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United Arab Emirates, Poland, and Germany are the most promising countries for the development of export activities. Such a conclusion was made by the REC analysts with the aid of its unique ranking based on 14 different indicators.

According to the updated data for 2015 and 2016, the most promising direction for the development of non-oil exports is the United Arab Emirates. At the end of 2016, the trade turnover between the Russian Federation and the UAE amounted to USD 1.244 billion. It is worth noting that 63.6% of the Russian exports to the UAE were accounted for non-primary non-energy products.

The ranking of countries’ prospects for non-oil exports is a unique development of the REC, which is calculated using 14 different indicators for 134 countries around the world and is updated regularly.

These figures reflect the prospects of Russia’s exports from different sides: the volumes and trends of imports, the economic development outlook, customs regulations, transport availability, and other factors. The ranking is based on the data from the national foreign trade statistics and international organisations (IMF, WTO, World Bank, UNCTAD) processed under a special methodology using unique competencies of the REC.

The annual event was attended by Tatarstan Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Aleksey Savelchev, Director General of Tatneft Nail Maganov, Head of Nizhnekamsk Municipal District Aidar Metshin, Chairman of Tatneft Trade Union Gumar Yarullin, Director of Tatneft-Neftekhim Anvar Vakhitov, Chairman of Tatneft-Neftekhim Trade Union Albert Sagdeyev, Chairman of Tatneft-Neftekhim Youth Committee Chulpan Shigapova, managers and chairpersons of trade union organisations at petrochemical companies.

The results of the tyre sector companies’ activities in 2016 were reported by Director of Tatneft-Neftekhim Anvar Vakhitov. During the reporting period, the tyre enterprises of Tatneft produced 11.52 million tyres, more than 118,000 tonnes of carbon black, 257 sets of moulds, provided maintenance and repair services worth over RUB 1,620 million. In 2016, some 11.96 million tyres were sold. Exports grew by 16%.

Today, the Tatarstan House of Government saw a meeting of the Board of Directors of Tatneftekhiminvest-Holding under the chairmanship of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. Its main topic was the creation of fuel cells as a future alternative to traditional energy sources.

Keynote addresses were delivered by Yuri Dobrovolsky, Head of the Solid State Ionics Laboratory at the Institute of Chemical Physics (Chernogolovka), and Igor Landgraf, a representative of Krylov State Research Centre (St. Petersburg).

The meeting was also informed about the opportunity of developing a new area in the Tatarstan’s production of petrochemicals through the creation of production facilities for amino acids, an essential component for the feed additives used in animal husbandry and poultry farming.

In addition, offers have been considered from ROTEK (Moscow) for monitoring the equipment condition in large enterprises. According to Rustam Minnikhanov, the main issue there is the need for a reliable diagnostic tool in order to extend the time between overhauls in refining and petrochemical sectors. He instructed the experts of Tatneft and TAIF and representatives of the energy sector to study these offers.

More than 5,000 participants will meet at the Conference “Information Technology of Industrial Russia 2017” (CIPR 2017) to discuss and ensure the overall technology development of the Russia’s industry and economy. The conference will be held in Innopolis on May 24 to 26, 2017.

The main topics of the CIPR 2017 will include digital economy, non-oil exports, and cybersecurity. During the three days of the conference, participants will discuss the situation with technology commercialisation to foreign markets, exports of integrated IT systems, as well as substitution of imports and improving the competitiveness of the products. Much attention will be devoted to the digital economy of Russia. Specialised sessions are also scheduled for cybersecurity issues. The presentations and discussions will deal with smart control systems, identification systems, and conversion of defence industry enterprises.

The venue of this event will be Innopolis, an innovative town located in Tatarstan with an extensive infrastructure and the university specialising in the IT development. The conference is organised by OMG Communication Group.

On 19-21 April 2017 in Moscow, the Gostiny Dvor Exhibition Complex will host the 11th All-Russian Forum “Nation’s Health as Key to Russia's Prosperity”. Organisers of the Forum are the All-Russian public organisation Nation's Health League and the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

The main topic of the Forum is the formation of healthy lifestyles, prevention and control of non-communicable diseases based on the Interagency Strategy developed by the Russia’s Ministry of Health. At the Forum, the exhibition will feature the best sectoral and regional programmes, projects and practices on the topic; the Congress will discuss the Interagency Strategy; festival and competition programmes will also be organised.

Today, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan held a meeting with representatives of the Philippine-based Integrated Energy Systems & Resources, Inc headed by its Managing Director Susan Valmeo Tecson.

During the meeting, the guests were presented the commercial, economic, and industrial potential of the Republic of Tatarstan. In particular, it was noted that Tatarstan was one of the most economically developed regions of Russia boasting of strong industrial production, favourable investment climate, and high scientific potential.

In addition, the parties discussed the issues of delivering products manufactured by Kazan Helicopters, KAMAZ, and Zelenodolsk Shipyard to the Philippines.

At the end of the meeting, the parties expressed their confidence in further development of mutually beneficial cooperation.

Diplomas and commemorative medals of the 17th All-Russian Engineer of the Year 2016 Contest in the “Professional Engineers” section were awarded to Deputy Chief of Workshop at the Styrene and Polyester Resins Plant of Nizhnekamskneftekhim Nikolay Batin and the Chief of Workshop at the Synthetic Rubber Plant Valery Zhukov. They were also given certificates for the title of the “Professional Engineer of Russia” and the corresponding badges.

The annual All-Russian Contest “Russia’s Engineer of the Year” was held since 2000. The aim of the contest is to attract attention to the problems of the quality of engineering skills in Russia, to enhance the prestige of labour and professionalism of engineering staff, to identify the elite of the Russia’s body of engineers, and to promote the achievements and expertise of the best domestic specialists in the sphere of production, education, and research.

It is organised by the Russian Union of Scientific and Engineering Associations (RUSEA) jointly with a number of partner organisations.

Press service of Nizhnekamskneftekhim

The Solnechny health camp of Tatneft hosted a contest of the company’s young inventors.

The two-day forum was a next event in a number of actions carried out by the Tatneft corporate centre of integrated business development for the buildup of scientific and technical potential of Tatneft employees and the introduction of innovative ideas. Through these actions, the company's management is taking active steps to develop technical and creative potential of young engineers.

Within the forum programme, the Challenge start-up session was held with one of the top coaches in the theory of inventive problem solving (TRIZ) Marat Gafitullin. As a result of joint brainstorming and discussions, the teams selected the most promising tasks within the framework of the terms of reference, made presentations of their ideas, shared information about strengths and weaknesses of their projects with their colleagues, and answered questions by Tatneft experts and their peer inventors from other teams.

Press service of Tatneft

The Delegation of the Republic of Tatarstan headed by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov is currently on a visit to the United Arab Emirates. Traditionally, the Head of the Republic is accompanied, among others, by Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov.

On February 19, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, as part the official Russian delegation headed by Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, attended the opening of the International Defence Exhibition IDEX-2017. The exhibition was held on February 19-20 in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.

Before the start of the show, the Tatarstan President met with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan and other representatives of the country’s authorities and guests of the international exhibition.

Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met today with Director General of Minsk Tractor Works Fyodor Domotenko. The event held at the House of Tatarstan Government was attended by Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov.

The sides discussed issues of further interaction in the field of finished equipment deliveries, as well as cooperation in the agricultural machinery production, including various models of tractors.