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At the request of Republic’s enterprises and organisations, the deadline for submitting applications for participation in the 5th Annual Open Republic’s TV Festival of Working Youth Creativity “Our Time – Beznen Zaman” was extended until September 29, 2017.

The Festival’s application form, Regulations, and documents can be found on the official Festival website at http://bzzm.ru and the Ministry's website http://mpt.tatarstan.ru/eng/televizionniy-festival-rabotayushchey-molodezhi.htm.

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The Republic’s Festival of Working Youth Creativity “Our Time – Beznen Zaman” has been held in Tatarstan with support from the President of the Republic since 2013. The festival was established by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of Tatarstan, the Tatarstan Federation of Trade Unions, as well as a number of other ministries, agencies, and organisations. The mission of the Festival is to form a new generation of professionals, popularise blue-collar and white-collar jobs, draw attention to the urgent issues of developing the potential of republic’s talent pool, and uncover the creative potential of young people working in enterprises and organisations of the republic.

On September 21-22, the Korston Hotel & Mall will host the annual Forum of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses titled “A Glimpse to the Future”.

A Glimpse to the Future Forum is the largest convention of entrepreneurs in the region, which will bring together about 3,000 representatives of businesses, governmental and public organisations. Lectures, master classes, round tables and seminars, as well as a plenary session with the participation of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, will be held during the 2 days of the Forum.

We will be glad to see you at the master class “Gaining Access to Retail Chains: a Dialogue with Manufacturers" and the Trade and Purchase Session with Metro Cash and Carry.

During this section, it is planned to discuss the issues of supporting local manufacturers within the framework of accessing the retail chains.

• Speakers will describe why working with retail chains is inevitable and what benefits this cooperation has;
• Representatives of international retail chains will advise businessmen on the requirements and conditions for the supply of products;
• Successful entrepreneurs will disclose the secrets of their own expertise with retail chains;

The participants will know about support measures that are essential in the context of interaction with retail chains.

It was decided this year to hold the 12th Economic Summit of the Tatneft Retail Sales Network Enterprises in one of the regions with an active Tatneft retail sales network. The Summit was organised in Minsk (the Republic of Belarus) and was dedicated to key factors that influence the success in implementing the development strategy of the retail sales network (RSN) of Tatneft until 2025.

During the event, the participants discussed the main vectors of development of the Company's sales network, presented projects aimed at achieving target indicators. The topics of the reports were also dedicated to the activities implemented at Tatneft-AZS Centre and Tatneft-AZS West and confirmed their effectiveness for achieving the strategic goals. At the same time, topical issues of RSN development were discussed: ways to increase business profitability and fuel sales at filling stations, the prospects for the development of non-fuel business activities, new technologies in the construction and operation of the Tatneft filling stations, etc.

Based on the Tatneft press service information

The delegation from the Republic of Tatarstan, headed by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, is currently on a working visit to Munich (FRG). Traditionally, the head of the Republic is accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov.

Today, the Tatarstan President met with Chairman of Knorr-Bremse Heinz Thiele. Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Mr. Thiele for arranging the meeting and expressed appreciation for the long-term work of the corporation in Tatarstan. Knorr-Bremse KAMA has been operating in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny since 2007, manufacturing drum brakes, torque vibration dampers, air driers, and other products.

In addition, in the first half of the day, the Tatarstan delegation met with the executives of investment companies KGAL and Thunderbolt Partners, stockholder of Thunderbolt Partners and KGAL Francis Louvar, CEO of KGAL Gert Waltenbauer and partner of Thunderbolt Partners Tolga Tanis. During the meeting, the parties discussed the opportunities of cooperation in the territory of Tatarstan in the field of renewable energy sources.

Later, he met with the President and CEO of Linde AG, Aldo Belloni.

Recall that this summer TAIF signed a memorandum on strategic cooperation with Linde AG within the framework of the SPIEF.

KAMAZ went to a new pace of assembly: the daily figures are approaching 200 trucks, while the premieres of the year: KAMAZ-6580, -65801, -65802, -5325 are already in the general flow with the mass production vehicles.

The launch of a new prospective family to the market began with a heavy truck KAMAZ-5490, then KAMAZ-65206 appeared in a tri-axial version, and dump trucks -6520 and -65201 De Lux were also developed. Before corporate holidays, new models were assembled of the essentially revised heavy truck KAMAZ-6580 and its variants -65801, -65802. They are designed to work on construction sites and in quarries. “Now KAMAZ descends into the middle segment, between medium-tonnage and heavy trucks. The short-base KAMAZ-5325 chassis for garbage trucks and the long-base one for high-sided trucks and vans have already been assembled”, said Nail Zamaliev, Deputy Chief Technologist of the Automobile Plant.

In addition, a year ago it was decided to organise pilot assembly of new models at the Automobile Plant. According to Zamaliev, such a manner of work makes it possible to evaluate the total range of problems. When assembling a truck on a conveyor, design and engineering issues are also solved in parallel, immediately specifying the assembly cycle, defining bottlenecks, and identifying the need to introduce new devices. In general, the time for working out all the tasks arising during the introduction of novelties was significantly reduced.

Based on the results of monitoring the pricing (tariff) situation in the wholesale and retail electricity markets in Tatarstan, jointly with the NP Market Council Association, the Russian Ministry of Energy informs of the following.

The change in prices (tariffs) for electricity for consumers that are not related to the population or equal categories of consumers (further, “other consumers”) is expected in July 2017 in the weighted-average single-rate terms by consumer groups and voltage levels of about +11.1% as compared to June 2017.

At the same time, the Ministry of Energy of Russia notes that the change in the average-weighted unregulated price for electricity in single-rate terms in total for the price zones of the wholesale market in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 was about +8.5%, or 0.5 percentage points below the parameters taken into account in the scenario of the socio-economic development forecast for the Russian Federation in 2017 in terms of this indicator (9.0%).

 According to forecasts conducted by the Russian Ministry of Energy jointly with the NP Market Council Association, the change in prices (tariffs) for electricity for “other consumers” in Tatarstan will not exceed +1.6% on average by year end.

Annually, in the autumn-winter period there is an increase in the incidence of influenza and acute viral respiratory infections (further, ARVI), which account for 95% of all infectious diseases. Each year globally, the flu takes up to 500 thousand lives, every tenth adult and every third child gets sick, and every seventh patient suffers from serious complications.

Under current conditions, the most effective and economically justified measure of protection against influenza is vaccine prevention. The use of vaccination against influenza reduces the incidence rate, helps mitigate the severity of the disease, and prevents the development of severe complications and deaths.

Vaccination of 70-80% of members of any group reduces the incidence of influenza in this group to single cases or even completely excludes it, and immunisation of 40% of the population in the territory excludes epidemics.

Vaccination against influenza is seasonal: it is best to do this in September-October, so that by the beginning of an epidemic in December and January an effective immune defence has already been developed.

As part of cooperation between the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tatarstan will host a training course on September 14-15 under the Federal Practice programme for representatives of regional executive authorities, regional development institutions and enterprises within the Volga Federal District. The event is organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The Federal Practice project is being implemented within the scope of agreements on interaction in the sphere of industrial and trade policies with the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

The event will comprise industry-specific sessions on the most urgent issues of industrial development in the Volga Federal District. In addition, presentations during the training course will be delivered by representatives of the Industrial Development Fund, the Russian Exports Centre, the SME Corporation, Vnesheconombank, the Agency of Technological Development, the Russian Technological Agency, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and others.

Today on September 14, the 5th International Anti-Counterfeiting Forum 2017, dedicated to the problems of combating the illegal circulation of industrial products and ensuring the protection of intellectual property rights, began its work in the Ala-Archa State Residence in Bishkek. The forum is organised by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Eurasian Economic Commission, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the International Anti-Counterfeiting Association.

The Anti-Counterfeiting Forum has already become the central discussion platform within the framework of the EurAsEC, where representatives of ministries and agencies, large companies and organisations, leading international experts in this field, representatives of scientific community and the public have a good opportunity to discuss the problems of protecting markets from illicit trafficking in industrial products, including counterfeit and fake ones, ensuring the protection of intellectual property rights, as well as to enter into a constructive dialogue and develop joint solutions to form a civilised market of goods and services.

Within the framework of the forum, its participants will also consider issues of customs, technical regulation and certification, human resources development, harmonisation of the legislation in the EurAsEC member states in the sphere of illegal trafficking of industrial products, protection of intellectual property rights, and the consumer market.

Today, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the launching ceremony of the Drylock Technology (Belgium) plant for sanitary and hygienic products in the SEZ Alabuga. The event was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov. According to company’s CEO Bart Van Malderen, investment in the project amounted to over EUR 40 million. The total production capacity should be 3 to 3.5 billion diapers. As Mr. Malderen pointed out, the project can pay off in 5 years.

The Tatarstan President thanked the company’s CEO for choosing the SEZ Alabuga as a site for placing its production facilities.

It should be noted that this is not the first plant in Russia. Such production facilities are located already in Nizhny Novgorod. By putting the plant into service in the SEZ Alabuga, investors plan to meet the region's need for sanitary and hygienic products. The company is engaged in the production of absorbent underwear and hygiene products for women, children and low-mobility groups, such as diapers, draw sheets and special products for people with urological diseases.

The company became a resident of the SEZ in 2013; the construction of the plant was frozen in 2014. In 2015, the investor decided to continue the project.