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Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov greeted the people of Orenburg on behalf of the Tatarstan Republic Government.

"Orenburg – is a city of students, a city that is in constant development", - said TIDA Chief Executive.

"Torch of Universiade is going around the world and it is glad to know that today he visited Orenburg. Torch of Universiade attracts more and more young people to the sport. I congratulate you with this great sport event!" Linar Yakupov also presented memorable torch relays of Universiade to the leadership of city.

Note that yesterday Orenburg hosted the Universiade Torch Relay. 120 torchbearers carried the fire in the streets of the city at a distance of 32 thousand meters. Torch relay started from the square in front of the House of Culture "Express", where the first torch was lit. Honorable right to carry the first main symbol of the Universiade was given to the head of administration of Orenburg city Eugeniy Arapov.

The Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) met today with Regus, a company that provides office accommodation services.

Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov took part in the Moscow-Vienna Forum of Economic and Technological Cooperation "Austrian advanced technology for megalopolis", which was held yesterday in Moscow.

Moscow-Vienna Forum of Economic and Technological Cooperation was held in conjunction with the Department of Foreign Economic and International Relations. At the opening ceremony were the mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin and Mayor of Vienna Michael Häupl.

During the forum roundtable discussions with representatives of the Government of Moscow departments, the Moscow and Russian companies and organizations were held. Main themes of discussion were: transport, transport infrastructure; waste and wastewater, water treatment, energy efficiency, energy-efficient planning and construction. Participants also discussed the health care industry and the "City without barriers" project.

Today in Tatarstan Investment Development Agency was a meeting with U.S. multinational company Cisco.

The meeting was attended by Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, TIDA Deputy Insaf Galiev, Tatarstan Development Corporation CEO Bulat Gayanov. From the Cisco meeting was attended by Vice-President, Head of Russia and CIS office Betsis Paul, Director of work with government agencies Michael Christie, Managing director Maxim Lunkov and Account manager Dmitry Trofimov.

Today in Tatarstan Investment Development Agency was a meeting with the «Medical Valley» German company.

The meeting was attended by Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, Tatarstan Development Corporation CEO Bulat Gayanov and First Deputy Health Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Adel Vafin.

Today in Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Investment Commission of Tatarstan considered three projects presented by Drozhzhanovsky district of Tatarstan: plant project for the production of ceramic bricks, the project of reconstruction and modernization of the plant to the production of dairy products and reconstruction and opening the meat-processing plant.

The meeting was also attended by Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, TIDA First Deputy Robert Galiullin and TIDA Head of development and examination of investment projects department Guzel Mullayarova. Drozhzhanovsky district represented by the District head Alexander Shadrikov, Deputy head of the Executive Committee on Economic Development, Finance and agricultural production Ilmir Izmailov, Adviser of the district head of ​​investment and innovation Lilya Dautova, Adviser of the Head of Economics and Investment Dmitry Clementov, the initiators of the projects submitted to the commission.

Today in Tatarstan Investment Development Agency was a meeting with representatives of the South Korean investment and construction company Highvill Kazakhstan.

The meeting was attended by TIDA Deputy Insaf Galiev, Tatarstan Development Corporation CEO Bulat Gayanov.

Kazan’s Aeroexpress high-speed train connecting the city center and Kazan International Airport began operating on a full schedule today. The Aeroexpress train makes 18 trips daily (9 in each direction), starting at 7 a.m. at Kazan International Airport. The last train leaves the airport at 12:15 a.m.

Partial service of the Kazan Aeroexpress began on 22 May of this year. The line was built as part of the preparatory work done for the 27th Summer Universiade, which will begin in Kazan on 6 July.

According to Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, the Kazan Aeroexpress connecting Kazan and Kazan International Airport will play a key role in the economic development of the republic. The Aeroexpress line will also do much to further the development of Kazan Smart City.

Ramada Kazan City Center has opened in Kazan, becoming the third hotel of the Wyndham Hotel Group brand Ramada in Russia.

The four-star hotel has 157 rooms of business, deluxe, and luxe suites, and one presidential suite. In total, the hotel occupies 11,500 square meters and has 50 underground parking spaces. The hotel is located on 39 ul. Chernyshevskogo, not far from the Kazan Train Station.

«The appearance of international brands is always a new step for Kazan», - Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov said about the opening of Ramada Kazan City Center. – «International hotel chains bring with them their client base and become unofficial promoters of our city and republic. Kazan will now appear as a city in the Ramada booking system – this is an important step for the city and for Tatarstan».

Two years ago in June 1, 2011 by the decree of the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov Tatarstan Investment Development Agency was established.

Recall that Tatarstan Investment Development Agency was established in 2011 to provide an open dialogue of the Government of the Republic with investors. It is an executive body, which possesses the same authority as other Tatarstan Ministries and whose activities are aimed to attract investment, create a favorable investment climate, increase the investment attractiveness of the region and supporting the implementation of investment projects in the republic in a "one window" regime. The agency also is the body which maintains the register of agreements on public-private partnership in the Republic of Tatarstan.