Oil and gas industry is the basis of the Tatarstan economy and our country as a whole; it forms an income base and serves as a source for the further growth. That was stated on 5 September 2015 by Interim Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov during the festive events dedicated to the Oil and Gas Industry Workers Day in Almetyevsk.
In his address to the participants of the official event, Rustam Minnikhanov commended the contribution oil industry workers make in economic and social development of the republic and congratulated everybody on the Oil and Gas Industry Workers Day. Special thanks were addressed to the long-service employees of this sphere.