On 26 December 2011, Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov took part in the meeting of the Council for implementation of laws of the Republic of Tatarstan about official languages chaired by Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov. In the course of the meeting, Ravil Zaripov spoke on the issue of “Results and prospects of the laws of the Republic of Tatarstan about official languages in the field of production and turnover of consumer goods and services”