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Another top list based on governors' work prepared by the «Rating» Centre of Informational Communications.

The first position of the ranking took the head of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region Dmitry Kobylkin. Only one point less, gaining 71, in the second position is the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. He did not move from second position compared to the April data. On the third position is the Tyumen Region Governor Vladimir Yakushev.

Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) has started to form a set of best practices on creating a favorable investment climate in the region. Best practices will be selected based on the results of the National Ranking of investment climate in the regions of the Russian Federation.

To date, five expert groups formed in the rating’s key areas: connection to the power grid, obtaining building permits, support small business, financial incentive tools, institutions for business.

Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) with the participation of non-commercial partnership «Leaders Club» and associations of entrepreneurs has launched a survey to assess the effects of the implementation of the National entrepreneurial initiative’s «road map» (NEI).

The implementation of the NEI has started 2.5 years ago and was designed to radically change the conditions of doing business in Russia. Entrepreneurs have an opportunity to identify administrative barriers and initiate changes in legislation. As a result, in the ASI site was developed 11 «road maps», which are then approved by the Russian Government. In total, it is about 160 laws, 50% of which have already been adopted by the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

In Casablanca (Morocco) in the period from 25 to 27 September 2014 will host an international exhibition of halal products «Expo Halal International». This event is primarily has professional nature and aims to promote the development of trade of halal products in the Mediterranean-European region.

The opening ceremony of the park, which will start to operate in the territory of the abolished October base – Neftekamsk workshop, was held with the participation of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov.

In a tour of the «URUSSU» investment and industrial park head of the Tatarstan government was accompanied by Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive First Deputy Robert Galiullin, head of «Yutazinsky municipal district» Rustem Nureyev.

Two representatives of the Academy of Youth Diplomacy, the participants of the «Invest in Tatarstan» Young Ambassadors program Adilya Shakhmaeva and Milyausha Sharifullina attended the event, which aims to involve active youth to global issues of humanity, promoting the ideas of peace and tolerance, the ability to introduce your region and culture.

Assembly participants were more than 300 delegates from around the world. The program of activities included participation in the plenary session of the International Youth Assembly in the UN headquarters in New York, visit the diplomatic missions of the countries under United Nations, a cultural evening where participants presented their country and culture.

Russian Agency for the Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXSAR) and JSC «Tatfondbank» (Russia) concluded the first contract of insurance of the exporter’s working capital loan.

Under this agreement EXSAR insured financing by Tatfondbank the Tatarstan Export Corporation to supply spare parts for railway locomotives and wagons in Latin America. The volume of the insured contract – is more than 480 thousand dollars.

Agreement on «Creating transport hubs in Kazan and Kazan Smart City» signed the Government of Tatarstan and JSC «Russian Railways».

Document was signed by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov and the Head of the Railway stations Directorate – branch of JSC «RZD» Sergey Abramov.

During the meeting in Tatarstan Investment Development Agency discussed opportunities and inter-regional cooperation, cooperation development and the prospects for the implementation of joint projects.

In the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan delegation of Mari El, which included representatives of the Ministry of Industry, Transport and Roads, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, the Ministry of Agriculture and Investment Development Agency, arrived on a one day working visit.

Event on the exchange of experience in the investment projects implementation, selected by the regions of the Russian Federation as the successful practices implemented by attracting extra-budgetary investments, as well as the use of public-private partnership (PPP), is chaired by the Director of the extra- budgetary investment projects of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation Marina Shilkina.

Republic of Tatarstan at a seminar in Moscow represents Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov. The event will also discuss the successful practices of Tyva and Daghestan, Volgograd, Samara, Tyumen and Kostroma regions.