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The figures of social wellbeing of Russian citizens are at record levels for the third month in a row and the index of assessing economic situations reached historical maximums in July, the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) said on Tuesday, reports Interfax.

Sociologists calculated the index of Russian satisfaction with life, which rose to a record level (79 points) in June and maintained this level in July (78 points).

The index of social optimism is 77 points, against 72 points in January, the VTsIOM said.

In July the index of financial positions kept the record set last month and was 76 points. This figure is growing for the fifth year in a row, at that 2009 level is lower than today's by 34 points (42 points).

Small and medium entrepreneurship’s development workshop of Tatarstan Economy Ministry took place in Alabuga special economic zone today. Tatarstan State Council Chairman Farid Mukhametshin participated in the meeting, and all heads of municipal governments were invited. Along with them, Tatarstan Minister of Economy Midkhat Shagiakhmetov, Alabuga’s CEO Timur Shagivaleyev and other officials attended the conference.

“We gathered to discuss topical issues of small and medium businesses’ development, particularly while the West creates obstacles for our economy and restricts opportunities. Many big businesses of the republic are sensitive to sanctions; Tatarstan economy’s growth slowed down slightly in the first six month of 2014,” Farid Mukhametshin noted.

In the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan the meeting on discussion of participation of the medical organizations of primary link in action of the state financial support "Development of leasing of the equipment : subsidizing of expenses of subjects of small and average business on payment of the first contribution (advance payment) under the contract of leasing of the equipment (LIZING-GRANT)" took place on July 30, 2014. Representatives of Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tatarstan, State Budgetary Institution Center of Support of Business of the Republic of Tatarstan, and also the private medical companies of the Republic of Tatarstan took part in meeting.

An innovative areal cluster in nanotechnology sphere will be set up in Tatarstan.

The cluster development of Idea technopark is a model of fast growth of nanotechnology sphere in the republic. It is focused on republic economy’s preferred spheres such as petrochemicals, engineering and new materials, automation and tool engineering, medicine and pharmaceuticals, as well as aviation and space.

Small companies will be set up in the framework of the project to satisfy demands of the republic’s industrial enterprises. The cluster will facilitate to introduce innovations into special goods, increase production capacity and consumption of nanotechnology in Tatarstan. Among the tasks are development of hi-tech military industry companies, attraction of small and medium business to defense industry and contribution to Tatarstan’s investment prospects, Tatarstan Economy Ministry’s press service reports.

Total amount of funding under the Leasing-Grant program will be over 500 million rubles. The federal and the republic budgets will allocate 555 million rubles in Tatarstan this year. Tatastan Minister of Economy Midkhat Shagiakhmetov reported about that at a briefing in the cabinet on 30 July, regarding The Measures to Support Small and Medium Enterprises in Tatarstan in 2014 decree.

The speaker emphasized the main measure was to subsidize advance payment program under Leasing-Grant.
The program will cover over 70 percent for enterpreneures who implements family and lifestock projects with Tatarstan Agriculture and Food Ministry’s support under leasing agreement. Also, it will cover over 50 percent for industrial area residents at municipal level," Midkhat Shagiahmetov said.

According to the repoter, the capitalization of republic quarantee fund was increased in order to broaden credit resources available for small and medium enterprise’s sphere this year for widening enterpreneuers’ oppotunities.

In pursuance of requirements of the Federal law of 26.12.2008 No. 294-FZ "About protection of the rights of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs at implementation of the state control (supervision) and municipal control" the Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Tatarstan starts forming the plan of checks of the enterprises which are carrying out preparation, storage, processing and realization of scrap of ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals for 2015.

 The bases for inclusion of the legal entity (individual entrepreneur) in the plan of checks are defined by point 8 of article 9 of the specified law.

We remind that the plan of checks for 2014 is published on the website of the ministry of the address: http://mert.tatarstan.ru/rus/Licensing/plan_proverok.htm.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of 29.07.2014 No. 1398-r is approved the the list of monotowns of the Russian Federation. The list includes 313 municipalities which are divided into 3 categories depending on their social and economic situation: Category 1. Monotowns with the most difficult economic and social situation (including with problems of functioning of the city-forming organizations). From the Republic of Tatarstan on this category the list included monotowns Zelenodolsk and Kamsky Polyany. Category 2. Monotowns with risks of deterioration of economic and social situation. From the Republic of Tatarstan this category included the monotown of Yelabuga. Category 3. Monotowns with a stable social and economic situation. From the Republic of Tatarstan on this category the list included the monotowns Mendeleevsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk.

The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan prepared a monthly rating of social and economic development of municipal areas and city districts of the Republic of Tatarstan for January-June, 2014. In the general rating for January-June, 2014 the leading positions were taken by Kazan (1 place), Almetyevsky (the 2nd place) and Laishevsky (the 3rd place) municipal areas. For January-June, 2014 the greatest change of a place in a rating Sabinsky (+7 positions), Cheremshansky (+5 positions) municipal areas were reached. These changes are caused by improvement of a number of indicators: decrease in level of the registered unemployment, increase in growth rates of the volume of investment into fixed capital (except of budgetary funds) and growth of the tax and non-tax income.

In meeting which was held by the director general of JSC Tatneftekhiminvest-holding Rafinat Yarullin, the First Deputy Minister of Economics of Tatarstan Sariya Siraziyev, the deputy minister of economy Marat Sharifullin, the staff of JSC Tatneftekhiminvest-holding and NP "Kamsky Innovative Territorial and Production Cluster" also took part. At meeting perspective projects of development of a petrochemical complex of the Republic of Tatarstan, including the sphere of complex processing of raw materials, low-tonnage chemistry and new materials were discussed. Importance of preparation of qualified personnel was separately noted.

On July 31, 2014 the meeting "Strategy of spatial development of rural territories of the Republic of Tatarstan" within the project of "Strategy of Social and Economic Development of the Republic of Tatarstan for the Period till 2030" took place. The meeting became a joint meeting of project platforms "Space, infrastructure, the real capital" and "Development of agro-industrial complex". Experts of the Tatarstan — 2030 project, representatives of the ministries, departments and municipalities of the republic, and also the enterprises and organizations took part in action.