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Today in the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Federal Center of Project Finance and Tatarstan Investment Development Agency signed an agreement about cooperation.

According to the document TIDA and Federal Center of Project Finance will cooperate in organizing a financing of investment projects, implementation of which is planned on the territory of the Tatarstan Republic on public-private partnership in a number of directions.

During the meeting Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive and Federal Center of Project Finance representatives discussed questions of joint projects about creating agro-service centers, infrastructure development of «Smart City Kazan" and implementation of residential facilities on the investment platform’s territory. The parties also agreed to exchange information at the initial stage of cooperation.

Linar Yakupov presented the results of the working visit of the delegation of the Republic of Tatarstan headed by the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2013) through the work of the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency to journalists at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan.

At the briefing also toke part The Assistant of the President on Economic Affairs Ayrat Khayrullin, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Minister of Information and Communication of the Republic of Tatarstan Roman Shaikhutdinov, Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan Artem Zdunov.

Today in IT-Park a Tatarstan-Singapore Business Forum was held with participation of a Singapore delegation led by Minister of Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

Representatives of Siemens visited the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) today.

TIDA First Deputy Robert Galiullin and  Tatarstan Development Corporation CEO Bulat Gayanov participated in the meeting. Participating in the meeting from Simenes were Head of Strategy and Business Development in Russia Carsten Hasbach, Volga Region Director Shamil Faizrahmanov, and Director of City Account-Management Development Harriet Korponay.

As Carsten Hasbach explained, Siemens' visit was in part to learn more about the Repbulic of Tatarstan, particularly the developments that have been made in Kazan Smart City.

TIDA and Siemens signed a memorandum of understanding in September 2012 regarding using the company's technology in the realization of Kazan Smart City. 

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Tatarstan Investment Devleopment Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov met with Thomson Reuters President of Financial & Risk and Managing Director of the Middle East, Africa & Russia Basil Moftah today at the 17th Annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The 17th Annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) opened today in Russia's so-called northern capital. at the LenExpo Center. The central theme of this year's forum is "Global Economic Perspectives: Time for Action."

Today at the international airport "Kazan" was a grand opening of a new runway and reconstructed passenger platform. The ceremony was attended by President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, as well as Deputy Director of the Federal Air Transport Agency Konstantin Mahov, Minister of Transport and Roads of Tatastan Lenar Safin, the mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, the head of Laishevsky municipal district Mikhail Afanasyev.

Reconstruction of airport "Kazan" flat constructions started in 2011 in preparation for the Universiade. Funding of work was by the federal target program "Development of transport system of Russia (2010-2020)", the total cost of the work amounted to 4.89 billion rubles.

Meeting with a foreign delegation from Kuwait was held in Tatarstan Investment Development Agency.

The meeting was attended by Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov and Tatarstan Development Corporation CEO Bulat Gayanov.

During the meeting, to the foreign guests a video of a new investment platform of Tatarstan were shown and were made a presentation of the "Smart City Kazan" project, presenting the main clusters of the platform and stages of its implementation.

Delegates of Kuwait in reply told about their unique project - Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City - the city on the Gulf coast in 85 kilometers south from Kuwait.

An Islamic Trade and Finance seminar was held in Kazan Riveria yesterday. The event was organized by Tatargroprombank with the support of the Association of Small and Medium Businesses of Tatarstan.

TIDA Chief Executive Linar Yakupov and Tatarstan Development Corporation (TDC) CEO Bulat Gayanov participated in the meeting.