traffic safety, organization of activities of local police officers to work with citizens at the local level, etc.

Rustam Minnikhanov reminded that the work on return of funds spent by the region to create the infrastructure for industrial platforms must be also carried out.