Rustam Minnikhanov: Only innovations help us being competitive and maintain leading positions
20 February 2014, Thursday
On February 20 at Road Show meeting “Tools of project support and monitoring of road maps” of National business initiative Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that Tatarstan takes part in all projects implemented by the Agency of strategic initiatives.
The meeting was held at Mirage hotel with participation of Director General of ANO “Agency of strategic initiatives on promoting new projects” Andrey Nikitin, employees of Tatarstan ministries and agencies, energy companies, and experts.
Welcoming participants of the meeting Rustam Minnikhanov said that “road maps” of National business initiative yield results. Today we need a feedback, and use the potential of municipalities to the full, he noted.
According to Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan will continue supporting projects of the Agency of strategic initiatives.
Andrey Nikitin informed that 11“road maps” were approved and are in operation. It will enable improving investment climate in the country, he said.
Tatarstan is the leader by the number of projects approved by the Agency, and we are to continue our work, Andrey Nikitin noted. He also reminded that creation of the National rating of investment climate in subordinate entities of the Federation is the key task set by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Tatarstan citizens aged 18 to 35 can participate in the federal competition of scientific research projects "UMNIK", the winners of which will receive a grant of 500 thousand rubles for the subsequent commercialization of a scientific startup.
A meeting of the working group on ensuring the sustainable development of the economy of the Republic of Tatarstan was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan Midkhat Shagiakhmetov.
On April 24, 2026, Elena Filippova, Head of the Regulatory Impact Assessment and Competition Development Department of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan, participated in the interregional round table "The Digital Future of the Regions: Introducing digital Tools into Regulatory Impact Assessment", organized by the Department of Economic Policy and Development of the City of Moscow.
Yesterday, the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan Midkhat Shagiakhmetov, held a meeting with representatives of business associations and public organizations of the Republic. The event was attended by representatives of the Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Vysokogorsky Municipal District of the Republic of Tatarstan.