Fiberglass plant laid in Tatarstan’s special economic zone Alabuga

The first stone was on Friday laid into the foundation of a new fiberglass factory in Tatarstan’s Yelabuga. The ceremony was attended by the Prime Minister of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the Free State of Saxony Vice-Premier, Economy and Labour Minister Thomas Jurk, Tatarstan Industry and Trade Minister Alexander Kogogin and others. >More details »

The US-Russia Business Council (USRBC) has expressed official support to the Second International Russian-German Congress on Logistics.

September 15, 2008
The 2nd Russia-German Logistics Congress

Council-Supported Event

On September 15-16, 2008, Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, will host the Second International Russian-German Congress on Logistics. The Congress is organized by the German Logistics Association (BVL) with official support of the Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Transport Ministry of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Tatarstan. >More details »

Tatarstan may become Russia’s test area in new oil business

Tatarstan, that has over the past 60 years recovered more than 3 billion tons of oil on a relatively small territory, is one of the few Russian regions capable of developing the oil and gas industry fully relying on their own resources. The statement was on Friday made by the Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov at a joint session of the Russia’s lower and upper chambers’ natural resources committees, held in the town of Nurlat. The meeting’s focus was on small and medium-sized oil companies. >More details »

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development set to open office in Kazan

The Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov has today met with a delegation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, led by its First Vice President Varel Freeman. >More details »

International Investment Conference has opened in Kazan

June 10 saw the International Investment Conference opening in the Korston Complex in Kazan. The President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiev, delivered a welcome speech at the plenary meeting of the conference that is held with the support of the Islamic Development Bank. >More details »

New production unit to appear in Alabuga

"Tatarstan is becoming an integral part of the globalizing world. It is important that in this process the republic is equally competing with other big market participants," Tatarstan >More details »

Islamic Bank for Development to hold international investment conference

The Islamic Bank for Development will on 9-12 June hold an international investment conference in Kazan. A news conference on the issue was today held at the premises of the Tatarstan’s agency Tatmedia that was attended by the State Advisor to President of Tatarstan on international affairs Timur Akulov and Deputy Industry Minister Linar Latypov. >More details »

Kazan one of best three Russian cities for doing business

The Forbes magazine has in its June issue published an independent ranking called The Best Russian Cities to Do Business. The Tatarstan’s capital, Kazan, has been placed 3rd in the rating list falling behind only Krasnodar and Kaliningrad. Kazan has managed to outdo the large cities like Samara, Khabarovsk, Nizhny Novgorod and others, reports Interfax. >More details »

Vladimir Putin visited the Republic of Tatarstan

Vladimir Putin visited workshops of FIAT Ducato manufacture in Yelabuga On May 27th, Russian Prime-Minister Vladimir Putin travelled to Special Economic Zone “Alabuga”. During the visit, he is accompanied by RT President Mintimer Shaimiev and RT Prime-minister Rustem Minnekhanov. >More details »

Embassy of France Promises Support for Russia Alliance Francaise-Kazan

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France in Russia Stanislas de Laboulaye, who is with visit to Kazan, has taken part in the session in administrative board of Alliance Francaise-Kazan. The session has taken place under the chairmanship of the President of this organization’s bureau, vice RT Prime Minister – Minister of Culture Zilya Valeyeva. >More details »

Severstal Auto Changes Name in Tatarstan

The Russian auto maker Severstal’s companies in Tatarstan – JSC Compact Car Plant (ZMA) and Severstal Auto Yelabuga – are to operate under a new brand name, Sollers. >More details »

Aircraft techno park could be built in Kazan

Tatarstan-based manufacturers could in prospect produce components for the Airbus company, said today the Tatarstan’s Industry and Trade Minister Alexander Kogogin at the opening of a Tatarstan-France business forum in Kazan. >More details »