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Minister of natural resources and ecology Yuri Trutnev suggested creating public Internet service about state of ecology for population. Such proposal was announced in the course of visit to technopark in the sphere of high technologies “IT-park” on February,25. Yuri Trutnev was accompanied by RT President Rustam Minnikhanov.

February,23. Delegation of journalists of federal mass media headed by TV talk-show hostess Tina Kandelaki visited Kazan IT-park. Officials of federal mass media were accompanied by RT President Rustam Minnikhanov. Projects in the sphere of IT-technologies were presented to the guests. RT Vice-premier – Minister of info and communications Nikolai Nikiforov made the key presentation. He told journalists about the system “E-government”. Tina Kandelaki personally used application for electronic documents circulation on «iPad».

First results and plans on realization of the project “Electronic health care” were discussed at the meeting in Nizhnekamsk. In the meeting took part Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of info and communications Nikolai Nikiforov, Mayor of Nizhnekamsk Aidar Metshin, First deputy minister of health care Adel Vafin, Director of dispatcher centre under RT Minister of health care Rostislav Tuishev, representatives of State Unitary Enterprise “Tattekhmedfarm”, Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund, chief doctors of health care institutions of Nizhnekamsk district.

February,10. Prime Minister of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov held meeting “On course of realizing the plan of transfer to rendering state, municipal and socially significant services in electronic format in RT”.Opening the event, Head of Government noted that work on rendering state and municipal services in electronic format in Tatarstan has been already carried out before. But special feature of work in 2011is that core ministries are responsible for organization of this process.Prime Minister noted that rendering state and municipal services in electronic format simplifies the process of receiving these services by citizens and business. It also brings serious economic effect.

Citizens of Tatarstan Republic may send complaints regarding quality of mobile and radio telephone communication, cable and air television broadcasting and also access to Internet via interactive service. Internet service for sending complaints is available on site of RT Ministry of info and communications. This has been announced today at briefing in RT Cabinet by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of info and communications Nikolai Nikiforov. He also informed that from January,24 a month's campaign for improving quality of communication services is announced in republic. Within the limits of this campaign set of measures aimed at improvement of quality of services will be implemented, hotlines of service providers and TV broadcasting will be functioning, “Surely, we’ll continue working in this area after finishing this campaign”, - Nikolai Nikiforov said.

Gross income of info and communications enterprises in RT increased by 23,6 % and made 35,5 bln. roubles in 2010. Such data were given by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of info and communications Nikolai Nikiforov at the ministry’s board session. Investments into the sector have made 4,88 bln. roubles in 2010. Main investments were made into development of infrastructure and adoption of info-communication technologies and informatization.

We let you know that a board session of RT Ministry of info and communications dedicated to results of 2010 and tasks for 2011 will be held on January, 20 2010 at 09:00.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of info and communications Nikolai Nikiforov, heads of republican enterprises in the sphere of informatization and communications take part in the event.

Awarding of winners in mass media contest of RT Ministry of informatization and communications “People bound thread” was held in techno park in the sphere of high technologies “IT-park”. A weekly contest among representatives of mass media is organized for the purpose of attracting mass media for objective coverage of problems and prospects of development of enterprises in the sphere of informatization and communications in RT, for providing explanatory work, openness and transparence of the ministry’s activity, disclosure of technical tendencies of development in this sphere and use of information technologies by Tatarstan population, also search for new ways of interaction of ministries and mass media.

Full provision of republican population with socially significant TV channels should be the main result of implementing the Republican targeted program “Organization of digital television and radio broadcasting in Tatarstan Republic for 2011-2015”. This has been announced by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of informatization and communications Nikolai Nikiforov at session of Republican commission on developing television and radio broadcasting and transfer to digital technologies in RT.