THE PRESIDENT OF THE TATARSTAN CONTROL BUSINESS IN ITS
COUNTRY








KAZAN, March 13.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Vladimir Chevtchiouk).  From
now on, the president of Tatarstan Mintimer Chaimiev will controlera
the activity of the companies average and small in its republic which
forms integrante part of the Federation of Russia, A declares the
president himself has his meeting with businessmen of Tatarstan.  The
role of the small and medium-sized undertakings in the social and
economic development of Tatarstan will be determinante, said the
president with conviction.

It has ete question has this meeting of the project of programme of
development of the small company in Tatarstan for 2001-2004, as of the
problems of the business deprives and the means of the resoudre.  The
president of Tatarstan estimates that they are the contractors who
must constitute the base of the economic growth in his country, but
that it was necessary, to arrive there, to break the many obstacles
draw up by the civils servant.

The Prime Minister for Tatarstan, Roustam Minnikhamov has sign a
decree " On the supplementary measures of support by the State for the
companies realisant the projects of investment ".  According to this
document, the small and medium-sized undertakings will be aidees by
the government which will grant subsidies for the payment to them on
the one hand interest rates prevus by the modalites of the agreements
of credit.  Tatarstan will owe debloquer at least has this end 500
million roubles coming from the Funds of privatization of Tatarstan.