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The Tatarstan Development Corporation (TDC) and Kronos Energy Solutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding today in the offices of the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA).

The memorandum was signed by Kronos Energy Solutions President John Bogensberger and TDC CEO Bulat Gayanov. The signing was witnessed by TIDA Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, Kronos Energy Solutions Vice President Lisa Bogensberger, and representatives of the Tatarstan Gulf Investment Company.

Under the agreement, TDC and Kronos Energy Solutions will work together towards developing a program to implement renewable energy solutions in Kazan Smart City.

The signing of the agreement comes two days after TIDA, TDC, and Kronos Energy Solutions held their first meeting on 27 May.

Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) Chief Executive Linar Yakupov was a speaker at «Future of the City», a forum hosted by the magazine «Delovoi Kvartal».

Linar Yakupov participated in the first panel discussion about the creation of technoparks and what kind of technoparks are needed to develop Kazan. Other participants in the panel discussion were the Management of Technopark Khimgrad, General Director of Technopark Idea Ayrat Gizzatullin, Skolkovo Investment Fund Director Eduard Kanolosh, Special Economic Zone Alabuga Head of Investor Development Timu Khaziev, and IT-Park Director Anton Grachev.

The discussion began with a viewing of a video clip about the first technopark in the work, where Henry Ford opened his first factory. According to the moderator Lenar Fayzutdinov, Managing Partner of the marketing agency Darwin Theory, Tatarstan is only behind the Moscow Region and St. Petersburg Region in terms of the number of technoparks.

Representatives of the Tatarstan Gulf Investment Company (TGIF) are currently in Kazan to hold working meetings surrounding their participation in Kazan Smart City.

Today TGIC officials met with Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, TIDA First Deputy Robert Galiullin, and Tatarstan Development Corporation (TDC) CEO Bulat Gayanov to discuss their future plans.

This visit to Kazan is nearly one month after TGIC officials met with President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov during the Annual Investment Meeting in Dubai on 30 April to discuss their company’s interest in participating in the development of Kazan Smart City. TGIF and TDC signed a memorandum of understanding immediately following that meeting.

TGIC officials expressed their certainty that projects similar to Kazan Smart City have enjoyed tremendous success globally and have been particularly useful in attracting new international business and investment and developing new sectors of the economy. TGIC is interested in becoming a partner in attracting investors and residents to Kazan Smart City from the Middle East.

The third Business Forum “Future of the City” opened today at the hotel “Mirage”, organized by the magazine «Delovoi Kvartal» and with the support of Ministry of economy of the Republic of Tatarstan. Experts from business and government will discuss issue: “Which technoparks are needed to Kazan”.

Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov and Head of the department of public-private partnership Sergey Golovin will participate in Forum from Tatarstan Investment Department Policy. Lenar Yakupov will perform as part of the first panel discussion - "Technoparks: "exhaust "from inserted." During the discussion, the participants will discuss how to measure the effectiveness of business platforms, which companies receive preferential conditions in these areas and is it enough innovative projects for existing technoparks. Another issue for discussion will be the development of industrial parks in terms of improving their efficiency.

J’son & Partners Consulting – a consultancy firm in telecommunications, high technology, IT, and media – met with representatives of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) and Tatarstan Development Corporation (TDC) today.

Among those that participated in the meeting were TIDA Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, TDC CEO Bulat Gayanov, J’son & Partners Consulting acting Director Evgeniy Pligin, Executive Director Sergey Shavkunov, and Division Head Yuriy Ishmaev.

«You are in the midst of developing a very ambitious project – Kazan Smart City – and we would like to work with you in doing this», - said Yuriy Ishamev during the meeting.

Today the Public Advisory Board of the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) held its first meeting of 2013.

The TIDA Public Advisory Board was formed on the basis of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan’s directive «On Public Advisory Boards for Ministries and Government Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan».

During the meeting, TIDA Chief Executive Linar Yakupov briefed the members about the work TIDA does towards attracting foreign investment into priority sectors of the economy of Tatarstan.

Today Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) and Tatarsatn Development Corporation (TDC) represnetatives met with John Bogensberger, President and owner of Kronos Energy Solutions.

During the meeting the American company was presented with the investment opportunities available in the Republic of Tatarstan, among them Kazan Smart City.

Kronos Energy Solutions is dedicated to developing and implementing environmentally friendly technologies and products. The company produces wind turbines and other energy-saving products. It is also one of the main manufacturers of parts for the electric-automobile company GreenTech Automotive.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with the CEO of Radiance Hospitality Group Leong Yew Poh and Principal & Deputy CEO of Advanced Tertiary College Dr. Danny Choong Ewe Leong yesterday in the Government House of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Among those also in attendance at the meeting were Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, Tatarstan Development Corporation CEO Bulat Gayanov, Tatarstan Minister of Education and Science Engel Fattakhov, Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Irek Fayzullin, Director of Special Economic Zone Innopolis Igor Nosov, Tatarstan First Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism Azat Sharapov, and Head of the State Department for Education of the Tatarstan Cabinet Office Renat Zamanov.

Radiance Hospitality Group and the Tatarstan Development Corporation (TDC) signed a agreement in March 2013, making the Singapore company the first investor and resident of Kazan Smart City. Radiance Hospitality Group will build a transit hotel, Hospitality and Management University and block of service apartments in Kazan Smart City. Advanced Tertiary College will be the operator of the Hospitality and Management University.

Turgut Aydan Holding visited Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) headquarters today to explore investment opportunities in health care, retail, and textiles in the Republic of Tatarstan.

TIDA Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, TIDA Deputy Insaf Galiev, Tatarstan Development Corporation CEO Bulat Gayanov, and Head of International Relations of the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade Aidar Akhtareev took part in the meeting. Representing Turgut Aydan Holding were Yashar Aydan (Member of the Board of Turgut Aydan Holding, Deputy Chairman of Memorial hospital, Chairman of Aydan Orme) and Aykhan Aydan (member of the Board of Memorial hospital).

The two men were also joined by Onur Guven, Coordinator of affiliates of Kastamonu Integrated Wood Industries. Turgut Aydan Holding’s trip to Tatarstan was prompted by an invitation from Onur Guven, whose company has a daughter company, Kastamonu Integrated RT, in the Special Economic Zone Alabuga.

Vedomosti has published an opinion article by Andrei Nikitin, General Director of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), in which he praises the investment promotion work that has been done by the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency.

«The first thing that we tried to do when we created ASI was to analyze what the regions of Russia with Gross Regional Product growth higher than the national average were doing,” he writes in the beginning of the article, entitled “Main roles: Four Sources of Economic Growth.” “There are some regions that have demonstrated GRP growth of more than 5% annually, and they are very difficult to compare: they are absolutely different in resources, position, and skills».

In the article, the Republic of Tatarstan is portrayed as a region that has mastered working with investors, attracting Foreign Direct Investment, and promoting itself on the global arena.