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Based on the results of regional qualification selection held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, a federal list of manufacturers of regional importance that implement programs to increase export competitiveness has been approved. It includes eleven Mordovian companies: Ruzkhimmash, VKM-Stal’ (VKM-steel), Plyterra, Volokonnye Systemy (Fiber Systems), Mordovvtorsyryo (Mordovia’s Recycled Materials), Electrovypryamytel’ (Electro rectifier), Saranskkabel-Optika (Saransk cable-optics), Leader-Compound, M-cable, Rezinotekhnika plant and Saransk Instrument-Making Plant.
MORDOVIA MADE IT INTO TOP-30 REGIONS WITH FASTEST ROAD REPAIR WORKS
Mordovia closed the gap between its competitors in the Safe and High-Quality Roads national project. Today, the region is one of the top thirty regions in terms of road repair workload: all of the work planned for this year is almost done. This is what the head of the Republic of Mordovia Vladimir Volkov and the State Duma deputy from the region Vitaly Efimov discussed during a working meeting.
THE GASIFICATION LEVEL OF MORDOVIA REACHED 97.6 PERCENT
The level of gasification in Mordovia at the start of this year was at 97.6 percent, in rural areas it was at 83.8 percent. In comparison, the average indicators for Russia are 68.6 and 59.4 percent respectively. These figures were presented during a meeting between the head of the Republic of Mordovia Vladimir Volkov, and the chairman of the board of Gazprom PJSC, Alexei Miller.
80 HECTARES OF LANDFILLS WILL BE RECULTIVATED OVER 5 YEARS IN MORDOVIA
Due to the national project called Ecology over 80 hectares of landfills and scrapyards will be recultivated over five years in Mordovia. The regional project called Clean Country provides for a large-scale clean-up of unauthorized landfills in five regions of the republic: the municipal solid waste dumps in the regional centers of Zubova Polyana with an area of 14.9 hectares, Yelniki (seven hectares), Atyurievo (four hectares), Kovylkino and Temnikov (3.8 and 2.46 hectares respectively).
OPEN RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIP ON PLOUGHING WILL BE HELD IN MORDOVIA
On 28-29th of June, the Open Russian Championship on ploughing will be held in Mordovia for the first time. Traditionally, the Championship is a platform for dialogue between the scientific and business communities, the leadership of the country's agro-industrial complex and the industry unions.
THE GLASS FACTORY WAS REOPENED WORK IN RUZAEVKA PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREA
The glass factory was reopened in Ruzaevka single-industry town. The first production line was launched on Sunday. The glass furnace #1 was solemnly launched by Vladimir Volkov, head of the Republic of Mordovia, and Vladimir Arutyunov, investor and founder of Glass Décor company and Razvitiye (Development) company.
MORDOVIA STEPS FORWARD IN OPTICAL FIBER PRODUCTION
A huge project for the Optovolokonnye sistemy (Fiber-Optic Systems) plant modernization has been completed in Mordovia. Its total value was over 950 million rubles, 500 million of them were loaned by the Industry Development Fund. Head of the Republic of Mordovia Vladimir Volkov inspected the production. New modern equipment will let the company increase the efficiency of the existing production and create conditions for the development of new product options.
The third meeting of the Council for Interregional Cooperation of the Regions of the Volga Federal District and the Upper and Middle Flows of the Yangtze River of the People's Republic of China chaired by Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov and by member of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Wang Yong was held in Cheboksary on 23rd of May.
BELARUS TOUR OPERATORS CAME WITH A WORKING VISIT TO MORDOVIA
The neighboring country’s tour agents visited Saransk at the invitation of the Mordovian Export Support Center. The main goal of the visit is to attract the tourists from Belarus. A delegation from a friendly republic arrived in Saransk on 14th of May. There was a 3-day tourist program made for the guests together with the Mordovian Tourist Information Center. It included a traditional introduction to the main attractions of Saransk and Mordovia, a tour of hotels of all categories, and a series of business meetings with the tourist community of Mordovia.
MORDOVIA HELD ITS POSITION IN THE RATING OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Mordovia has maintained its position in the Russian subjects ranking on the development of public-private partnership (PPP). For the second year in a row the region ranks 42nd. The results were presented at the 6th Congress on Infrastructure “Russian PPP Week” held in Moscow.
THE BEST RUSSIAN PLOUGHERS WILL COME TO MORDOVIA
On 28-29th of June, the Open Russian Championship on ploughing will be held in Mordovia for the first time. This is a contest of the farmers that will demonstrate the ability of the machine operators to carry out the land cultivation according to predetermined criteria with great precision. The best machine operators from Russian regions and foreign countries will gather on the Mordovian land to participate in one of the most significant agricultural events of the year.
HEAD OF THE REPUBLIC OF MORDOVIA VLADIMIR VOLKOV HELD A BUSINESS MEETING WITH HUNGARIAN INVESTORS
Head of the Republic of Mordovia Vladimir Volkov held a business meeting with Hungarian investors and Madyar Agro company representatives on the matters of constructing a dairy complex for 3 thousand heads in Tengushevsky district.