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President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with Chief of Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications Aleksandr Zharov.Tatarstan’s Deputy PM and Minister of informatization and communications Roman Shaikhutdinov, Chief of the Tatarstan Department of the Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications Airat Zaripov, Director General of OAO Tatmedia Irek Minnakhmetov, Director General of TV and radio broadcasting company “Novy Vek” Ilshat Aminov were present at the meeting.

Chief of the Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications Aleksandr Zharov informed that a special radio control mode will be applied during Universiade 2013.

Veterans of the Tatarstan Ministry of informatization and communications were honoured on the occasion of the International day for Older People.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of informatization and communications Roman Shaikhutdinov visited the Ernst & Young Centre for Smart City Innovation and met with CEO Bill Hutchison.

More than 184 thousand Tatarstaners use state services. Significant obstacles restraining development of electronic state services are found in legal environment, Roman Shaikhutdinov said.

Tatarstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of informatization and communications Roman Shaikhutdinov held an extended meeting with chiefs of communication companies of the Republic of Tatarstan and branches of Russian companies.

Kazan has won the right to host the International Olympiad in Informatics in 2016, CEO of the State Unitary Enterprise “Center of information technologies of the Republic of Tatarstan” Tatyana Kamaletdinova informed.

New charity program “Kind telephone” was presented at a video conference dated to preparation for the Day of Older People. Mobile phones with emergency call button will be granted to lonely elderly people.

Tatarstan-Luxembourg Business Forum has opened in Kazan. President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker took part in the opening ceremony.