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Within the framework of the agreement signed by Rosoboronexport, the Russian Helicopters Holding will sell an additional batch of two military transport helicopters Mi-17V-5 manufactured at the Kazan Helicopters to the Ministry of Defence of Thailand.

At the moment, over 4,500 Mi-8/17 helicopters fly today in more than 90 countries worldwide. The majority of helicopters are currently operated in the Asian-Pacific, CIS, African, and Middle East countries.

In Tatarstan, with the support from the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan, a social campaign was held in support of the All-Russian Energy Saving Festival #VmesteYarche (Brighter Together).

The Festival was first held last year at the initiative of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation and the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs. The Festival was organised in major cities and regional centres throughout Russia. The Festival’s format is a family holiday and a social campaign to promote energy conservation.

This year, Tatarstan sponsored the holding of the Festival with a large-scale social campaign that took place in September-October 2017, comprising the following activities:

- Energy saving lessons in educational institutions;

- Meetings of executives of FEC companies with students;

- Open days at FEC companies;

- Visits of students and schoolchildren to the Tatarstan Centre of Energy Saving Competences and Technologies, and other events.

A total of 16 organisations and enterprises of the Fuel and Energy Complex, about 20 municipal districts and more than 150 educational establishments of Tatarstan took part in the social campaign.

Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov visited the MNPO Endomedium+. During the visit, Minister Karimov was introduced to innovative products manufactured at the enterprise. In addition, a discussion was held on the issues of the company’s further development.

As of now, Endomedium+ produces over 30 types of instruments and more than 260 types of tools and accessories for minimally invasive endo-surgery, equipment and instruments for laparoscopic surgery, gynaecology, thoracoscopy, arthroscopy, rhinoscopy, liposuction, and sub-fascial dissection of perforating veins.

In the development of new instruments and tools, more than 30 patents for inventions were obtained, which allowed the introduction of new technologies into medical practice. For 25 years of the company's activity, endosurgical equipment has been manufactured and delivered to more than 5,000 medical institutions in Russia and the CIS. Over 7 million endo-surgery procedures were performed using the Endomedium+ equipment and more than 7,000 doctors operate its endo-surgical complexes.

Today, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan hosted a round table discussion on measures to market the food products by republic’s organisations and individual entrepreneurs, which meet the requirements of quality and safety of food products, including those marked with the National Trademark. The event was attended by deputies of the Tatarstan State Council, representatives of ministries and agencies of Tatarstan, and business community.

Addressing the audience, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Denis Valeyev stressed that solving the current tasks of economic development in certain areas requires an integrated approach. The speech by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan Nikolay Titov was devoted to the opportunities for expanding the range of production and processing of agricultural produce in the context of the commodity embargo of Russia, as well as the problems of marketing products through trade chains. Director General of GUP National Trademark Ilsur Safiullin described measures to promote food products marked with the National Trademark.

At the end of the meeting, Deputy Chairman of a parliamentary committee Marat Galeyev emphasised that it is the market that will determine the relations between producers and the trade system.