John Deere specialised service centre opened in Sabinsky region (the Republic of Tatarstan). Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Head of Sabinsky region Rais Minnikhanov, Director General of TerraPro Michael Snow participated in opening ceremony. TerraPro is the official dealer of John Deere service centre.

The International Day of aviation and cosmonautics is celebrated on April 12. This day in 1961 a citizen of the Soviet Union, senior lieutenant Yuri Gagarin made his orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft and opened the epoch of manned space flights. Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov congratulated Tatarstan citizens on this holiday.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov participated in startup of Ford Explorer production at Ford Sollers plant in Yelabuga. Director General of Sollers company Vadim Shvetsov, President and CEO of Ford Sollers Ted Cannis, first Vice-president and CEO of Ford Sollers Adil Shirinov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Aleksei Rakhmanov participated in a solemn ceremony.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has been on a working trip in Naberezhnye Chelny. He visited several objects of social and economic spheres. The first object was a swimming pool “Dolphin”. There he met with members of Tatarstan synchronous swimming team. Sportswomen presented a programme they will show at the Russian Championship in Kazan on April 24-26.

On April 10 President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov participated in session of Russian Governmental Commission on issues of competition and development of small and medium-size entrepreneurship (Moscow).