Investment digest of the Republic of Tatarstan: about the work of the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan for February
What do you remember about the last month of winter: a digest of the main news in the investment sector of Tatarstan for February.
On February 1, the Investment Development Agency, with the participation of the Institute of Spatial Planning of the Republic of Tatarstan, discussed a draft register of sites that meet the criteria proposed by potential investors. Such a resource would greatly facilitate the search for a site and speed up the implementation of projects. The meeting was attended by the head of the Tatarstan Agency for Investment and Development Taliya Minullina and the director of the Tatarstan Institute of Industrial Development Oleg Grigoriev
On February 2, the head of the Tatarstan Agency for Investment Development, Talia Minullina, as part of a government delegation led by Rais Respubliki, visited the new residential complex “South Park” in the city of Elabuga.
The residential complex, which was built by the Alabuga SEZ, includes 11 five-story buildings and is designed for 4.2 thousand people. Employees of the special economic zone and college students of the Alabuga Polytech educational center live in comfortable apartments, equipped with furniture and household appliances.
Talia Minullina: “Creating comfortable living conditions for employees is part of the personnel policy, which is so important in the current realities. For these purposes, the corresponding social and housing infrastructure is being created. The Alabuga SEZ is again ahead of the curve in this matter. Already, specialists who are so lacking in the labor market, they choose an employer who provides not only work, but also housing, and provides conditions for family members.”
On February 5, the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan was visited on an introductory visit by: Beishembiev Eric Aidarkanovich - Consul General of the Kyrgyz Republic in Kazan and Akylbek uulu Salamat - Consul and Advisor on Economic Affairs of the Consulate General of the Kyrgyz Republic in Kazan. The guests got acquainted with the investment potential of Tatarstan at the Agency’s Unified Presentation Center, and then met with the head of the Tatarstan Agency for Investment Development, Taliya Minullina. During the meeting, Talia Ilgizovna introduced them to the current news investment agenda of Tatarstan in economic relations with the Kyrgyz Republic, and also presented the preliminary stage of preparations of our Republic for KazanForum 2024 and ROSTKI 2024, and invited the consuls to participate in upcoming events.
On February 6, in the format of a reputation council in the Reception House of the ASG group of companies, the master plan for the Kazan agglomeration until 2050 from the Institute of Spatial Planning of Tatarstan was discussed by representatives of the capital of Tatarstan and its surrounding areas with the participation of authorities. The master plan covers the territory of Kazan, Zelenodolsky, Verkhneuslonsky, Vysokogorsky, Laishevsky and Pestrechinsky districts. Of the existing types of agglomerations, the Kazan agglomeration, developing on a “contractual” basis, is seen by participants as one of the most effective. The key issue on the agenda was the balance between economic growth and sustainable development, so representatives of the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan also took part in the event. The master plan will be one of the main topics of the upcoming forum “Rebus: million-plus agglomerations”, which will be held at Kazan Expo from July 10 to 11, 2024. The ASG group of companies is preparing a book on the development of the Kazan agglomeration for the forum.
On this day, at the Tatarstan Prosecutor's Office, the head of the Tatarstan Agency for Investment Development, Talia Minullina, took part in a meeting on the implementation of concession agreements and investment projects in the housing and communal services sector, chaired by the prosecutor of the republic, Albert Suyargulov.
“Keeping track of all changes, responding to them in a timely manner, preparing competent documents - this means keeping the most important issue under control - providing vital quality services primarily to our population and, of course, maintaining a brand in front of the guests of the Republic” - Talia Minullina.
Also taking part in it were First Deputy Minister of Construction and Architecture of the Republic of Tatarstan Alexey Frolov, Head of the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan on Tariffs Alexander Grunichev, and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin. Prosecutors of cities and districts, as well as heads of municipalities of the republic participated in the discussion via video conferencing.
As a result of the discussion, a set of measures was developed to improve the situation in the housing and communal services sector of the republic, including monitoring the implementation of concession agreements, attracting investment in the industry and increasing the efficiency of utility companies.
“The Investment Development Agency is one of the coordinating bodies for the consideration of draft concession agreements in relation to heat supply facilities, centralized hot and cold water supply systems, wastewater disposal and individual objects of such systems. All concession agreements in Tatarstan are in order, we do not use this as a public initiative, we do not have this in practice, it is mainly a private initiative.” - Talia Minullina.
“Before developing concession agreements and all necessary documents, it is important: - to determine the list of objects that are planned to be transferred under concession agreements - to analyze the title documents for the objects (transfer and acceptance certificates, orders) - to analyze the land plots under the objects of concession agreements and how they will be transferred: lease agreement, easement or other mechanism - analyze water supply/sanitation schemes or heat supply schemes, whether the required measures are included in such schemes.
I would like to note that it is very important at the stage of preparing the concession agreement to take into account all the conditions, distribute all obligations between the parties, distribute risks” - Talia Minullina
On February 7, representatives of the “Big Four” business associations of the republic discussed the layout of the Investment Map of Tatarstan being created with the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan with the participation of the Institute of Spatial Planning of the Republic of Tatarstan at a working meeting at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tatarstan. Representatives of regional branches of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Business Russia, and the Association of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs looked at the test version of the investment card and made recommendations as potential business users. Deputy Head of the Tatarstan Investment Agency Marina Epifantseva explained to businessmen that a new card is being created to meet the requirements of the Regional Investment Standard to replace the outdated current resource. The investment map is planned to be released for public use at the end of February.
Also on this day, the head of the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Talia Minullina took part in a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Non-Profit Organization “Investment and Venture Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan”, which took place in the Government House of the Republic of Tatarstan. The meeting was chaired by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Alexey Pesoshin. Members of the Supervisory Board considered issues on the agenda, including approving the concept for the development of the fund until 2030, approving the launch of the republican competition for startups and students “Innovation of the Year,” and also considered a number of other issues. Within the framework of the Supervisory Council, they also approved the concept of strategic development of the Investment and Venture Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan until 2030. The fund plans to increase investment activity, strengthen the development of portfolio companies and special projects, as well as transform the fund’s competitions and programs.
Another important event on this day was the business visit of the delegation of the Turkish company “Discover Events” as part of a trip to the Republic of Tatarstan. The head of the Tatarstan Agency for Investment Development, Taliya Minullina, met with the guests of the Republic. Among the members of the delegation were: Yunus Ete - President of the Association of Organizers of International Exhibitions of Turkey - Chairman of the Board of Discover Events; Bibijemal Rejepova - Head of the Directorate of International Projects "Discover Events"; Maria Mukhaeva - international business development specialist at Discover Events; Orhan Gundogdu is Assistant to the Chairman of the Board of Discover Events. During the meeting, methods for developing tourism between the Republics were discussed, as well as the ideas and plans of “Discover Events” for participation in republican exhibitions and forums.
In addition, the Head of the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan, Taliya Minullina, held three meetings on the development of cooperation with friendly countries and on the tools necessary for this.
First meeting with a representative of the Arab educational platform.
Online meeting with Behnam Gurban-Zadeh and other representatives of the Islamic banking department of Sberbank.
Final meeting with State Duma Deputy of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Airat Farrakhov on the development of cooperation with China.
On February 9, the teams of Tatarstan and Kazakhstan discussed today at a meeting of the working group the activation in the main sectors of the economy. The Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan informed colleagues about the low level of investment from Kazakhstan and proposed to jointly look for points of interest, for example, through interaction in the field of Islamic economics, including at the KazanForum 2024 site. First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar, who chaired the meeting, supported the call to search for new opportunities in the investment field.
On February 12, the head of the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan, Talia Minullina, visited the board of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan. The main report on the results of the industry and consumer market of the Republic of Tatarstan in 2023, on the tasks for 2024 “Scientific and technological development of enterprises as a condition for the technological security of the Russian Federation” was made by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan Oleg Korobchenko. Also taking part in the meeting were Rais of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Albert Karimov, Head of the Republic of Mari El Yuri Zaitsev, as well as Prime Minister of Tatarstan Alexey Pesoshin, Deputy Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Akhmetov, Chairman of the Association “Council of Municipal Formations of the Republic of Tatarstan” » Egzam Gubaidullin and others.
On February 14, the head of the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan, Talia Minullina, held two meetings on the implementation of investment projects. The first meeting took place with the head of the company APOLLO-Vostok LLC, Azat Mukhutdinov. During the meeting, the logistical nuances of the current project were discussed. Representatives of regional departments attended the second meeting with the Anyak agricultural company. During the meeting, the mutual obligations of the parties when concluding an investment agreement and the current status of the project were discussed.
On February 15, at a meeting of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, in which the head of the Agency for Investment Development of the Republic of Tatarstan Talia Minullina took part, a bill was adopted to amend the republican law on local self-government. The document, developed in order to bring republican legislation into line with federal legislation, clarifies the powers of municipalities to approve the procedure for using water bodies for recreational purposes.
According to federal legislation, issues of local importance for municipal districts and urban districts include the issue of establishing rules for the use of water bodies for recreational purposes, as well as holding public discussions of planned economic and other activities.
Also, taking into account law enforcement practice, the bill provides for the introduction of shortened deadlines for approval by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan for the implementation by local government bodies of international and foreign economic relations in the form of meetings, consultations and other events with representatives of state-territorial, administrative-territorial and municipal entities of foreign states.
On February 19, representatives of a large Chinese company visited AIR RT on a business visit. Its founder has been involved in the investment industry since 2009 and strives to use capital to promote the development of technology and innovation in China. The company was awarded the title of "Zhejiang Province's Most Trusted Business Financial Institution" in December 2017 and November 2020.
The main investment directions of the company from 2014 to 2019:
Smart manufacturing, precision medicine, new energy, new materials, new economy, artificial intelligence, integrated circuits (chips) and other emerging industries that are in line with the national development strategy and represent the future direction of development.
Transformation and modernization projects using scientific and technological innovations
Transforming Traditional Industries with Internet Thinking.
The businessmen met with the head of the Agency, Talia Minullina. During the meeting, the guests got acquainted with the investment potential of the Republic, and also discussed areas of potential cooperation between the regions.
On February 20, Budimir Zeljko, the Minister of Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society of the Republika Srpska, visited the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan as part of his three-day visit as part of the Serbian delegation led by the President of the Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Milorad Dodik. The head of the Tatarstan Agency for Investment Development, Taliya Minullina, gave the guest a detailed presentation of the investment potential of the Republic at the Agency’s Unified Presentation Center. The Minister noted the convergent approach of the Republic of Tatarstan to the development of the regional economy, namely the relationship between education (training) and future employers using the example of the city of Innopolis.
Also on this day, a reception of citizens was held at the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan. At the meeting, the idea of implementing a children's exchange camp with Eastern countries friendly to Russia was discussed. The head of the Tatarstan Agency for Investment Development, Talia Minullina, having asked the author of the idea about the details of the planned project and giving comments from the point of view of the investment component, redirected the girl to the Ministry of Children and Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan to further clarify the issues of implementing projects of this type, that is, with the participation of minors.
On February 21, several meetings were held at the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan with Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of foreign states as part of their visit to the city of Kazan to organize the international multi-sports tournament “Games of the Future”, among the visitors:
Esen Muhammedovich Aydogdyev - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Russian Federation
Héctor Isidro Arenas Neira - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia to the Russian Federation
Jean-Pierre Bianchi Consul, Second Secretary of the Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil in the Russian Federation
Ndyaga Bey - First Counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Senegal in the Russian Federation
Ogutu Benson Henry Ouma - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kenya
Mr. Rolando Enrique Barrow Noad - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Panama
Mr. Muhammad Khalid Jamali - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Abdullah Youssef Al-Saee – Second Secretary of the Embassy of the State of Qatar in the Russian Federation
As part of the business meeting, Talia Minullina presented the investment potential of Tatarstan to high-ranking guests of the republic.
On February 22, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Salazar Velazquez Jesus Rafael, visited the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan on a business visit. First, the guest got acquainted with the investment potential of Tatarstan at the Agency’s Unified Presentation Center. “It’s impressive that Tatarstan’s GDP is higher than the GDP of 107 countries in the world. And it’s impressive that despite the fact that there is no sea here, but there is the Volga, the construction of ships is also being developed” - Ambassador of Venezuela. Afterwards, the delegation met with the head of the Tatarstan Agency for Development and Investment Development, Talia Minullina. “You come up with ideas like an automatic machine. I have never met such girls in Russia before. It’s clear how you stand up for your cause” - Salazar Velasquez Jesus Rafael.
During the meeting, the Ambassador responded by presenting to Talia Ilgizovna the work of the Investment Agency of Venezuela, and also spoke about some legal issues in the legislation of the republic that can guarantee the safety of investments in their state, for example, on legislation on the safety of investments/investments, guarantees from Venezuela. The head of the Agency, in turn, informed the guest about the activities of the Russian and global association of investment agencies, the advantages and problems of their activities. At the end of the meeting, the Ambassador expressed hope for the development of cooperation between the republics and shared that at the beginning of 2000, Venezuela had an agreement with KAMAZ, the company produced trucks in the state and, according to the guest, also worked on creating a bus plant.
On the same day, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Philippines to the Russian Federation, Igor Garlet Baylen, and the Third Secretary, Vice-Consul of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines to the Russian Federation, Nonito Santillan Cabrera, visited the AIR RT on a business visit. The guests visited the Agency’s Unified Presentation Center, where they became more familiar with the investment potential of the republic. Next, the delegation met with the head of the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan, Talia Minullina. During the meeting, details of cooperation between the republics in the field of Halal, as well as the subtleties of the Agency’s international policy were discussed.
On February 26, the head of the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan, Talia Minullina, held a staff meeting with Agency employees at which she noted the work of some of them
“For fruitful work and great contribution to the formation of a favorable investment climate in the Republic of Tatarstan.”
Ilyas Rafisovich Shakirov (leading specialist of the information and analytical department) was awarded for professionalism in the field of information security and active participation in the sports achievements of the Investment Development Agency.
Service life: 2 years
Oleg Aleksandrovich Maslenkov (leading specialist in mobilization work) was awarded for many years of conscientious public service, and responsible participation in the promotion of sports at the Investment Development Agency.
Service life: 28 years
Voetskikh Valentina Egorovna (leading specialist of the financial accounting and government procurement department) was awarded for professionalism in her work, sensitive and caring attitude towards people.
Service life: 4 years
Babkin Alexander Vitalievich (leading specialist of the protocol department) was awarded for professionalism and efficiency in presenting the investment potential of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Service life: 2 years
Also on this day, Deputy Head of the Agency for Investment Development of the Republic of Tatarstan Marina Epifantseva discussed information systems with the acting General Director of the Investment Development Agency of the Moscow Region Igor Chirkov.
Investors in the Republic of Tatarstan have the opportunity to receive project support in electronic form, and the agency is constantly studying the best practices of colleagues from other regions of Russia to improve the client business path and develop the regional investment standard.
On February 28, Elina Zhiganova, head of the public-private partnership development department of the Agency for Investment Development of the Republic of Tatarstan, spoke at the Vedomosti round table on the topic: “Infrastructure for the country 2024: new construction projects, new challenges.”
Main points of the speech:
Today, there are 125 concession agreements in force in the Republic of Tatarstan, of which 124 are concession agreements and 1 is a municipal-private partnership agreement.
Areas of agreements:
- healthcare (8)
- communal infrastructure (106)
- education (3)
- social sphere (2)
- sports (4)
- hydraulic structures
- transport infrastructure (1)
In the field of physical culture and sports, the best project was the municipal-private partnership project in the Republic of Tatarstan, implemented within the framework of the Federal Target Program “Development of Physical Culture and Sports in the Russian Federation for 2016-2020”.
The total volume of investments under all existing agreements in 2023 amounted to 113.6 billion rubles.
The Republic of Tatarstan in 2022 entered the top five among Russian regions in the field of PPP development: https://t.me/tidanews/2357
Link to the recording of the broadcast: https://events.vedomosti.ru/events/infra
Meeting of Tatneftekhiminvest-holding
Also on this day, the head of the Tatarstan Agency for Investment Development, Talia Minullina, took part in a meeting of the board of directors of Tatneftekhiminvest-holding JSC.
The meeting was chaired by Rais of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.
The participants of the event were presented with innovative petrochemical projects intended for industry and the environment. These include heterogeneous catalysts for petrochemicals, a project for the plasma-chemical destruction of medical waste, a project for the disposal of hazardous waste, the creation of composite water tanks, as well as projects in the field of cybersecurity in mechanical engineering and the fuel and energy complex.
You can get acquainted with other ongoing and already completed projects in the Republic, including in the above areas, in the booklet “Investment projects of the Republic of Tatarstan” on our website: https://tida.tatarstan.ru/buklet-investitsionnie-proekti-respubliki.html
XXVIII session of the Kazan City Duma
Today, the head of the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan Talia Minullina took part in a meeting of the Kazan City Duma.
“But the Games of the Future is just the beginning,” Rustam Minnikhanov clarified and recalled that 2024 is a busy year for Kazan. In May, the city will host the international economic forum "Russia - Islamic World: KazanForum", which has received the status of a federal event. Immediately after this forum, Kazan will host sports games of the BRICS countries - where more than 60 countries plan to take part. In October, a summit of the heads of state of the BRICS members will be held in Kazan. “These events impose serious responsibility on the republic,” said Rustam Minnikhanov. – And Kazan will be the center where all this will happen. On the one hand, this is a high level of trust, but also a huge responsibility.”
Also at the XXVIII session of the Kazakh City Duma, which was held in the administration of the Sovetsky district, the Rais of the Republic presented state and republican awards to city residents who had made a significant contribution to the development of the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Positive expectations of society are reflected in the growth of investments.
At the end of the year, their figure is approaching 335 billion rubles, which is 46.5 billion more than in the past.
The money invested in the economy is the result of faith in the successful sustainable development of the city.
The industrial production index amounted to 102.1%.
The growth rate of shipped goods of own production amounted to 109% in the amount of 701.5 billion rubles.
The volume of gross territorial product at the end of the year is expected to exceed one trillion three hundred billion rubles.
Enterprises that were able to reorient themselves to suppliers of raw materials and equipment from domestic industry and friendly countries showed high productivity in the field of:
- finished metal products,
- computers, electronics and optics,
- electrical equipment,
- textiles and food products.
On February 29, the head of the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan, Talia Minullina, and the head of the investment project examination department, Dmitry Alekseev, met with a delegation of a company implementing a project in the field of agriculture. The total cost of the project is 628.968 million rubles. A meeting on fundamental issues of implementing their idea was held with the participation of the head of the executive committee of the Tukaevsky district, Airat Khabibullin.
In addition, Dmitry Alekseev and the head of the department for support and support of investment projects Olesya Nigmetzyanova held an online meeting with the executive committee of the Laishevsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan on the further implementation of two investment projects planned in this area. The scope of implementation is recreational (construction of a fishing restaurant and hotel complex and a tourist recreation center).
On the same day, Talia Minullina spoke at an open event of the Tatarstan regional branch of “Business Russia”.
The head of the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency noted that today, more than ever, the initiative of business associations can not only be heard at the federal level, but also quickly implemented in the form of various tools. For example, the investment map of Russia, presented recently in Moscow, caused a great response.
During her speech, Talia Ilgizovna spoke about the elements of Reginveststandard, the investment map of Russia, digital services for investors: the Tatarstan Investment Control information system, a calculator of investor support measures and upcoming events.
We remind you that in December, the Chairman of the All-Russian public organization “Business Russia” Alexey Repik visited the AIR RT on a business visit. He highly appreciated the work of the Tatarstan investment team.