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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.

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.