In today’s harsh situation, due to the spread of coronavirus and a decrease in oil prices and the rouble rate, a number of measures are being taken in the republic to develop the economy. This was announced today by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov at a meeting of the republic’s operational headquarters. The event was held at KAMAZ site in Naberezhnye Chelny.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Aleksandr Morozov, Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan Leyla Fazleeva, Minister of Labour, Employment, and Social Protection of Tatarstan Elmira Zaripova, Minister of Economy of Tatarstan Midhat Shagiakhmetov, Director General of KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin and Mayor of Naberezhnye Chelny Nail Magdeyev.
Rustam Minnikhanov noted that a plan has been adopted in the republic to ensure sustainable economic development. On a daily basis, operational monitoring of essential commodities in trade outlets is carried out, prices are monitored to prevent their growth, and measures are being taken to promote employment.
Aleksandr Morozov recalled that on March 17, the Prime Minister of Russia approved a plan of priority measures aimed, inter alia, at maintaining stability in industries. Midhat Shagiakhmetov reported on measures to support businesses and the labor market, that are provided for in the republic’s plan to ensure sustainable economic development. The restrictive measures taken in the republic were reported by head of the republic’s anti-coronavirus headquarters Leyla Fazleyeva.